Tutankhamun galleries4.8
Cairo
Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Private Tour with Egyptologist Guide
Three hours inside the largest archaeological museum in the world, with someone who can read the walls.
4 hPrivate
€80
September 3, 2026 · 6 min
Grand Egyptian Museum: how to see it in three hours with a guide
The museum has 100,000 objects and 12 galleries plus the whole tomb of Tutankhamun. This is the route our Egyptologists take.
Three hours with a guide covers the Grand Egyptian Museum properly: 20 minutes in the atrium and on the Grand Staircase, 70 minutes in the main galleries, 80 minutes in the Tutankhamun galleries, and a break on the terrace. The ticket (about 1,200 EGP for foreign adults) includes Tutankhamun; the Khufu boat museum is extra.
Minute 0 to 20: the atrium and the Grand Staircase
The 11 m colossus of Ramses II greets you inside the door. The staircase climbs past sixty royal statues in order, from the Old Kingdom to the Ptolemies; at the top a window frames the pyramids.
Minute 20 to 90: the main galleries
The twelve galleries are arranged by period and theme. A guide picks: the Khufu ivory statuette (the only image of the builder of the Great Pyramid), the Meidum geese, the statues of Rahotep and Nofret, the Amarna family, the Ptolemaic mummy portraits. Skip the rest and keep your legs for the last part.
Minute 90 to 170: Tutankhamun
Everything Carter found in 1922 in one wing: the golden mask, the three coffins, the four shrines that nested around the sarcophagus, six chariots, the thrones, the beds, the jewellery, the 130 walking sticks, the food and the wine jars. Your guide explains the discovery room by room.
Practical
- Passport or ID is checked at the gate.
- Photos without flash are allowed everywhere.
- Large bags to the cloakroom.
- The terrace café has the pyramids in view; the museum has restaurants and a children's museum.
| Slot | Best for |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | quiet galleries, combine with the pyramids after lunch |
| 14:00 | after a morning at the pyramids |
| Late openings | check the day; evenings are quiet |
Egypt day tours: questions and answers
With a guide, yes. Enthusiasts book the morning slot and stay on alone; the ticket is valid all day.
Yes. All 5,000+ objects from the tomb are shown in the two Tutankhamun galleries, together for the first time since 1922.
Yes: the full-day tour does the plateau in the morning and the museum in the afternoon.
