Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum was first built in Boulak. In 1891, it was moved to Giza Palace of “Ismail Pasha” which housed the antiquities that were later moved to the present building.
The Egyptian Museum is situated at Tahrir square in Cairo.
It was built during the reign of Khedive Abbass Helmi II in 1897, and opened on November 15, 1902 (More History). It has 107 halls. At the ground floor there are the huge statues. The upper floor houses small statues, jewels, Tutankhamon treasures and the mummies.
The Museum also comprises a photography section and a large library. The Egyptian museum comprises many sections arranged in chronological order:
- first section houses Tutankhamon’s treasures.
- second section houses the pre-dynasty and the Old Kingdom monuments.
- third section houses the first intermediate period and the Middle Kingdom monuments.
- forth section houses the monuments of the Modern Kingdom.
- fifth section houses the monuments of the late period and the Greek and Roman periods.
- sixth section houses coins and papyrus.
- seventh section houses sarcophagi and scrabs.
A hall for the royal mummies was opened at the museum, housing eleven kings and queens.
More than a million and half tourists visit the museum annually, in addition to half a million Egyptians.
will pick you up from your hotel on Cairo, Start one of our Cairo Day Tours, enjoy your Private Tour to Egyptian Museum and Citadel with your Egyptologist tour guide, visit Egyptian museum which contain the Tut-ank-amoun treasure, Akhenaton statues.
Optional Mummy room. Proceed to Salah El Din Citadel and visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster mosque, continue your day tour to Khan EL Khalili Bazar for free shopping time.
You will have lunch at local restaurant, vegetarian if need it, at the end of your Egyptian Museum and Citadel Tour, Drive back to your Hotel in Cairo.
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