Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is an archaeological museum whose collections include major groups of artifacts from ancient Egypt, spanning several millennia.

Tutankhamun's tomb: The largely intact tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. Objects excavated from the tomb became the museum’s most celebrated collection.
Auguste Mariette: A French Egyptologist who founded Egypt’s Antiquities Service and established the Bulaq Museum. His collecting and museum work laid institutional foundations for the Egyptian Museum.
Egyptology: The scholarly study of ancient Egyptian history, language, society, and material culture. The museum’s objects are a major resource for Egyptological research.
Grand Egyptian Museum: A large archaeological museum near the Giza pyramids, designed to display extensive collections from ancient Egypt. It has taken over display of many major objects formerly housed at the Egyptian Museum.
Narmer Palette: An ancient Egyptian ceremonial palette bearing imagery associated with King Narmer and political unification. This early masterpiece exemplifies the museum’s holdings from Egypt’s formative dynastic period.
Bulaq Museum: An early Egyptian antiquities museum established in Cairo in the nineteenth century. Its collections and institutional role preceded the Egyptian Museum’s present building.
Egyptian Museum conservation laboratory: A specialist facility where museum objects are examined, stabilized, and restored. Conservation work addresses the preservation needs of the museum’s large archaeological collection.
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization: A Cairo museum presenting Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the present. It now displays the royal mummies transferred from the Egyptian Museum.
Khufu ship: An ancient cedarwood vessel buried beside the Great Pyramid, probably intended for the afterlife of Pharaoh Khufu. Its reconstruction and display made it a landmark object in the museum’s Giza collection.
Gaston Maspero: A French Egyptologist who directed Egypt’s Antiquities Service and oversaw the move to the museum’s current building. His administration shaped the museum during its transition to Tahrir Square.

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