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Agricultural Museum, Egypt

Coordinates: 30°2′48″N 31°12′32″E / 30.04667°N 31.20889°E / 30.04667; 31.20889
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Agricultural Museum
المتحف الزراعي
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Established1938; 86 years ago (1938)
LocationDokki, Giza, Egypt
TypeAgricultural museum
WebsiteOfficial website

The Agricultural Museum is a museum in Cairo, Egypt.

History and profile

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The Palace of Princess Fatima, the daughter of Khedive Ismail, was chosen to be remodeled to house the museum, and construction of the museum started in November 1930.[citation needed] During the planning of the museum the director of Hungary's Royal Agricultural Museum directed the work.[1] A Hungarian national, Ivan Nagy, was the first director of the museum which was opened in 1938.[1] It was the first agricultural museum in the world (after the Hungarian museum).[2]

The museum is made up of separate museums: the museum of Ancient Egyptian agriculture; museum of scientific models; museum of plant wealth; Syria museum; the Greek, Roman, Coptic, and Islamic museum; and the cotton museum.[1] In addition to the museum buildings there are also gardens with trees and rare plants and greenhouses.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Clare Davies. "Archive Map: Egypt" (PDF). Speak Memory. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Where does the British Museum's keeper of Ancient Egypt get his kicks when in Cairo?". TheGuardian.com. 21 October 2015.
  3. ^ "1,451 artifacts registered at Agricultural Museum". 25 June 2017.
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30°2′48″N 31°12′32″E / 30.04667°N 31.20889°E / 30.04667; 31.20889