The New Grand Egyptian Museum
The New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
It's one of the most unique museums, and it will include a large collection of artifacts dedicated to a single civilization. The museum features the tomb of Tutankhamun and over 10,000 unique archaeological pieces. It is designed to be the center of education and culture to explore Egyptian history and civilization. The tour of exploring the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is one of the Top Egypt Tours for the whole family and fans of Egyptian civilization.
The design of the New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
The new Grand Museum (GEM) is designed to be close to the Giza plateau and to be directly connected to the Giza pyramids: pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, and the Valley temple. The design of the Museum is made on 90,000 square meters, making it to be the world’s largest museum. The museum was built to encompass more than 100,000 pieces of pharaonic artifacts; It also includes parts designed to be exhibitions, conference centers, a Museum for Children, and gardens to let the whole family spend an enjoyable time during one of Egypt Easter Tours to refresh your soul.
In 2002, Egypt announced an international design competition and sought for the laid of the foundation stone. After that, in 2003, the firm Heneghan Peng Architects won the competition and signed a contract with Egypt for the designation of the museum, and the finishing of the details of the design ended and they started to offer the first private tours in 2022. The façade of the museum takes a triangular shape, then you will pass through an entrance decorated with alabaster and hieroglyphs, and finally, you will meet the Grand statue of King Ramses II, greeting you. It’s a must-tour to be taken when you have the opportunity to explore the museum during a Cairo Half-day tour with your family and partners.
The exhibitions and Artifacts of the New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
The transferring process was started by the Ministry for Tourism and Antiques started to transfer some of the archeological pieces from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in late 2010. The most special transferred pieces were Tutankhamun’s funerary Mask, the mummy, the inner gold sarcophagus, and his jewels. Other moved artifacts were the block statue of Queen Hetepheres, the Queen Nefertari granite sculpture, the King Snusret I statue, and the solar boat of King Khufu.
The recent activities and Exhibition in the New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
The Museum offers an exponential immersive show focusing on the Egyptian civilization in a very interesting show. The show is using the digital art to narrate the life of the legendary King Tutankhamun, displaying the temples, and treasures, and revealing the secrets of the Egyptian civilization, enhanced with sound, making it an exceptional experience. The show received many awards and was widely spread among visitors from Egypt and all over the world. The museum is now offering new experiences through the tours included in Egypt Classic packages for children to learn more about the history and the iconic temples in Egypt, within a guided tour after passing by the Gift shop of the Museum.
The New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
It will be one of the most unique museums and it will include a large collection of artifacts dedicated to a single civilization. The museum includes the tomb of Tutankhamun and ten thousand unique archeological pieces, It is designed to be the center of education and culture to explore Egyptian history and civilization. The tour of exploring the New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has become one of the Top Egypt Tours for the whole family and fans of the Egyptian civilization.
The New Grand Museum (GEM) is designed to be close to the Giza plateau and to be directly connected to the Giza pyramids: pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, and the Valley temple. The design of the Museum is made on 90,000 square meters, leading it to be the world’s largest museum. The museum was built to encompass more than 100,000 pieces of pharaonic artifacts; It also includes parts designed to be exhibitions, conference centers, a Museum for Children, and gardens to let the whole family spend an enjoyable time during one of Egypt Easter Tours to refresh your soul.
In 2002 Egypt announced an international design competition and sought for the laid of the foundation stone. After that in 2003, the firm Heneghan Peng Architects won the competition and signed a contract with Egypt for the designation of the museum and the finishing of the details of the design ended and started to offer the first private tours in 2022. The façade of the museum takes a triangle shape, then you will pass through an entrance decorated with alabaster and hieroglyphs, and finally, you will meet the Grand statue of King Ramses II greetings you. It’s a must-tour to be taken when you have the opportunity to explore the museum during one Cairo Half-day tour with your family and partners.
The transferring process was started by the Ministry for Tourism and Antiques started to transfer some of the archeological pieces from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in late 2010. The most special transferred pieces were Tutankhamun’s funerary Mask, the mummy, the inner gold sarcophagus, and his jewels. Other moved artifacts were the block statue of Queen Hetepheres, the Queen Nefertarti granite sculpture, the King Snusret I statue, and the solar boat of King Khufu.
The New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) offers an exponential immersive show focusing on the Egyptian civilization in very interesting show. The show is using the digital art to narrate the life of the legendary King Tutankhamun, displaying the temples, and treasures and revealing the secrets of the Egyptian civilization enhanced with sound making it an exceptional experience. The show received many awards and was widely spread among visitors from Egypt and all over the world. The museum is now offering new experiences through the tours included in Egypt Classic packages for children to learn more about the history and the iconic temples in Egypt within a guided tour after passing by the Gift shop of the Museum.