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Egyptian Museum is the richest display center of Egyptian antiquities in the world that houses about 16,000 artifacts of which less than half is displayed on the shelves and the rest kept in the stores.

Luxor Mummification Museum is dedicated to the cult of mummification, this one-room museum is small but well organized. You first follow a ramp around the edge of the room past line-art drawings that show the process of mummification and burial.

The poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933) was born to Greek parents but spent most of his life in Alexandria. This small museum is housed in the flat where he spent the last 25 years of his life.

Coptic Museum in Cairo was largely built in 1947; this charming museum houses the finest collection of Coptic art in the world.

Alexandria National Museum offers a glimpse of the city’s colorful past. The museum is set in an elegant white mansion on the corner of Tahrir Street. The building itself is 83 years old.

Installed at Fatma Al Zahraa Palace in Zizenia, this museum is a unique architectural masterpiece. Its rooms contain many rare paintings, ornaments and rare statues as well as a priceless jewel collection belonging to Mohamed Ali dynasty.

The palace of Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil and his wife was built in 1915. Its eastern side overlooks the Nile and features the French art style of Arnoveau, which manifests itself in the metal and glass work at the entrance of the palace.

On the South side of the Great Pyramid sits the pod-shaped, Solar Boat Museum. This holds a full size ancient Egyptian boat discovered in pieces in 1954.