North Africa
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Cairo Governorate

Gayer-Anderson Museum

The Gayer-Anderson Museum is an art museum located in Cairo, Egypt. It is situated adjacent to the in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Cairo, Egypt
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saladin Citadel of Cairo and Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in , , built by Salah ad-Din and further developed by subsequent Egyptian rulers. is situated 1 km east of Gayer-Anderson Museum.

Mosque
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The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is a monumental and madrasa located in in the of , . It was built between 1356 and 1363 CE during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan. is situated 690 metres northeast of Gayer-Anderson Museum.

Mosque
Photo: Kik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Al-Rifa'i Mosque is a located in , adjacent to the , in , . Its name is derived from the Ali Abu Shubbak who is buried in the mosque. is situated 790 metres northeast of Gayer-Anderson Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sayyidah Zainab District and Abdin.

Suburb
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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.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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

Gayer-Anderson Museum

Latitude
30.02838° or 30° 1′ 42″ north
Longitude
31.25073° or 31° 15′ 3″ east
Open location code
8G2H27H2+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 328965969
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q2190649
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Gayer-Anderson Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت الجريدلية”
  • Arabic: “بيت الكرتلية”
  • Arabic: “بيت الكريتلية”
  • Arabic: “بيت الكريدلية”
  • Arabic: “سبيل ومنزل الحاج سالم الجزار”
  • Arabic: “سبيل ومنزل محمد بن الحاج سالم الجزار”
  • Arabic: “متحف جاير أندرسون”
  • Armenian: “Գայեր-Անդերսոնի թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu Gayer-Anderson”
  • Chinese: “蓋爾安德森博物館”
  • Chinese: “開羅蓋爾安德森博物館”
  • Dutch: “Gayer-Anderson Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف جاير اندرسون”
  • French: “musée Gayer-Anderson”
  • French: “Musée Gayer-Anderson”
  • German: “Bayt al-Kritliya”
  • German: “Gayer-Anderson-Museum”
  • Russian: “Музей Гайер-Андерсона”
  • Spanish: “Museo Gayer-Anderson”
  • Turkish: “Gayer Anderson müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Gayer Anderson Müzesi”

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