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Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria Brews Up Coffee Exhibit

The exhibition includes 32 pieces in total, 15 of which are golden cups and 17 decorated cup-holders that draw from the classic French Rococo style.

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The Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria has unveiled an exhibition that, well, we think is pretty out of the box. Under the title ‘Your Royal Coffee’, a temporary exhibition showcasing a coffee set from King Farouk's private collection.

 

 The exhibition includes 32 pieces in total, 15 of which are golden cups (super bougie) and 17 decorated cup-holders that draw from the classic French Rococo style. The exhibition is scheduled to run for three months.

 

The museum's Director General explained that the exhibition is part of a series of temporary exhibits that the museum holds periodically to shed light on some of the artifacts they have in store.

 

The Royal Jewelry Museum in and of itself is a spectacle to behold. It remains one of the most important European-style architectural masterpieces in Egypt, and was built by Italian engineer Antonio Lachiac in 1919. The museum was originally a palace belonging to Princess Fatima Haider, one of the princesses of the Muhammad Ali family. It was only converted into a museum in 1986 and houses 1,045 pieces of gold and silver jewellery and precious stones belonging to the family of Muhammad Ali Pasha.