Egyptian Museum
One of the Oldest Museums in the world built in 1897 designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon of the Neoclassical style , which it is the first Museum in Middle East and Africa
The museum is unique in its presentation of the whole history of Egyptian civilization, especially of antiquities of the Pharaonic and Greco-Roman periods. It House a number of 100,000 items.
Tips to Visit the Museum
Use a local guide and do the Museum in Chronological order as this will help u to understand the art of each different period of Egypt Diverse history
You can never see all the artifacts so I will share here the highlighted pieces you must sea
False Doors
The Museum has a large collection of what are known as false doors saved from dignitaries destroyed tombs in Saqara & Giza , locals always recycled the tombs stones but never did to the false doors which is always been believed it is the secret Chanel for the deceased’s soul to come to this world
Since it debuted in 1902, the distinctive pink palace overlooking Cairo’s Tahrir Square has been the world’s premier showcase of ancient Egyptian artifacts, and it will remain so until the GEM finally opens..
But Egypt has always had far more treasures than a single museum could display.
It’s only in recent decades that a flurry of museum-building up and down the Nile has allowed the Middle Eastern nation to showcase more of its artistic and cultural heritage than ever before.
Slowly but surely, the Ministry of Antiquities is relocating many of the Egyptian Museum’s priceless relics from crowded downtown Cairo to a sprawling new suburban campus called the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
Located in Giza, the GEM will display the entire King Tut collection for the first time and connect to the nearby pyramids via a landscaped causeway spangled with immense statues from Egypt’s ancient past.
In southern Egypt, the Nubian Museum in Aswan, housed inside a stunning sand-colored structure that blends perfectly into the surrounding Sahara, won an Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2001.
Along the Mediterranean shore, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina houses six specialized libraries and four separate museums inside a futuristic building whose design was inspired by the significance of the rising sun during ancient Egyptian times.
Taking a cue from the historic house museums of Europe and North America, Egypt is also transforming some of its heritage homes into museum spaces like Cairo’s Gayer Anderson — which has already “starred” in a James Bond movie.
Here are some of the best places to explore Egypt’s ancient artifacts.
