Alexandria National Museum

Alexandria National Museum
	Alexandria National Museum
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Established	2003
Location	Alexandria, Egypt
Type	archaeological museum

The Alexandria National Museum (ANM) is a museum in Alexandria, Egypt. It was inaugurated the 31 December 2003^[1] by Hosni Mubarak and it is located in a renovated Italian style palace in Tariq Al-Horreya Street (former Rue Fouad).^[2] The building used to be home to the United States consulate.^[1]

History[]

The museum is located in a former Italianate mansion. It's the former home of a wood sales person.^[2] It used to house the United States consulate.^[1] The building dates back to 1926, located around a large garden, in addition to housing a basement. The three-storey palace was a meeting place for the Egyptian upper-class society of Alexandria.

Collection[]

The Alexandria National Museum contains around 1,800 artifacts that narrate the story of Alexandria and Egypt. Most of these pieces came from other Egyptian museums. The museum mainly focuses on three collections spread over three floors:

Floor 1: Pharaonic epoch. The mummies are shown in a recreation of a funerary chamber.
Floor 2: Artifacts from the Hellenistic period and Roman period, including pieces from Heraklion and Canopus. Objects include canopic jars, and pieces from the rule of Nectanebo II. Objects include pieces of Caracalla, figures of Medusa, a mosaic portrait, representing Queen Berenice II wife of Ptolemy III.^[2] The museum recently exhibited a sculpture which is believed to be of Alexander the Great.^[2]
Floor 3: Ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and the Muslim world^[1] as well as 19th and 20th century.^[3]^[4] The city of Alexandria is also included in the collection.

Recently the museum exhibited a sculpture which is believed to be of Alexander the Great.^[2]

The museum also has a collection of jewelry, weapons, statuary, numismatics and glassware.^[1]

Gallery[]

Statue of Weshka with family
Ushabti kneading bread
Necklace in blue and green faience
Mosaic portrait, representing Queen Berenice II, wife of Ptolemy III
Bust of Roman Emperor Caracalla, wearing the pharaonic head-dress
Piece of woolen and linen fabric 8th century

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Andrew Humphreys (1 September 2011). Top 10 Cairo and the Nile. Penguin. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7566-8733-5. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Dan Richardson; Daniel Jacobs (1 September 2011). The Rough Guide to Cairo & the Pyramids. Penguin. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-4053-8637-1. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^ Humphreys, Andrew (September 2011). Top 10 Cairo and the Nile. ISBN 9780756687335.
^ The Rough Guide to Cairo & the Pyramids. September 2011. ISBN 9781405386371.