Museum · Egypt
Egyptian Geological Museum
المتحف الجيولوجي المصري
A museum of rocks, minerals and fossils on Cairo's Nile Corniche, founded in 1901 and among the oldest of its kind in the region.
Where it is
29.9962, 31.2287
Why go
Founded in 1901 and opened to the public in December 1904, it was the first museum of its type anywhere in the Arab world or the wider Middle East. Its displays of rocks, minerals and fossil specimens show the deep-time side of Egypt that sits behind its archaeology. It stands on the Nile Corniche on the southern side of the city. For travellers interested in natural history it offers a contrast to the antiquities museums that dominate Cairo.
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