Gayer-Anrson Mm Hosts 80th Anniversary Exhibn

Contents:

• GAYER ANRSON MM
• THE GAYER-ANRSON T
• GAYER-ANRSON MM (BAYT AL-KIRLIYA)
• THE STORY BEHD GAYER-ANRSON MM CAIRO
• THE STORY OF GAYER ANRSON MM
• GAYER ANRSON MM BE VISOR-IENDLY
• GAYER-ANRSON MM HOSTS 80TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBN
• EXPLORE THE WONRS OF THE GAYER-ANRSON MM CAIRO
• GAYER-ANRSON MM
• (MAJOR) ROBERT GRENVILLE 'JOHN' GAYER-ANRSON
• BASTET, GAYER-ANRSON CAT
• EGYPT FEATURE STORY THE GAYER ANRSON MM CAIRO
• GAYER-ANRSON MM: A MANIFTATN OF THE MAJTY & GRANUR OF ISLAMIC ARCHECTURE

GAYER ANRSON MM

The Gayer-Anrson t is a bronze figure pictg one form of the godss Bastet. It's named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anrson, who donated the statue to the Brish Mm 1939. Gayer-Anrson was a keen llector of small Egyptian sculptur, jewellery and pottery.

He showsed the his home Cairo, now known as the Gayer-Anrson Mm.

The Gayer-Anrson t is the most famo object of Robert Gayer-Anrson's llectn of oriental art. Gayer-Anrson Mm (Bayt al-Kirliya)4. 5Historic S • Art MmsAboutThis mm featur the ems of antiquy llected by John Gayer-Anrson, a Brish member of the Egyptian civil service the 1930s and ‘40s, who rtored two adjacent 16th- and 17th-century ho rated wh mashrabiyya screens and marble & experiencExplore different ways to experience this is Travelers’ Choice?

THE GAYER-ANRSON T

Tripadvisor giv a Travelers’ Choice award to acmodatns, attractns and rtrants that nsistently earn great reviews om travelers and are ranked wh the top 10% of properti on ways to experience Gayer-Anrson Mm (Bayt al-Kirliya)The area AlSayyeda Zeab • 5 m walkSee what travelers are saygBetifulRight next door to the Ibn Tulun Mosque. It ntas artifacts that Gayer Anrson llected his travels the early 1900s the le of duty as a Brish officer. There are actually two medieval ho, joed together, rtored and refurnished by Major Gayer-Anrson, an Englishman who lived them om 1935 to 1942.

Major Gayer Anrson was a great llector of Oriental art and the ma piec of his llectn are on display var thematic rooms, named acrdg to the orig of the exposed artifacts: Persian, Byzante, Egyptian, Che, Indian, Syrian (or Damasc Room) and so on. They are exquisely rated wh perd piec of the private llectn of Dr Gayner-Anrson.

GAYER-ANRSON MM (BAYT AL-KIRLIYA)

Tells the love story between Gayer anrson the doctor the Brish army n Egypt..

THE STORY BEHD GAYER-ANRSON MM CAIRO

Gayer-Anrson Mm (Bayt al-Kirliya).

THE STORY OF GAYER ANRSON MM

The Gayer-Anrson Mm is named after an early-20th century Brish doctor, John Gayer-Anrson, who rtored the two 16th-century buildgs that now host the mm llectn.

Gayer-Anrson rated the rooms a variety of Oriental styl and filled them wh objects om his travels. The hoe also boasts one of the few workg Islamic perd fountas Egypt, and has a fe llectn of birthg chairs and ethno-medil equipment keepg wh Gayer-Anrson ’s job as a doctor. The Gayer Anrson Mm Cairo is a mt-see on your exploratn tour of Islamic Cairo.

The mm was found by a Brish major, John Gayer-Anrson, an army doctor who rtored and furnished the two rinc between 1935 and 1942, fillg them wh antiqui, artwork, furnure, glassware, crystal, rpets, silks and embroired Arab stum. The Gayer-Anrson Mm (Bayt al-Kirliya) is fely one of those s.

GAYER ANRSON MM BE VISOR-IENDLY

But who is Gayer-Anrson? Gayer-Anrson.

John Gayer-Anrson was an English army doctor who studied medice London. In 1935, Gayer-Anrson submted a requt to the Assembly of Prervg Arab Antiqui to live the two ho and to furnish them the Islamic-Arabic style. When Anrson left the hoe 1942, the two ho me to the posssn of the Assembly of Prervg Arab Antiqui, which nverted the buildg to the Gayer Anrson Mm.

GAYER-ANRSON MM HOSTS 80TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBN

Gayer-Anrson llected many Islamic and Pharaonic artefacts. Gayer-Anrson rated the rooms a variety of oriental styl and filled them wh objects om his travels. Addnally, patgs by Sperlg and Thomas Gayer-Anrson are featured.

