What Happens Next The Grand Egyptian Museum is expected to launch over a few days on July, 3. The museum will be closed to the public from June, 15 and will reopen on July, 6.

Visitors may be disappointed to learn that only part of the museum will be open during the trial run. Fortunately, it’s a rather big part, comprised of no less than 12 different exhibition halls ...

Egypt's Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), hailed as the "fourth pyramid" due to its grand design and proximity to the Giza pyramids, has postponed its official opening to the last quarter of 2025.

Creating the Grand Egyptian Museum has become a seemingly Sisyphean task, with years of delays suggesting it would be eternally on the verge of opening. These setbacks are understandable. Egypt ...

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is ranked #4 out of 22 things to do in Cairo. See pictures and our review of National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening, officials ...

Get our newsletter! Egyptian officials moved 22 mummies—including 18 kings and 4 queens—to the newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Photo by Khaled Desouki / AFP via Getty Images ...