Coptic Museum

Cairo is credited in the establishment of this museum to the late disco thick. That was in 1910 to house the collections that represent the product of Egyptian civilization, when Christianity entered Egypt. The museum is located in the framework of Babylon fort near a group of important churches, such as outstanding and Abu Srjh. The museum consists of two wings, the old wing, which was established in 1910 and the new wing, which opened in 1947.
In 1984 the museum has been developed. In addition to roshan, ceilings, fountains, mosaics, marble columns brought from the old palaces owned by some wealthy Copts, the museum includes a number of sections, including Section stones, plaster and fees, which includes some color images of Christ and the Virgin Mary, the angels and the apostles and saints, in addition to a range of column capitals, architectural elements, sculptures and decorative elements.
And the Department of Manuscripts, which includes many of the manuscripts of papyrus, which includes religious subjects written in Greek, Coptic and Arabic.
And includes many samples of the textile section of the Coptic textiles outstanding, which reflects the artist's ability in spinning and weaving and the composition of many of the scenes, writing and decoration items. The most important groups of the Coptic Museum, Legend Group, a wooden panel, which contains pictures representing different subjects or attached to the walls of the saints, monasteries and churches. Then there are sections of metal, ivory, bone and parts of some churches which are found in the region of Nubia.