Skip to content
Tut-Egypt.Tours
Facade of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square with a seated statue
El Cairo y Giza

Museo Egipcio de la plaza Tahrir y el NMEC

El museo de los faraones de 1902 y el nuevo hogar de las momias reales en Fustat.

Museo de Tahrir
abierto en 1902, Marcel Dourgnon; más de 120.000 objetos
Imprescindibles
paleta de Narmer, Rahotep y Nofret, estatua de Kefrén, galería de Amarna
NMEC
Fustat, abierto en 2021; Sala de las Momias Reales con 20 reyes y reinas
Momias
Ramsés II, Seti I, Hatshepsut, Tutmosis III, Ahmose

El Museo Egipcio de la plaza Tahrir (1902) guarda 120.000 objetos: la paleta de Narmer, las estatuas del Imperio Antiguo, la galería de Amarna. Los tesoros de Tutankamón se trasladaron al Gran Museo Egipcio y las momias reales al Museo Nacional de la Civilización Egipcia (NMEC) en Fustat en 2021. Entradas unas 550 EGP cada una; nuestros días en El Cairo incluyen uno de los dos museos con un egiptólogo.

La visita

The neoclassical building on Tahrir Square is the oldest purpose-built museum in the Middle East, and although its two most famous collections have moved, it remains the best place in the world for the art of the Old Kingdom: the seated Khafre in diorite, the wooden Sheikh el-Balad, the painted Rahotep and Nofret, the Meidum geese. The Amarna gallery upstairs shows Akhenaten, Nefertiti and their daughters.

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization sits by the lake of Ain El Sira in Fustat, the first Islamic capital. Its main hall tells the story of Egypt through crafts and daily life; below it, the Royal Mummies Hall, designed like a tomb, holds twenty kings and queens moved here from Tahrir in the Pharaohs' Golden Parade of April 2021. Ramses II, Seti I and Hatshepsut lie in separate chambers.

Our Cairo days pair either museum with the Citadel, Coptic Cairo and Khan El Khalili. The museum comes first in the morning, when the galleries are quiet.

Consejos de nuestros guías

  • Tahrir: the second floor is where the Amarna and the jewellery are; do not stop only on the ground floor
  • NMEC: the mummies hall is dark and quiet by design; no photos inside
  • Both museums are flat with lifts, good for guests with mobility needs

Mejor época: Las mañanas entre semana. Los viernes y sábados se llenan de familias cairotas.

Preguntas

No. The Tutankhamun collection moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza. Tahrir keeps the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and Amarna masterpieces.
30.0478 N, 31.2336 EAbrir en Google Maps