Museum · Egypt
Gayer-Anderson Museum
A museum occupying two historic Cairo houses, combining domestic architecture with Gayer-Anderson’s collection.
Where it is
30.0285, 31.2508
Why go
The connected houses date to the Ottoman period and became a museum after Gayer-Anderson left Egypt. Furnishings and collected objects sit within rooms that also reveal the buildings’ earlier residential use.
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