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The Egyptian Museum at Cairo: Suggested Itinerary While in Egypt

The Egyptian Museum is the most wondrous collection of Egyptian Artifacts in the World. It might not have been that way, except for a change in policy.

When Egyptian culture became interesting to the outside world, the first explorers took their finds outside Egypt. As a result there are interesting Egyptology collections all over the world. This is not a bad thing, as these exhibits keep the rest of the world interested in Egypt. However, this trade in antiquities was eventually stopped and a huge collection of artifacts was gathered in Cairo and housed at the Egyptian Museum.

There is another excellent, but much smaller, museum at Luxor.

You should spend as much time as you can at the Egyptian museum. It really doesn't matter in what order you mix and match visits to other sites with trips to the museum. I recommend that you schedule at least two visits. One to focus on the Tutankamun exhibits, and one to see as much of the rest as you can. We spent two full days at the museum and two half days.

We only paid for one day's camera permit and used the Video camera. Now we hear that there are no cameras allowed in the museum and that is currently undergoing renovations of some of it's exhibits. There is also a new ban on cameras at many of the tombs and other monuments. So check with the local concierge of your hotel.

A complementary trip to Rageb's Pharaonic Village in Giza can be made to see the full scale replica of King Tutankhamun's tomb at its point of discovery.

The Penquin Guide gives a detailed description of each room in the Museum on pages 104-131.

The Lonely Planet Guide covers the museum on pages 149-152.