Grand Egyptian Museum
| Grand Egyptian Museum | |
|---|---|
المتحف المصرى الكبير | |
| General information | |
| Type | Museum |
| Architectural style | Pharaonic (Egyptian) |
| Location | Giza, Greater Cairo |
| Country | Egypt |
| Construction started | 12 March 2012 |
| Completed | February 2023 |
| Opened | 6 February 2023 (limited access), It was scheduled to open on July 3 but was postponed. It will be determined in the last quarter of this year 2025 |
| Cost | $1 billion |
| Client | Ministry of Antiquities |
| Owner | Government of Egypt |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 490,000 square metres (5,300,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Heneghan Peng |
| Structural engineer | Arup |
| Services engineer | Buro Happold |
| Other designers | Atelier Brückner |
| Main contractor | Orascom Construction/BESIX |
| Website | |
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The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM; Arabic: المتحف المصرى الكبير al-Matḥaf al-Maṣriyy al-Kabīr), also known as the Giza Museum, is an archaeological museum in Giza, Egypt, about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) from the Giza pyramid complex. The Museum hosts over 100,000 artifacts from ancient Egyptian civilization, including the complete Tutankhamun collection, and many pieces will be on display for the first time. With 81,000 m2 (872,000 sq ft) of floor space, it will be the world's largest archeological museum. It is being built as part of a new master plan for the Giza Plateau, known as "Giza 2030".
The GEM will also host permanent exhibition galleries, temporary exhibitions, special exhibitions, children museum, and virtual and large format screens with a total floor area of 32,000 m2.
The museum was built by a joint venture of the Belgian BESIX Group and the Egyptian Orascom Construction.
The original opening was scheduled for 2012, but it was only partially open on 16 October 2024. The Grand Hall, Grand Staircase, commercial area, 12 public galleries and the exterior gardens are open for tours, while the Tutankhamun gallery and Solar Boat Museum are not yet open to the public. The museum was scheduled to officially open to the public on 6 July 2025, however it was again delayed until the final quarter of 2025 due to escalating regional tensions between Israel and Iran.