Farouk Corner's was originally opened by King Farouk, in 1942 to be a family rest house on the Nile in Helwan, south of Cairo. It is a boat shaped edifice with three floors and a basement containing a kitchen and servants quarters.
King Farouk Rest House
The house itself is decorated on the inside with pharonic decorative elements and furniture. A replica of Luxor and Karnak temples are also found on the house’s balcony while three replica mummification beds are in the hall. Including the Japanese garden and mineral baths, the house had been maintained as a museum open to the public such as many of Cairo’s museums pertaining to modern heritage.
portrait of Quran
The interior design is intimate and decorated with pharonic-inspired wooden furniture along with other styles. Replicas of furniture found in the ''Tutankhamen'' tomb in the 1920's. Both the Giza and Helwan houses designed by Fahmy, responded to the royal family’s interest in Ancient Egyptian design motifs with different ways as well as a portrait of Quran was dedicated as a gift to the king from one of the residents of Helwan at the time and personal photos of King Farouk.
pharonic decorative elements
In 1976, the Ministry of Antiquities, turned it into a museum as a witness to one of the most important historical periods in Egypt.
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