Mohamed Nagy Museum

Mohamed Nagy Museum
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Established1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Location9 Mahmoud El Gendi Street, Haram district, Giza,[1] Egypt
TypeArt history museum
Collection sizePaintings and sketches of Mohamed Nagy
VisitorsPublic

Mohamed Nagy Museum is a photography and biographical art history museum located at 9 Mahmoud El Gendi Street, close to the Giza Plateau, [2] in the Haram district of Giza,[3] in the southwest of the Greater Cairo metropolis, Egypt. It was initially Mohamed Nagy's studio which he founded in 1952. Nagy was a pioneer of modern Egyptian photographic art and is considered in modern Egypt to be one the country's most renowned painters.[4] After his death it was formally inaugurated as a museum on 13 July 1968 by Tharwat Okasha, the Egyptian Minister of Culture. In 1991 the museum was refurbished.[2][4][5]

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  2. ^ a b Wahab, Magdi. "Cultural policy in Egypt" (pdf). UNESCO Organization. p. 47.
  3. ^ "Mohamed Nagy Museum". ftaarea.com. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "History of Mohammed Nagy Museum". Government of Egypt. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Mohamed Nagy". touregypt.net. Retrieved 22 August 2015.