The Prince Muhammad Ali Palace Museum in Manial is one of the most beautiful and important historical museums in Egypt. The museum expresses an important period in the modern history of Egypt and is unique in its magnificent architectural design. It was built in a modern Islamic style adapted from the Persian and Mamluk schools of art. It also includes some Syrian, Moroccan and Andalusian motifs, and even the Ottoman spirit spread in it. Therefore, it is considered a comprehensive art school for the elements of various Islamic arts.

In addition to the mosque, the private museum, the hunting museum, and the clock tower, it is surrounded by a wall in the style of the walls of medieval fortresses, and its palaces are surrounded from the inside by gardens that include a rare collection of trees and plants. The palace is currently used as a museum.

The palace includes three palaces: (the Residence Palace, the Reception Palace, and the Throne Palace).

It was built by Prince Muhammad Ali Tawfiq in the period between 1319-1348 AH / 1900-1929 AD. The palace consists of an outer wall surrounding the entrance to the palace. Within its walls, it includes the reception serails, the clock tower, the sabil, the mosque, the hunting museum, the residence serail, the throne serail, the private museum, And the Golden Hall, in addition to the wonderful garden surrounding the palace, which is unique in its kind.

It is one of the palaces of the royal era in Egypt with a special architectural character. The construction of the palace began in 1901 and is located on the island of Manial al-Rawdah in Cairo on an area of 61,711 square meters, of which 5,000 square meters represents the area of the buildings. _ The palace is a unique architectural masterpiece, as it includes various Islamic arts from Fatimid, Mamluk, Ottoman, Andalusian, Persian and Shami.

The palace was owned by Prince Muhammad Ali, the second son of Khedive Tawfiq, and brother of Khedive Abbas Helmy II.

He held the position of Crown Prince three times, and was one of the three guardians of the throne during the period between the death of King Fuad I and his cousin King Farouk's assumption of his constitutional powers upon his completion of legal age. The land of the palace was chosen by Prince Muhammad Ali himself, and he initially established the Residence Saray, and then completed the rest of the Saraya. Prince Muhammad Ali put in place the engineering and decorative designs, and supervised the construction, while the teacher, Muhammad Afifi, carried out the implementation, and the Prince recommended that the palace be transformed into a museum after his death.