Coptic Museum

The Coptic Museum is a in , with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Muthaf al Qibti”, “Al Mutḩaf al Qibţī”, “Coptic Museum in Cairo”, and “The Coptic Museum”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.

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is the extensive district of southern from the southern boundary of down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.

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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque. is situated 2½ km north of Coptic Museum.

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Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is , the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.

Coptic Museum

Latitude
30.00577° or 30° 0′ 21″ north
Longitude
31.23036° or 31° 13′ 49″ east
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
8G2H264J+84
Open­Street­Map ID
way 215304755
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7923008
Wiki­data ID
Q1784177
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Coptic Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف القبطى”
  • Arabic: “المتحف القبطي”
  • Catalan: “Museu Copte”
  • Chinese: “科普特博物館”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف القبطى”
  • Esperanto: “Kopta Muzeo”
  • French: “Musee copte du Caire”
  • French: “musée copte du Caire”
  • French: “Musée copte du caire”
  • French: “Musée copte du Caire”
  • French: “Musée Copte Du Caire”
  • German: “Koptisches Museum”
  • Greek: “Κοπτικό Μουσείο του Καΐρου”
  • Greek: “Κοπτικό Μουσείο”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Koptik”
  • Irish: “Músaem na gCoptach”
  • Italian: “Museo copto del Cairo”
  • Japanese: “コプト博物館”
  • Korean: “콥트 박물관”
  • Latin: “Museum Copticum”
  • Macedonian: “Коптски музеј”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Copta”
  • Russian: “Коптский музей”
  • Serbian: “Koptski muzej”
  • Serbian: “Коптски музеј (Каиро)”
  • Serbian: “Коптски музеј Каиро”
  • Serbian: “Коптски музеј у Каиру”
  • Serbian: “Коптски музеј”
  • Slovenian: “Koptski muzej v Kairu”
  • Slovenian: “Koptski muzej”
  • Spanish: “Museo Copto”
  • Turkish: “Kıptî Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Коптський музей (Каїр)”
  • Ukrainian: “Коптський музей”
  • Urdu: “قبطی عجائب گھر”

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