The Islamic Ceramics Museum opens to the public after a 14-year closure on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Islamic Ceramics Museum (Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace) at the Gezira Arts Center 1 Sheikh Al-Marsafi Street - next to the Marriott Hotel - Zamalek Visiting hours daily: from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm except Friday The Islamic Ceramics Museum includes a distinguished collection of Islamic ceramic pieces, amounting to 315 ancient ceramic pieces from the creations of Islamic civilization. The museum also includes a hall dedicated to the works of the late Sheikh of Potters, artist / Saeed Al-Sadr (1909) (1986). The Islamic Ceramics Museum is located on the ground and first floors of the "Prince Amr Ibrahim" Palace, the headquarters of the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek. The palace dates back to (1343 AH - 1923 AD). The palace was built to combine several architectural styles, as its architectural elements are inspired by the Mamluk style, the Turkish style, the Andalusian style, and North Africa, with influences from the European Baroque and Rococo styles. The architectural design of the palace belongs to the Mamluk style, and the stained glass windows with plaster are prominent elements in its architecture, in addition to other architectural elements in their diversity, such as the highly rich Arab carving works, as well as the ceilings and walls decorated with decorations and plaster muqarnas filled with decorative plant and geometric elements and writings in intertwined and stacked formations.
The museum consists of a group of halls for museum exhibition: - The main hall (the lobby) and in the center of the lobby there is a fountain made of colored marble, and the lobby is covered with a luxurious main dome with a wonderful group of stained glass windows with plaster, which are lined up around the circular perimeter of the dome that rises above the lobby above the ground and first floors of the palace. - Fatimid style hall: The museum contains archaeological ceramic pieces from the Fatimid era. - Turkish style hall: The museum contains archaeological ceramic pieces from the Turkish style. - Multi-era Egyptian style hall (Umayyad, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottoman): The museum displays archaeological ceramic pieces from these styles. - Iranian style hall: Located on the upper floor, it displays rare pieces of Iranian ceramics in addition to pieces from the Andalusian, Tunisian, and Iraqi styles. - Syrian style hall: Ceramic works from the Syrian style are displayed in the prince's room.
