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Grand Egyptian Museum

المتحف المصري الكبير

The world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilisation.

The main gate of the museum: a pyramid of glowing stone and glass.

Opened1 November 2025Giza, Egypt

Designed byHeneghan PengArchitects

  • 50,000+Artefacts on display
  • 5,398Tutankhamun objects
  • 2 kmTo the Pyramids

One civilisation, from the first villages on the Nile to Rome, under one roof two kilometres from the Pyramids.

The main gate of the museum in daylight: a pyramid of stone and glass set into a wall of triangles.
The main gateA pyramid of stone and glass set into a wall of triangles.

The Grand Egyptian Museum stands at Giza. Heneghan Peng Architects designed it, and it officially opened on 1 November 2025.

Plan your visit
50,000+
artefacts on display, from the Predynastic period to the Roman age
5,398
objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun, shown together in two halls
11 m
about how tall the Colossus of Ramses II stands in the Grand Hall
2 km
from the museum to the Pyramids of Giza

A building planned along a line of sight

The museum was planned along visual axes that connect it to the three Pyramids of Giza, about two kilometres away.

Designed by
Heneghan Peng Architects
Opened
1 November 2025
The three Pyramids of Giza. The whole Grand Egyptian Museum: a long wall of triangles with a pyramid gate in the middle.

2 km

from the museum to the three Pyramids of Giza

The gate of the museum seen from close: a pyramid of gold-coloured stone and glass set into a dark wall covered in hieroglyphs, beside a pale wall of triangles.

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The museum seen from above at night, its roofs and walls lit gold.

Inside the museum

Four places to begin, from the Grand Hall to the galleries.

  1. 1The Grand Hall
  2. 2The Grand Staircase
  3. 3The galleries
  4. 4A hall of statues
The Colossus of Ramses II in the Grand Hall, under the glass roof.

The Grand Hall

The Colossus of Ramses II greets you under the roof.

Royal statues on the Grand Staircase.

The Grand Staircase

Royal statues line the climb through the building.

Display cases lit in blue in one of the galleries.

The galleries

Display cases lit in blue.

Statues standing in a hall under a lit ceiling.

A hall of statues

Statues stand along the halls.

Five artifacts of Tutankhamun

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Golden Mask of Tutankhamun Golden MaskSolid gold, inlaid with lapis lazuli and quartz. Golden Throne of Tutankhamun Golden ThroneGilded wood, with the queen anointing the king. Painted Chest of Tutankhamun Painted ChestBattle and hunt, painted in miniature. Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun Canopic ChestGuarded by four goddesses, it held the canopic jars. Iron Dagger of Tutankhamun Iron DaggerA gold handle and a blade of iron from the sky.

From the first villages to Rome

The collection runs from the Predynastic period to the Roman age.

  1. Predynastic
  2. Early Dynastic
  3. Old Kingdom
  4. Middle Kingdom
  5. New KingdomTutankhamun, Dynasty 18
  6. Late Period
  7. Ptolemaic
  8. Roman

Tutankhamun ruled in the New Kingdom, about 1332 to 1323 BC.

Plan your visit

Opening hours, Cairo time

Hours listed below

DaysComplexGalleriesLast ticket
Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri08:30 – 19:0009:00 – 18:0017:00
Wed & Sat08:30 – 22:0009:00 – 21:0020:00

These are the hours on the official site since November 2025. They can change, so check before you go.

Tickets

One official website. Only one.

Tickets are sold at visit-gem.com. The museum says it is not responsible for tickets bought anywhere else.

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Getting here

Giza, about two kilometres from the Pyramids.

The nearest metro station is Giza; continue by taxi or ride-hailing. Leave extra time, because Cairo traffic can be slow.

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