In October 2024, the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza opened 12 rooms to the public for the first time on an experimental basis, in anticipation of a future definitive opening. Finally, the announcement has been made: the museum will be fully open to the public on 3 July 2025.

Located near the Pyramids of Giza, the museum will house the world's largest archaeological collection, with more than 100,000 artefacts spanning the various periods of ancient Egyptian history, from the Old Kingdom to the Greco-Roman period. Initially, only 4,000 visitors per day were admitted, in order to identify any problems with management and overcrowding. 

The collections in the 12 rooms already opened are devoted to the society, religion and government of ancient Egypt, arranged chronologically and by dynasty. The centrepiece of this opening is the "King's Elite" room, which contains statues of members of the royal family and high officials, as well as the colossal statue of King Ramses II, which was placed in the museum's atrium in 2006. However, the entire collection of Tutankhamun's treasures, discovered in 1922, including sarcophagi, jewellery, chariots and ornaments, totalling almost 5,000 exhibits, will not be on display until the official opening.

Opening image: photo by 2H Media on Unsplash