Egypt's Museum of Islamic Art welcomes first visitors since 2014 bombing

A general view of Egypt's Museum of Islamic Art after two years of restoration work, after it was damaged in a car bomb attack in 2014, in Cairo, Egypt January 19, 2017. Picture taken January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Museum of Islamic Art, home to one of the world's most important collections of Islamic artefacts, is welcoming visitors for the first time since it was damaged in a car bombing three years ago.

First opened in 1903, the museum was closed in January 2014 after a bomb attack on the Cairo police directorate across the street severely damaged its facade and dozens of exhibits.