The Grand Egyptian Museum
In January 2002, the cornerstone of The Grand Egyptian Museum was laid on the west bank of the Nile, in close proximity to the pyramids of Giza. New Grand Egyptian Museum, covering an area of 50 hectares, is considered the largest archaeological museum in the world. The Grand Egyptian Museum will contain over 100,000 exhibits from the Pharaonic, Greek and Roman periods and is expected to receive over 5 million visitors annually.
The Grand Egyptian Museum is the largest museum project in the world. The Cairo Museum is scheduled to open in November 2022. The Grand Egyptian Museum is one of the most important museums in the entire world.
The Grand Egyptian Museum includes a number of commercial and leisure buildings, a restoration center and a museum garden planted with trees familiar from ancient Egypt. The $550 million project will be implemented in three main phases.
In 2010, the second phase of the project was opened, which includes a restoration center and a number of analytical laboratories, such as: a wood laboratory, a stone laboratory, a laboratory for ceramics, glass and metal, and a laboratory for the preservation of mummies.
The last stage, which is currently underway, includes the construction of museum galleries, cinemas, restaurants and cafes, a conference hall, a library and a children’s museum.
In 2015, it was announced that the Grand Museum would be partially reopened in 2018 after several delays. However, the opening of the new museum has been postponed to 2020.
But due to the corona pandemic, the opening of the new museum has been postponed again. Now the opening and inauguration ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum is scheduled for November 2022.
