Egyptian Museum, Tahrir

المتحف المصري بالتحرير

A 120-year-old pink building still crammed with antiquities

Hours

9am–4pm (per Wikivoyage; check on the day)

Tickets

Foreigners EGP 550, students EGP 275 (per Wikivoyage, updated October 2025)

Address

North side of Tahrir Square, the pink building with a papyrus and lotus pond out front

Opened in 1902, this pink building is still packed even after much of Tutankhamun's hoard moved to the GEM. Wooden cases, handwritten labels and lofty halls make it feel more like an old storehouse than a modern museum. The Narmer Palette, colossal statues and the gilded coffins of Yuya and Tjuyu are still here. If you've done the GEM, come for the old-school atmosphere.