The Sharkeya National Museum (now closed) was situated at the small village of Herriat Raznah near Zagazig, capital of the Sharkeya governorate, and 85 km northeast of Cairo. It was opened on 9 September 1973 by Anwar es-Sadat, then president of the Arabic Republic of Egypt. The museum had two floors. The sculpture, being large and heavy, was kept on the ground floor while the smaller artefacts were chronologically arranged in dozens of display cases on the upper floor. The museum was closed in 2006 and the objects moved to the newly built Tell Basta Museum (due to open in 2011).

Ismailia, a green city on the shore of lake Timsah, is located on the Suez canal, some 120 kilometres northeast of Cairo. The city boasts one of the best archaeological museums in all of Egypt. The building – designed in Graeco-Egyptian style – stands within a well-kept garden. White marble steps lead from the garden to a gallery suffused with light. In the middle of this is displayed a large ancient mosaic dating to the time of the Roman emperors. Along the walls stand historic display cases of wood and glass containing statuettes, small stelae, vessels, tools, amulets and jewellery of different periods.

The museum of the University of Zagazig was founded in 1992 at the instigation of Prof Dr Mohamed I. Bakr. It displays over 2000 ancient Egyptian artefacts from two different archaeological sites, excavated by the University of Zagazig over several decades. The museum is located in two large rooms within the main building of the University campus and can be visited by appointment. The artefacts are exhibited chronologically in small display cases grouped according to their excavation site.