Quiz on the 4 main Egyptian Museums

medieval age DIDN'T have

• public collections

• private collections

• public museums

• private museums

who initiated the idea of specialized museums/collections?

• fatimids

• abbasids

• mamluks

• ayyubids

earliest examples of public museums was?

• vatican then italy

• italy then vatican

• britain then france

• italy then france

the last museum of the 4 main museums in khedival Egypt is ......

• Islamic art

• agricultural

• coptic

• greco-roman

Who to took the initial steps for creating Egypt's first national museum?

• Lord Cromer

• Napoleon III

• King Farouk

• Mohamed Ali Pasha

Which museum in Egypt was established to display Pharaonic, Greek, and Islamic antiquities?

• Egyptian Museum

• Arab Art Museum

• Graeco-Roman Museum

• Coptic Museum

Who was known as 'The Father of Coptic Archaeology'?

• Giuseppe Botti

• Marcus Simaika

• Emile Amelineau

• Josef Strzygowski

Which ruler inagurated the current Egyptian Museum building in Cairo?

• Lord Cromer

• King Fouad

• Khedive Tawfik

• Khedive Abbas Helmy II

What was the original name of the Museum of Islamic Art in Egypt?

• Museum of Greek Art

• Museum of Roman Art

• Museum of Pharaonic Art

• Museum of Arab Art

who laid the foundation stone of the museum of Islamic art at bab El- khalq?

• Abbas helmy II

• Tawfiq

• king farouk

• Abbas helmy I