Visit the Best Museums in Egypt

During our luxury Egypt tour we bring guests to the best museum in Egypt. Egypt museum tickets prices are included in our all-inclusive Egypt vacation packages.

On the Around Egypt in 14 days (a 14-day tour in Egypt) we will visit the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It is the most famous museum of Egyptian antiquities.The architecture of this museum also makes a great impression on tourists, allowing you to see the intricate details of thousands of artifacts. We will also explore the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization which is one of the best museums in Cairo, as well as the Imhotep Museum at Saqqara. In Alexandria, during the museum tour, we will visit the National Museum and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which includes several museums on various topics and exhibitions. In southern Egypt, we will go to the Crocodile Museum in Kom Ombo.

On the Exploring Egypt tour (a 10-day tour of Egypt) you will be able to visit three museums in Egypt. These are: the Egyptian Museum - the famous ancient Egypt museum in Cairo, and the Imhotep Museum at Saqqara, as well as the Crocodile Museum in Kom Ombo. On the 1-day add-on for the standard departure day tour, you can also visit the Alexandria National Museum and the museums at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

The Golden Highlights tour (a 8-Day Egypt tour) includes the Egyptian Museum and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo, the Imhotep Museum at Saqqara, as well as the Crocodile Museum in Kom Ombo. On the 1-day add-on for the standard departure day tour, you can also visit the Alexandria National Museum and the museums at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Visiting famous museums in Egypt from different eras, as well as exhibiting different topics, allows you to broaden your knowledge in an interesting way. 

Inside Egypt takes you to visit museums in Egypt when joining us on our Egypt museum tour. Admission tickets are included in our all-inclusive Egypt vacation packages. We make sure that we purchase them for our clients in advance, giving you more time to explore the famous Egyptian museums while on our museum tour. There are different prices for Egyptians and foreigners. The museum ticket price for Egyptians is shown in Arabic and prices for foreigners are shown in English. Luckily for you, Inside Egypt takes care of every detail. 

At Inside Egypt we work with the best experts in Egyptian history and they help our guests get a sense of the country's history through its museums. Our Egyptian guides have extensive knowledge and are passionate about the history of Egypt. Thanks to this, they can present the history of individual exhibits and explain the role they played in the history of Egypt. The guides also look forward to answering our customers' questions, while viewing the exhibits.

Our museum travel programs combine sightseeing with lots of fun. In the company of our professional Egyptian guide, during the Egypt museum tour, you will get to know the most interesting exhibits, found inside the Egyptian museum. As you walk around each Egyptian museum, our guide will tell you stories and anecdotes related to common, unusual and sentimental items displayed. 

Visiting an Egypt museum with a guide is the best way to broaden your knowledge about the exhibits there, sharing your passion for the history of Egypt on our museum tour.

Visiting large museums in Egypt during our Egypt museum tour can take hours. This is especially so when the museums have an extensive number of exhibits, such as the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (Museum of Egyptian Antiquities). A visit to this Egyptian museum takes approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. However, smaller museums such as the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo take up to 1.5 hours on the museum tour.

 A museum tour of the National Museum of Alexandria, a key feature of our Alexandria city tours, takes about 1 hour and showcases some wonderful items.

On the other hand, our museum tour around small museums, such as the Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo or the Wadi Al Hitan Fossil and Climate Change Museum at Fayoum Oasis lasts up to 1/2 hour. These are small museums focussing on one element or period of history.

Our luxury Egypt tours, Egypt museum tours may take place both in the morning and in the afternoon. Famous Egyptian museums are very popular and can get crowded at times. We will visit the Egyptian museum at the best times to get the most out of the visit. 
 

With so many options, it is difficult to say what the best Egyptian museums are to visit. You can view thousands of wonderful artifacts up close, learning about the amazing history of the Egyptian people, the magnificent pharaohs, and the spiritual gods.

The most famous museums in Egypt can all be visited on our tours. 

Great Egyptian Museum - will be the best ancient Egypt museum
The Great Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza (Cairo), will soon be open and will become the tourist and cultural showpiece of Egypt. This museum will present memorabilia of the Egyptian civilization that has not been exhibited so far. There will also be the Cheops Solar Boat Museum as part of the Great Egyptian Museum. The museum will be divided into different sections to represent the various stages of the development of Egyptian civilization. One of them will be devoted to the discovery of the Pharaoh's solar boats. The exhibitions will show artifacts selected chronologically; from prehistory to the Greco-Roman period, and will amass the entire collection of Tutankhamun's treasures - over 5,300 artifacts - for the first time since his tomb was discovered a century ago, by British archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor.

The museum aims to be one of the most modern museums of its kind, and to provide visitors with a unique experience while 'discovering Egypt's past, present and future', making it the best museum in Egypt according to many people. Restaurants and boutiques will also be built around the museum.
 
