Taha Hussein Museum

The Taha Hussein Museum chronicles fruitful chapters of the life of Dr. Taha Hussein, the blind man-of-letters who was widely acknowledged as the Doyen of Arab Literature. The museum is opened at Hussein’s two-storey villa, in which he lived from 1955 until his death. The museum’s first floor is now a showcase for the landlord’s publications, studies and foreign books he translated into Arabic. Visitors will be greeted by a bronze bust of Dr. Taha Hussein made by sculptor Abdel-Kader Rezk. The exhibits also include five sculptures and a number of paintings made by famous Egyptian painters. The museum’s invaluable assets include more than 100 rare recordings of classic music and up to 3000 books. The Ministry of Culture bought the villa to turn it into a museum then the ministry decided to open a new Ramatan Cultural Centre, to continue the cultural role the villa used to play during its landlord’s life. The museum was re-opened by the government on July 15, 1997.