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Updated January 2025

Grand Egyptian Museum opening date

The trial opening of the expansive museum began on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. This phase acts as an initial step to prepare for the museum’s full-scale opening.

Currently, the Grand Egyptian Museum is providing limited access to evaluate its operational readiness. Visitors can explore the Main Galleries, Grand Hall, Grand Staircase, commercial spaces, and outdoor gardens. 

However, the Tutankhamun galleries and Khufu’s Boats Museum remain inaccessible until the official launch.

Grand Egyptian Museum location

Located on the Giza Plateau, approximately 2 kilometers from the Pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum offers travelers the convenience of visiting both locations at once. This proximity makes it easier for tourists to experience the fascinating history of ancient Egypt without the hassle of separate trips.

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Grand Egyptian Museum ticket prices

The ticket prices vary depending on the category of the visitors and the part of the GEM they wish to visit. The following regular ticket prices are for the current open GEM main exhibition halls available for visit during the trial run:

Egyptians:

  • Adult: EGP 200
  • Child: EGP 100
  • Student: EGP 100
  • Senior citizens: EGP 100

Foreigners:

  • Adult: EGP 1,200
  • Child: EGP 600
  • Student: EGP 600

Note: Free admission passes are granted to the following:

  • Children under the age of 4
  • Egyptians with special needs plus one caregiver
  • Egyptian tour guides (excluding weekends and public holidays)
  • Egyptian Military Veterans (excluding weekends and public holidays)
  • First-degree family members of Egyptian martyrs (excluding weekends and public holidays)
  • Members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM)

Grand Egyptian Museum timings

The Grand Egyptian Museum is open daily from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Take note that tickets can be purchased until 4:00 PM only.

Grand Egyptian Museum collections

Although limited exhibition halls are open for the trial opening, the museum will showcase more than 100,000 treasures and artifacts related to ancient Egyptian civilization on its grand opening. With many fascinating items that are sure to capture your attention, you’ll surely appreciate the history of Egypt as you experience it like never before. Here are just a few examples:

The enormous 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses II

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For 50 years, the enormous 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses II stood motionless in the midst of a traffic circle, surrounded by a tangle of city boulevards and overpasses, amid rattling buses and honking vehicles. Due to concerns that car emissions were damaging the old red granite monument, the Egyptian authorities relocated it to Giza in 2006, with plans to eventually place it at the entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Tutankhamun collection

The GEM’s main attraction will be the first-ever complete presentation of the entire Tutankhamun collection. This includes all 5,000 artifacts that were discovered in the young king’s tomb by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922. While one-third of these objects have previously been exhibited at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, Cairo, the GEM plans to showcase them in an exceptionally authentic manner, providing visitors with a chance to experience the inside of the actual tomb just as it was.

 

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