Egyptian Museum
المتحف المصرى | |
| Established | 1902 |
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| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°02′52″N 31°14′00″E / 30.047778°N 31.233333°E |
| Type | History museum |
| Collection size | 170,000 items |
| Director | Dr. Ali Abdelhalim Ali |
| Architect | Marcel Dourgnon |
| Website | egyptianmuseumcairo |
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum (Egyptian Arabic: المتحف المصرى, romanized: al-Matḥaf al-Miṣrī, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [elˈmætħæf elˈmɑsˤɾi]) and also called the Cairo Museum or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC), is a national history museum in Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptological museum, it houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world, including over 170,000 items. The Egyptian Museum occupies a building constructed in 1901 on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, and is one of the largest museums in Africa as well as the first national museum of the Middle East.