📍 Museum📸 Tourist Attraction

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

Cairo, Egypt

4.5 (0)

Overview

Museum in Cairo, Egypt. It lies in Egypt's desert belt, best visited between October and April.

Why visit: The Grand Egyptian Museum and the Egyptian Museum hold the Tutankhamun treasures and the royal mummies — the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities anywhere.

Things to do

›Book the Grand Egyptian Museum online — walk-up queues are long
›Pay for the separate mummy-hall ticket where one exists
›Pick a few galleries rather than attempting the whole collection
›Check the camera policy; phone photography is usually fine, tripods are not

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Travel Information

Best time

Year-round; mornings are quietest

Weather

Hot desert — warm, dry winters of 18–25°C that are the only comfortable time to travel, and summers routinely above 40°C in the Nile Valley and the deserts, where midday heat is a real hazard.

Entry fee

Ticketed (~₹1,200 – 3,000); special halls extra

Hours

Typically 9 AM – 5 PM

Est. budget

₹1,500 – ₹4,500

Duration

3 – 4 hours

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