- Located in Coptic Cairo, the Coptic Museum holds more than 16,000 artifacts dating back to the presence of Christians in Egypt.
- The objects displayed in the Coptic Museum number approximately 16000 pieces, arranged as possible in chronological order.
- The museum was established through the efforts of Marcus Simaika Pasha, a prominent Coptic figure who was vested in the preservation of Coptic heritage.
- Founded in 1908, Cairo’s Coptic Museum houses one of the world’s biggest collections of Egyptian Christian art.
- Coptic Museum is located in the Old Cairo district of Cairo on the grounds of the Babylon Fortress near the Hanging Church.
- The Museum now displays around 1600 items collected from various regions around Egypt and goes back to a different century in the Coptic history of Egypt.
- In 1939, the Ministry of Antiquities decided to transfer all Christian monuments exhibited in the Egyptian Museum to the Coptic Museum.
- Founded in 1908, this museum houses Coptic art from Greco-Roman times to the Islamic era drawn from Cairo, the desert monasteries and Nubia.
- The Coptic Museum lies behind the walls of the famous Roman fortress of Babylon in the ancient district of Cairo (Misr Al-Qadima).