Today we’ll be visiting the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which was opened in November 2025.
■About the Grand Egyptian Museum
Name: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
Address: Cairo – Alexandria Desert Rd, Kafr Nassar, Al Haram, Giza Governorate 3513204, Egypt
Open to the Public: November 2025
Visited: January 2026
Lead Architects: Róisín Heneghan and Shih-Fu Peng
Firm: Heneghan Peng Architects (Dublin, Ireland)
Local Architect: Raafat Miller Consulting (Cairo)
Key Engineering/Design Partners: Arup (structural), Buro Happold (services), and West 8 (landscape)
Total Construction Cost: $1-1.2 billion
Total Area: 500,000 square meters (5,400,000 square feet)
Building Area: 167,000 square meters (1,800,000 square feet)
Total Floor Area: 81,000 square meters (870,000 square feet)
Opening Hours: GEM Complex: 8:30 AM – 7 PM, Galleries: 9 AM – 6 PM (Wednesdays and Saturdays are exceptions, with the GEM Complex open from 8:30 AM to 10 PM and the Galleries from 9 AM to 9 PM.)
Price: Adults 1,450 EGP, Children 730 EGP
Official website: https://gem.eg/en
The Grand Egyptian Museum was first announced in 1992, with construction beginning in 2005 and completion in 2023 at a cost of $1 billion to $1.2 billion. The trial opening began in October 2024, and the official opening took place on November 1, 2025. It is the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilization.
The museum houses artifacts from various periods of Egyptian civilization, from the Predynastic Period to the Roman Empire. The total collection is estimated to exceed 100,000 items, with at least 20,000 being exhibited for the first time.
■Table of Contents
00:00 Intro
00:33 Admission & Prices
01:44 Ramses II Hanging Obelisk
02:22 Exterior/Entrance
03:34 Map and Information
04:55 Grand Hall – Colossus of Ramses II, etc.
08:50 Grand Staircase
15:14 Pyramids View
15:56 Main Galleries Entrance and Map
16:51 Main Galleries 1 to 3 (Prehistoric to Old Kingdom)
22:06 Main Galleries 4 to 6 (Middle Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period)
27:02 Main Galleries 7 to 9 (New Kingdom)
31:27 Main Galleries 10 to 12 (Third Intermediate Period, Late Period, Greek and Roman Periods)
36:26 Tutankhamun Gallery
48:49 Other Exhibits
50:04 Restaurants & Cafes
51:52 Shops
54:32 Glass Hall
56:08 Khufu’s Boat Museum
59:30 How much time is required to visit GEM?
1:00:37 Is the Egyptian Museum (Cairo Museum) Worth Visiting?
1:01:51 Thank you for watching
