
Umm Kulthum Museum
Umm Kulthum Museum
Cairo, Egypt
Last updated: February 11, 2026
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Visitor Reviews
**★★★★★ NAIF _NxF — a week ago
A wonderful tribute to the most iconic woman in Arabic music and one of the greatest singers the world has ever known.
**★★★★★ Cristina Diaz — a month ago
Amazing museum. 20EGP per person. And the best Nile River view.
**★★★★★ Fahd Batayneh فهد بطاينة — 10 months ago
This is the museum that displays some of the belongings of the famous Arabian Egyptian female singer Um Kulthum.
The museum is very small, and can be seen with details within 30 minutes. Tickets are bought at the entrance.
Next to the museum is the Nile River water level measurement observatory, and it has a separate ticket that can be bought at the premises entrance.
**★★★★☆ Hanan Abdulkareem — a year ago
I’ve been wanting to visit this museum for years now and I finally got to see it. I bought 4 tickets for my family and I and it was 20 EGP, I gave the guy 100 EGP and I waited for my change and he said “are you going to take pictures” I said “yes” he said then that would cost another 20 EGP which I don’t mind but I didn’t know or read any where that it cost money to take pictures, however I paid him and walked away.
There was a museum tour guy he took us and told us where to go and gave us a fe
**★★☆☆☆ Piotrek P — a year ago
I absolutely love the singer, but the museum doesn't really have much to offer. There were few pictures, dresses Umm wore, and a few medals achieved throughout her incredible life. It takes 10mins to visit the whole thing so a bit disappointing. Was sitting outside for a while as the views of the river Nile from the outside park are truly beautiful but then the staff from Nilometer told me I need to buy another ticket for Nilometer to sit in the park which sounded ridiculous since it's part of t









