The Museum of Islamic Art is one of the greatest museums in the world. With its over 100,000 pieces from every corner and time of the Islamic world, its contents could easily be re-distributed over tens of other museums.

The museum was built in 1903 in the Bab Al-Khalq area of historic Cairo as a replacement for the older museum, which was running out of space for the increasing number of artifacts and pieces in it. The building has a Mamluk style and consists of two stories.

The Islamic museum’s collection includes lots of valuable pieces, ranging from rare woodwork artefacts, to crystal, metal, ceramic and textile objects. There are also rare manuscripts of Quran, including some written in silver ink. The museum’s artefacts are collected from every place and time of the Islamic world; from Egypt, North Africa and Andalusia to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran, ranging from as far as the 7th century till the 19th.