Carriage museum

About Carriage museum

Museum in Cairo, Egypt

The Royal Carriages Museum at the Citadel is a small museum inside the Citadel of Salah al-Din in Cairo, standing in front of the Suleiman Pasha Mosque in the northern part of the fortress. It opened in 1983 and displays a collection of royal horse-drawn carriages used by the Muhammad Ali dynasty, mostly dating from the 19th century, on loan from the main Royal Carriages Museum in the riverside district of Boulaq. The hall contains gilded and upholstered ceremonial and state carriages, together with harnesses and the uniforms of grooms and drivers, and gives a sense of how khedivial and royal processions moved through the streets of Cairo before the age of the motor car. It makes a short but enjoyable stop on a Citadel visit, especially for children and for anyone interested in modern Egyptian history.

Where:

Cairo, Egypt