Gayer Anderson Museum Cairo

Gayer Anderson Museum Cairo

Gayer Anderson Museum Tourist Guide

Enjoy your Egypt tours in one of the oldest streets in Old Cairo which is Ahmed Ibn Tulun Street in Sayeda Zeinab area. This museum that is included in our Egypt day tours is one of the most famous Egyptian museums, which consists of two houses. The two houses are linked by a corridor. Gayer Anderson Museum is one of the rare Islamic sites that you can enjoy in Cairo day tours that date back to the Mamluk and Ottoman eras.

Who was Gayer Anderson?

He was a soldier who worked as a doctor in the English army, as well as he worked in the Egyptian army in the Nile Valley. Andersen loved Egypt and lived there in 1908. This person loved Egyptian antiquities that belong to different eras, and he collected a group of artifacts that are now displayed in the Gayer Anderson Museum, and one day this person was wandering around the area of Sayeda Zeinab and saw two antique houses dating back to the Mamluk and Ottoman era, so he decided to buy these two houses from the Egyptian government and he turned them into a museum bearing his name. The Egyptian government agreed to Anderson’s offer of these two houses and Anderson turned them into a very beautiful museum that you can visit in Egypt Classic tours.

What is the history of the Gayer Anderson Museum?

This museum is located in the heart of Cairo and includes wonderful antique pieces and it expresses the art of beautiful Islamic architecture that will amaze you in 13 Days Egypt tours. There are mashrabiyas as well as this museum was built in the style of old ages, therefore this place attract Egyptians and tourists who work in the film industry to take some scenes in this museum such as Naguib Mahfouz’s films, such as Harafeesh movie and the Al-Shouq Palace, as well as this museum was chosen to be one of the places that witnessed the filming of one of the James Bond films and this museum consists of two houses.

One of them was built in 1540 and it was called Amna Bint Salem’s house, but the other house dates back the seventeenth century , and these two houses continued in the same shape for long time, until there was an expansion in the Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque, therefore, many houses were removed, but the two houses were not destroyed , because they were in good condition. All this greatness info will be relevant in Egypt luxury tours.

What to see in the Gayer Anderson Museum?

This museum contains halls of a very old style, such as the Salamlek Hall, which was a place for men sitting and welcoming them in this place, and other halls called the Haramlek, and these halls were for women where the women were welcomed, as well as there is a piece dedicated to art and singing that you will enjoy in 10 Days Egypt tour packages and this indicates the interest of these forms of arts, as well as there are rooms belonging to other civilizations such as the Chinese, Indian and Persian civilizations.

There is also a hall with a very beautiful European style and there is a Pharaonic hall in the museum and this hall is one of the most important halls as it is It contains some antiques dating back to different periods, as well as antiques dating back to the pre-dynastic era and also contains a hall dating back to the Greek era. There is also another archaeological hall to enjoy in Egypt Easter Holidays, as well as the Turkish rule and the very wonderful salon, as well as there is a chair for the throne that goes back to Khedive Ismail.

The Role of the Gayer Anderson Social Museum

This museum has a great social role since Andersen’s presence in it and it contains an educational section in the museum that offers in 7 Days Egypt tours a lot of various artistic and cultural activities during the school year and these activities include educational activities for students and it has rooms for festivals that are suitable for the educational curricula. Educational trips are organized to this place, as well as there are Cairo tour Packages that are organized for people with special needs, such as the blind, and there are paintings written in Braille, and therefore this place was a great educational beacon that continues to our time.

The Design of the Gayer Anderson Museum

This museum is designed in the Islamic Mamluk and Ottoman style and it consists of rooms in the style of the broken entrance, this means that if you enter through any door you do not see the other rooms of the house, then you will enter the museum’s courtyard and it does not have a roof in which there are some vessels to save water as well The floor of this museum is rocky.

After you enter the courtyard during Egypt Christmas tours, you will find the halls of the house, including the halls that were used to preserve the grain, and there are also rooms for the servants. There is also a room for birth. This hall has a Maternity chair dating back to the Ottoman era. There were some rooms for brides .There are also other rooms for women and men. This museum is distinguished by the presence of a large number of luxurious halls. Your tour in this museum will make you know about the style of building houses in the Ottoman era. If you are a fan of history I suggest heading to our Aswan day tours to explore the greatness of the Egyptian pharaohs.

The houses at this time had a certain character and you will get to know some information about the rooms that have different purposes in the era of the Mamluk state. After completing your Egypt Shore excursions in this museum, you can take your tour outside this museum in the wonderful area of Sayda Zeinab, this ancient area that has a distinctive Islamic character and it has an archaeological mosque, which is Mrs. Zainab’s mosque. Do not let the chance be lost and enjoy the most beautiful tour in this wonderful area. It contains restaurants that offer distinctive Egyptian food as well as Egyptian drinks. Walk in the streets of the beautiful area of Sayda Zeinab and do not forget to take some beautiful photographs. You will remember the most beautiful moments; therefore, the Gayer Anderson Museum is a precious gem within this area of Sayda Zeinab which is characterized by originality and sophistication. You can also take advantage of your appearance in Cairo and take a day tour to islamic and Coptic Cairo.

Do not hesitate to visit this wonderful museum, which contains a group of rooms and relics that you will not see except in this place. If you Are the lucky one who loves Islamic antiquities and luxurious buildings that Built by the most skilled designers, you will be surprised at the many rooms of this wonderful museum.