National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
المتحف القومي للحضارة المصرية
The new museum in Fustat, whose underground Royal Mummy Hall displays over 20 pharaonic mummies, including Ramesses II, and is one of Cairo's must-see museums.
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization officially opened in 2021. That April, the Pharaohs' Golden Parade moved 22 royal mummies from the old Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square to here. The highlight is the underground Royal Mummy Hall, where the mummies of Ramesses II, Seqenenre Tao II, Hatshepsut and other pharaohs and queens are displayed in dim, climate-controlled cases, with biographies and pathology notes. The main galleries trace Egyptian civilisation from prehistory through the pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods to modern times, and there are special exhibits on textiles and jewellery. Foreign adult admission is about EGP 500–800, and it is open roughly 09:00–18:00, with night sessions on some days. Photography is not allowed in the mummy hall. The museum is on the lakeside in Fustat, Old Cairo, a five-minute taxi ride from the Coptic district.
Opening hours
About 09:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
- Coptic Cairo / Hanging Church
- Gayer-Anderson Museum
- Mosque of Ibn Tulun
- Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
- Citadel of Saladin
- Al-Rifa'i Mosque
- Manial Palace