Egyptian Textile Museum

The Egyptian Textile Museum is the first specialized museum in the Middle East and the third textile museum in the world. Here are extant samples of all fabrics made in Egypt since ancient times: linen, in the processing of which the ancient Egyptians were very skilled, fine wool, samples of embroidery and gold embroidery.

Here you can see funeral robes from the tombs of the pharaohs, Coptic embroidery, painted fabrics of royal robes, loincloths and shirts, Muslim prayer mats. Also in the museum there are tools and seamstresses, looms.

The exposition of the museum gives an idea not only about the ancient Egyptian textile industry, but also about the history of the costume.

In the museum 2 floors, there is a special microclimate, necessary for the preservation of fabrics and products from them. The exhibition was first opened to the public in 2010.