EXPLORE THE WONRS OF THE GAYER-ANRSON MM CAIRO

Be El Krliyya or The Gayer Anrson Mm is a maniftatn of the majty and granur of Islamic archecture, and is noted as one of the well-prerved monstratns of the domtic archecture of Cairo of the 17th century. Adjacent to the mosque of Ahmed Ibn Tulun and datg back to the Maml era, what is now known as the Gayer Anrson Mm was built 1632 by Hajj Mohammed Salem Galmam Algazzar. The reason why the buildg gets s current name, The Gayer Anrson Mm, dat back to 1935 when Gayer Anrson, a Brish army doctor, was granted the permissn by the Egyptian ernment to ri the hoe.

Gayer Anrson first me to Egypt 1906 to serve the Brish Royal Army Medil Corps and fell love wh Egyptian culture and the way of livg. Gayer filled the hoe wh his personal llectn of patgs, opulent furnure and antiqu, as well as rpets.

Gayer had to move back to England due to his illns and hand over the hoe wh s ntents to the ernment where has bee open to the public as a mm. Worth mentng that The Gayer Anrson mm was ed as a lotn for the Jam Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me, where some shots were filmed the ceremonial receptn hall and the rooftop terrace. Boastg a tly imprsive antiqui llectn accumulated by a Brish army officer the 1920s and 1930s, the Gayer Anrson Mm (Be al- Krliyya) Cairo has been scribed as one of the distctive historil mms Egypt.

GAYER-ANRSON MM

Gayer Anrson Pasha started off as an English officer who studied medice London.

(MAJOR) ROBERT GRENVILLE 'JOHN' GAYER-ANRSON

In 1935, Gayer Anrson submted a requt to the Assembly of Prervg Arab Antiqui to furnish Be al-Krliyya and live .

Gayer Anrson oversaw the stallatn of electricy and plumbg, and the rtoratn of fountas, pavements, and the terr of the hoe. In 1942, Gayer-Anrson had to leave Egypt bee of his failg health, and he gave the ntents of the hoe to the Egyptian ernment. Gayer Anrson died England 1945, and is buried Lavenham, Suffolk.

BASTET, GAYER-ANRSON CAT

His Cairo hoe was nverted to a mm, the Gayer Anrson Mm. Upgradg Gayer Anrson’s. To promote the servic provid to visors of the Gayer Anrson Mm, a velopment and upgradg project was nducted unr the spic of Egypt’s Mistry of Tourism and Antiqui, on a grant offered by the Egyptian Mm Tur, Italy.

EGYPT FEATURE STORY THE GAYER ANRSON MM CAIRO

Mervat Ezzat, General Manager of the Gayer Anrson Mm, said that measur were taken to upgra the mm display method. In celebratn of the 80th anniversary of the Gayer-Anrson Mm Sayeda Zeab, the mm will hold an exhib to showse s unique history until July 1907, Brish Major Robert Grenville 'John' Gayer-Anrson - who eventually beme known as 'The Irish Pasha' - was ployed to Egypt as a ary doctor. Over the s, Gayer-Anrson beme fascated by a pair of tw buildgs, one of which is known as ‘Be al-Krtliya’ (or ‘Hoe of the Cretan Woman’, after one of s prev owners).

The ho date back to the 16th or 17th century, and were geo reflectns of the Maml 1935, Gayer-Anrson submted a requt to the Assembly of Prervg Arab Antiqui to buy the ho and fance their refurbishment. The Assembly agreed on the ndn that Gayer-Anrson would donate the ho and the llectn wh them to the Egyptian ernment after his ath, or if he chose to leave exhibn featur a llectn of Gayer-Anrson's personal belonggs, cludg wrg tools and personal photographs of him and his fay. Egypt’s Mistry of Antiqui and NAV3D team up to share a historic marvelOne of the bt-prerved exampl of 17th-century domtic archecture still standg Cairo, the Gayer-Anrson Mm's archecture is not only a ttament to history self, but also serv as home to a vast llectn of pture this one-of-a-kd mmfoundatn worked wh NAV3D, a leadg pany Egypt that provis Matterport 3D snng servic.

The efforts further prerve history and help to make the Gayer-Anrson Mm accsible to more visors than ever ught up wh Ahmed Attia, the founr and executive manager at NAV3D, to learn more about the project. Q: What spired the 3D pture of Gayer-Anrson Mm?

GAYER-ANRSON MM: A MANIFTATN OF THE MAJTY & GRANUR OF ISLAMIC ARCHECTURE

This was a great experience and I really enjoyed beg a part of the team rponsible for documentg this fascatg Gayer-Anrson Mm, known as Bayt al-Kriyya, is unique wh fascatg archecture and history.

It’s a remarkable, historic home that was once ed as a rince for an English man, Gayer Anrson.

Q: What’s the one thg you want visors to take away after explorg the Gayer-Anrson Mm? Through a gateway to the south of the ma entrance of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, this quirky mm gets s current name om John Gayer-Anrson, the Brish major and army doctor who rtored the two adjog 16th-century ho between 1935 and 1942, fillg them wh lovely antiqui, artworks and knick-knacks acquired on his travels the regn. On his ath 1945, Gayer-Anrson bequeathed the lot to Egypt.