Egyptian Museum in Cairo - museum of Egyptian antiquities
This museum in Egypt brings together the largest collections of ancient Egyptian art and history in its rooms. Among them, there are many objects found in Tutankhamun's tomb. The most valuable of them is the golden mask. Other exhibits found in this ancient Egypt museum include numerous sarcophagi, artifacts and papyri as well as statues and sculptures including Queen Nefertiti and the statue of Amenhotep IV. In the museum, you will see a gallery of great Egyptologists, and a collection of Fayum portraits.The lower floor is occupied by the heaviest exhibits, presenting the beginnings of the history of the ancient state in chronological order. On the first floor you will find collections from the excavations and tombs.

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization - one of the best museums in Cairo
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, located in the Fustat district of Old Cairo, consists of elegant, low-rise pyramid-topped buildings scattered over vast grounds.
In this museum, the most important thing is the concept of civilization, not a specific time or period. The Royal Mummies' Hall, which contains the remains of the pharaohs, is designed to make visitors feel like they're in a real tomb. Even the inscriptions on the ceiling are the same as in the original tombs. The museum not only exhibits mummies, but also all the important artifacts like a sarcophagus and an X-ray image to explain the story behind the death of the ruler.
 

Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo - best museum in Egypt
In the 25 rooms inside this Egypt museum you can see around 2,500 exhibits that have great artistic or historical value, selected from a collection of over 100,000 items. The collections of rare stuccoes are exceptional and must be seen for anyone who appreciates Islamic art. There are also collections of rock crystal dishes, glass, and valuable ceramics, textiles and metal products. Notable exhibits in the museum include a gold-inlaid key to the Kaaba, a temple and sanctuary in Mecca - the most important holy place for Muslims. Such keys, which are masterpieces of craftsmanship, were given to viziers and other dignitaries as a sign of authority. This Cairo museum, in addition to famous Islamic art, also houses numerous handwritten copies of the Koran, Persian carpets, and ceramics from the Ottoman era, as well as ancient astronomical instruments and devices used by builders and chemists.

Located in downtown Cairo, the museum is housed in a building dating from 1903, specially erected to protect this lesser-known part of Egypt's rich cultural heritage.

The Coptic Museum in Cairo - one of the museums in Egypt
This is an interesting Egyptian museum located in Coptic Cairo, and it has the world's largest collection of Christian Coptic artifacts. It was founded by Marcus Simaik in 1908 to preserve Coptic antiquities. The museum traces the history of Egypt from its origins to the present day. It was erected on 8,000 square meters of land donated by the Coptic Orthodox Church, under the protection of Pope Cyril V.

Join us on our Egypt historical tours visiting the best museums in Egypt and you can determine which one is the best museum in your opinion! Each Egyptian museum's ticket price is included in our all-inclusive Egypt museum tour and museum travel programs.

When visiting museums during our Egypt museum tour, you can see many famous artifacts related to ancient Egypt, Islam and the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Currently, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square showcases many of the artifacts from the famous tomb of Tutankhamun, including the golden mask of the pharaoh. But they are being successively transferred to the Great Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza. Other famous artifacts collected in the museum that can be seen during the museum tour are the Narmer Palette (one of the oldest monuments of Egyptian art, considered one of the first historical documents), reliefs, sarcophagi, papyri, objects of funeral art, items found in tombs in Luxor and other Egyptian locations, sculptures (including the black granite sculpture of Queen Nefertiti), statues (including a granite statue of Queen Hatshepsut and a colossal statue of Amenhotep IV ) and jewelry. The museum also houses a collection of Fayum portraits from the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

The Egyptian Civilization Museum that's visited on our museum tour includes 20 famous royal mummies, including 18 mummies of kings, and two mummies of queens, from the 17th to 20th dynasties, which were found in tombs in Luxor. The most famous mummies are the mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, the mummy of King Thutmose III, and the mummy of the pharaoh Seqenenre Tao II.

As part of our tour, visiting the best museums in Egypt, you may get the opportunity to visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum, which is due to open soon. This is one of the best museums in Egypt and will mainly display the enormous collection of items found in the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Luxor. It will also house the solar ship of Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops). 107 modern exhibition halls in the museum will contain and display in a modern way many interesting ancient artifacts that have never been presented to the general public to this day.

There are many famous artifacts to be seen on one of our museum tours. You will visit the most famous Egyptian museums and see statues, mummies, intricate jewelry, and the golden mask of Tutankhamun. What are you waiting for?!

In new and large museums in Egypt, such as the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Egyptian Civilization Museum, the museums at Bibliotheca Alexandrina or the Hurghada Museum, you will find souvenir shops onsite. These are generally found at the end of the Egypt museum tour and here you will be able to buy souvenirs. These souvenirs could be books, albums, guides from around Egypt, souvenir coins, magnets, or papyrus bookmarks.

These Egyptian souvenirs will help you keep the memories of your trip alive, and allow you to share the love of Egypt with your family and friends. The amazing feeling of this magnificent country and its wonderful history will stay with you forever!

In older or small museums in Egypt, you will not find the souvenir shops that you find in the large, modern museums. However, as part of our Egypt museum tour, you'll get lots of opportunities to visit the best museums in Egypt where you can purchase souvenirs to take home with you to remind you of the famous museums in Egypt.