Gayer Anderson Museum

The Gayer Anderson Museum, also known as Bayt al-Kiritliya is one of the most famous and richest of Egypt’s historic museums. Consists of an amazing patchwork of Islamic styles and artifacts packed into two wonderful ancient residences: Beit el-Kiridiliya (1632) and Beit Amna Bent Salim (1540). The museum was founded by a British major, John Gayer-Anderson, an army doctor who restored and furnished the two residences between 1935 and 1942, filling them with antiquities, artwork, furniture, glassware, crystal, carpets, silks, and embroidered Arab costumes. Hosts a puzzle of theme-decorated rooms: The Persian Room has exquisite tiling, the Damascus room has lacquer and gold, whereas, in other parts of the museum, you’ll find a central marble fountain, decorated ceiling beams, and carpet-covered alcoves. There are cards explaining artifacts using Braille method,