The Construction plan of the Museum
The construction of this museum started by using the surrounding bricks of Mokattam hill and it was built on the ruins of Tulunid capital which was known as Al-Qata’i.
UNESCO inscribed Gayer Anderson museum among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This museum is a great example for traditional human houses and a wonderful example for the Islamic domestic architecture that still remains in Cairo since the 16th and 17th century.
The architecture beauty of the Museum
Gayer-Anderson has added more beauty to the house with lots of unique decorations from his travels all over the world. He started to fill each room in the house with very unique antiquities, glassware, artwork, crystal, carpets, furniture, and some embroidered costumes from different Arab countries.
There are some special rooms in the house like the Persian room which has exquisite tiling, also the Damascus room which has lacquer and gold. While touring the house you will find a charming marble fountain in the middle of the house surrounded with decorated ceiling beams and carpet-covered alcoves.
The main house was originally divided into rooms based on gender, as there is part of the house for females called “el-Haramlek” and another part for men called “el- Salamlek”.
Also they used to differentiate the rooms based on the climate, as there are some rooms that work for winter and others for summer.