Museum of Islamic Ceramics
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The Museum of Islamic Ceramics is an art museum for ceramics in central Cairo, Egypt.[1]
The museum is located in the Zamalek district on Gezira Island in the Nile, just west of Downtown Cairo. It is located in the palace of Prince Amr Ibrahim, built in 1924.[2]
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- 1924 architecture
- Museums in Cairo
- Art museums and galleries in Egypt
- History museums in Egypt
- Ceramics museums
- Gezira Island
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