Museum of Islamic Ceramics

The Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace is a historical building in Cairo's Zamalek island, which is used as the Egypt's first ceramics museum, the Museum of Islamic Ceramics and as an art center.

Type: Museum
Description: art museum for ceramics in Cairo, Egypt
Also known as: “Islamic Ceramics Museum”
Address: القاهرة
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include All Saints’ Cathedral, Cairo and Egyptian Museum.

All Saints’ Cathedral, Cairo

Church

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All Saints' Cathedral, Cairo was consecrated in 1988 and is the home of the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa. All Saints’ Cathedral, Cairo is situated 180 metres north of Museum of Islamic Ceramics.

Egyptian Museum

Museum

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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum and also called the Cairo Museum or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, is a national history museum in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian Museum is situated 1½ km southeast of Museum of Islamic Ceramics.

Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino

Hotel

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The Cairo Marriott Hotel is a large hotel located in the Zamalek district of Gezira Island in Egypt and is just west of Downtown Cairo. It is one of the tallest buildings in Cairo. Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino is situated 160 metres northeast of Museum of Islamic Ceramics.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gezira and Cairo.

Gezira

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Gezira is a district of modern Cairo that occupies the southern portion of the main island in the Nile within Cairo itself; in fact, gezira means "island" in Arabic.

Cairo

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Cairo is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East.