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The second floor of the museum is devoted to Islamic and Coptic items and is heavy with jewelry, coins, and personal items. Many of the items on this floor are on loan from other museums in Egypt. An entire room is devoted to silver service, plates, tablecloths, and other items from the Manial Palace in Cairo. There is also a coin display of the Muhammad Ali dynasty, rounding out the museum's very interesting coin collection.
With all the archaeological work going on in the New-Valley it won't be long before the museum is filled entirely with interesting items from the desert and oases.

Coptic Textiles

There are three panels of Coptic textiles on view, dated from seventh to the ninth centuries. They carry floral and animal patterns and consist of a woolen head covering, a jacket, and a panel. All are on loan from the Coptic Museum.

Icons

These eighteenth-century wooden icons are of the virgin Mary and Jesus, and the martyr Mari Girgis stabbing the Dragon. On loan from the Coptic Museum.

Arabic and Coptic Books

A display of Arabic and Coptic books show various scripts and designs.

Islamic Coins

There are a number of interesting coins displayed here from almost all periods of Islamic history. They include gold inars, silver coins of the Mamluk sultan Baybars, glass coin-weights of the Fatimid caliph al-Aziz al-Azhir, tenth-and eleventh-century glass measures for lentils, cumin, oil, and more. A very interesting display.