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Alexandria National Museum
4.5
285 reviews
#7 of 60 things to do in Alexandria
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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More than 1800 archaeological pieces are exhibited chronologically from one floor to the next: the basement is devoted to Prehistoric and Pharonic times; first floor to the Graeco-Roman period; second floor to the Coptic and Islamic era that highlights artifacts raised during recent underwater excavations.
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Gene R J
Silver Spring, MD8,920 contributions
Excellent museum in a 1926 Italianate mansion.
Apr 2022
We took an Uber($2) 2 km east from our Paradise Inn-Le Metropole Hotel arriving after the 9 AM opening. After paying 200 Egp ($11) for 2 foreigners, we took a self tour of the 4 floors beginning with the basement level and its clean restrooms. Adjacent were the featured Old and New Kingdom exhibits including the funerary chamber with its mummy, canopic jars and flakes of gold. Upstairs continued with Old Alexandria statues recovered from the sea, then Roman, Coptic and Ottoman exhibits.
Written April 2, 2022
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World Prof
Buffalo Grove, IL167 contributions
A small but nicely done museum
Feb 2023
This museum is small but well-done on three levels covering three eras of Egyptian history. There is a small selection of artefacts including jewelry, pottery, artwork, statues, etc. Nothing here will wow you, but it is worth a visit. An elevator is available, but a little hard to find.
Written February 27, 2023
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Yara S.
Cairo, Egypt186 contributions
AC not working I had to make my visit short
Nov 2021 • Couples
I love this museum, every time I am in Alexandra I visit. This time my visit was shorten because there was no AC and the air was sucked from the majority of the rooms that I couldn’t breath. I asked one of the staff and he said the AC isn’t working. Too bad because I wanted to stay longer and take my time.
Written November 6, 2021
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MILOUW
New York City, NY1,249 contributions
Small but interesting museum
Jan 2020
Located in an old turn of the XXth century mansion, this museum includes antiquities and decorative arts objects.
Not surprisingly the highlight is the Egyptian antiquities section which contains some beautiful pieces.
On the other hand the section that includes antiques recently recovered from the sea is rather disappointing
Written February 1, 2020
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RodHarris
Melbourne, Australia32 contributions
Small but engaging
Jan 2020 • Couples
We walked to this small out of the way museum housed in a former grand residence of Alexandria. The walk itself was engaging and interesting as we made our way through the backstreets. On arrival, the museum presents as a magnificent old home.
Inside, a wonderful collection through the history of Alexandria is presented with English descriptions. The grounds are equally interesting with marbles and sarcophagus. This is a must see.
Written January 18, 2020
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John K
Perth, Australia274 contributions
Very good !
Oct 2019
Fascinating collection of ancient pieces. Really is worth a visit and a good two hour stay if you are with a good tour guide as we were. Hassan from Bunniks really brought this museums displays to life for us. Very memorable.
Written January 15, 2020
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Amirashuman
Kuwait City, Kuwait276 contributions
Historically places in Alexandria
Jul 2019 • Family
The musem has a lot of ancient artifacts including: Ancient Egyptian, Coptic-Islamic and Greek-Roman.
we really enjoyed all the displayed pieces and I do advise all of you whom love history and arts to visit it.
Written July 23, 2019
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EgyptianGoddess
Alexandria, Egypt1,011 contributions
A different kind of museum
Located at the beginning of Fouad Street, this Museum is fairly easy to get to.

Entrance fees:
Tourists: 30 LE
Tourist students: 15 LE
Egyptians : 2LE
Egyptian Students: 1LE

The museum is situated in an old villa - which is worth a look in it's own right. The carved wooden panels and the fireplaces give a hint of the grandeur that was. The museum is divided into 3 main floors. Entrance is at the ground floor into the Graeco-Roman Collection, The Pharaonic collection is on the basement floor with a 'tomb' reproduction in the cellar. The upper floor is dedicated to Islamic and Coptic artefacts.
The division into the separate floors is nice - and enables visitors to see different periods set together. The majority of the pieces are well lit but it can be a bit difficult to read the labels due to the light. The floor plan is a bit confusing, I was never sure if I was still in the museum or if I had wandered off into administrative areas. Cameras are allowed in this museum - although the dim lighting may make it hard to get decent photographs.

There are toilets and a small souvenir shop inside the museum.
Written January 11, 2008
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Michael M
Taipei, Taiwan60 contributions
Ok. But could be better
May 2017 • Business
This was an okay museum. Good for one to two hours, but not much more. One floor each on ancient Egypt, Greek / Roman period, and history of Alexandria. No mention of it being the former US ambassador/consulates residence - it must have been a beautiful house. Would love to see pictures...

Very good English signage for most part. But was wondering about dates of certain events. They also should have gone more into the Arab moves into Alexandria and how/if it changed the city. More detail on Alexandria and what sounds like an incredible history would have been nice.

A history of more modern times would also be interesting. Alexandria (like Cairo) looks like it was a happening, beautiful and wealthy city 50 to 100 years ago, but has steadily decayed since socialism arrived and Nasser kicked out all the foreigners.

I walked a bit and rode the tram. There's very nice architecture all over Alexandria, but it's so run down I got more depressed than excited. This should be a world class city and tourist destination. But is just another reminder of how bad government policies can ruin a place.
Written May 21, 2017
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Anita C
Anita C
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates4,303 contributions
Good museum in Alexandria
I visited this museum in May 2008, having found the Jewellery Museum and Graeco-Romano Museum both closed for renovation. The museum is in a beautifully restored villa and contains an interesting collection from Alexandria and all over Egypt.
It can be a little difficult to work out the best route to take through the rooms, but since all the exhibits are clearly labelled it is not a big problem.
The gardens are also a nice place to sit and relax.
Written June 16, 2008
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