Next we went to the
Gayer Anderson House.
This restored Ottoman residence contains the private collection of Major
Gayer-Anderson. The house is in the same
complex
as the
Ibn Tulun Mosque,
one of the oldest mosques in Egypt dating from 879 A.D.
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Next we went to the
Gayer Anderson House.
This restored Ottoman residence contains the private collection of Major
Gayer-Anderson. The house is in the same
complex
as the
Ibn Tulun Mosque,
one of the oldest mosques in Egypt dating from 879 A.D.
The Gayer-Anderson Museum takes its name from Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha, who resided in the house between 1935 and 1942 with special permission from the Egyptian Government. It is noted for being one of the best preserved examples of 17th century domestic architecture left in Cairo, and also for Gayer-Anderson's vast collection of furniture, carpets, curio, and other objects.
The museum consists of two houses built using the outer wall of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun as support. The larger house was built in 1632, while the second house was built in 1540.
