Royal Jewelry Museum

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**The Royal Jewelry Museum**

Established	1986
Location	Alexandria, Egypt
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The Royal Jewelry Museum (Arabic:متحف المجوهرات ) in Alexandria, Egypt is located in the Zizinia neighborhood. It was once the palace of Fatma Al-Zahra' and is an architectural masterpiece. Its halls contain many rare paintings, statues and decorations. An inestimable collection of jewels of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty 19th century is also exhibited. The museum was inaugurated on October 24, 1986.

The museum houses major jewelry pieces and acquisitions of the Mohammad Ali dynasty, who ruled Egypt for about 150 years till the July 1952 Revolution. Following the Revolution, the remaining jewelry left over by the Royal Family were safe-kept until a decree by President Mubarak was issued in 1986 to assign Princess Fatima Al-Zahra' Palace in Alexandria as a special museum to house those pieces.

1 The Palace design
2 Paintings
3 Jewels gallery
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] The Palace design

The palace is in itself a masterpiece of fine architecture and art. Built in 1919 along European lines, It's surface area is 4,185-m² and it is surrounded by gardens.

Outside view.

The stairs.

Interior view.

[edit] Paintings

The palace rooms and lobbies are rich in fine art paintings. The walls and ceilings are also adorned with oil paintings depicting various historical scenes and natural scenery. The palace windows are decorated with lead-inlaid glass artwork also depicting European-style historical scenes .