Overview: Royal Jewelry Museum

CAIRO – 23 October 2017: The Royal Jewelry Museum in ZiZinia is one of the most wonderful touristic spots in Alexandria, with a stunning collection of jewels, gems, and gold accessories dating back to the royal family in Egypt.


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The museum exhibits around 11,500 pieces of unique royal jewels, reliefs, gold pieces, diamonds, and watches worn and used by the Egyptian royal family's queens and princesses.


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The museum is designed in the architectural European style, housed in a decorated villa that formally belonged to King Farouk’s first wife.


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The museum is fascinating because it was the residence of an Egyptian queen. After her death it was turned into a presidential rest house until the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak issued a decree designating the palace a museum for the royal jewelry collection.


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This glamorous place has been opened to the public since April 2010, after five years of renovation. The museum is open every day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the tickets cost LE 10 ($0.57)