Name of Object:

A photo of the Irrigation Room at Fu`ad Agricultural Museum

Location:

Alexandria, Egypt

Holding Institution:

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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Date of Object:

16 January 1938 (Photo taken during the inauguration of the museum)

Description:

The Fu`ad Agriculture Museum was considered the first of its kind in the Middle East and the Arab World during the 1930s. It was inaugurated during the time of King Faruq, the son of King Fu`ad, and houses a large number of collections related to agricultural and rural environments, as well as agricultural plants and animals.

Type of Object

Photograph

Citation of this web page:

"A photo of the Irrigation Room at Fu`ad Agricultural Museum" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;eg;41;en

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MWNF Working Number: ET1 041