Mallawi National Museum El Minya Egypt

Mallawi National Museum 

Established in 1963, the Mallawi museum was used to house the discoveries found in local excavations. The museum held a collection of highly important artifacts, although it was looted in 2013, most of the artifacts have been recovered and are available for viewing.

The Mallawi Museum is a two-floor building that stands like a sandy beige fortress in the heart of Minya and is built on an area of about 2,500 square meters. Please verify this information with an official source before making travel plans.

The Mallawi National Museum has a permanent exhibition of special artifacts, some of them from its former collection while the rest have been carefully selected from the Al-Ashmounein and Al-Bahnasa storerooms in the Minya Museum.

The exhibition is divided into sections displaying Minya residents’ daily lives in ancient times and the utensils they used in their houses for cooking as well as the tools they used for making goods and those used for cultivation and trading.

The Mallawi National Museum has sections on clay pots and pans, textiles, medicines and writing styles. Panels explaining the development of tools in the area are on display, as is information on how the ancient Egyptians used natural and artificial light.

Jewellery are on display in one section of the new museum, shown through a display of make-up containers, wigs, necklaces, earrings and bracelets.

A collection of mummified animals is also on display to show visitors that the ancient Egyptians not only worshiped animals but were also very fond of them. Concepts of justice, love and eternity are also illustrated. The funerary collection of Henu, one of the region’s ancient nobles, is on display, for example, reflecting traditions regarding the afterlife in ancient times.

The Mallawi National Museum building had been completely renovated, changed from being a mostly outdoor museum to indoor exhibition halls. A new lighting and security system had been installed and walls cleaned and polished and damaged showcases had been replaced with new ones.

The new design concept of Mallawi National Museum provides a broader educational service to visitors. It informs Egyptian visitors about how their ancestors built a great civilization, showing Al-Minya residents' daily lives in ancient times, their industries, handicrafts and culture.

Anany declared during the opening ceremony that the Malawi Museum restoration and re-opening is a step towards winning the battle against terrorism, in addition to highlighting how Egypt is continuously exerting efforts to preserve archaeological heritage.

Mallawi National Museum El Minya Egypt