Also known as the Giza Museum, The Grand Egyptian Museum GEM is an archaeological museum located next to the Giza Pyramids. The museum was inaugurated in March 2023 but in fact it was only partially ...

Grand Staircase at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo, before the official opening. Taken in February 2023. (Photo by Marla Jo Fisher/SCNG).

I f you’re asking when the Grand Egyptian Museum opens, you are asking the wrong question. On a recent visit to Egypt, my family toured the stunning GEM, as this jewel is rightly called. While ...

Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli chaired a high-level meeting Tuesday, July 22, 2025, of the supreme committee tasked with organizing the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opening ceremony, which is ...

Grand Staircase at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo, before the official opening. Taken in February 2023. (Photo by Marla Jo Fisher/SCNG).

Grand Staircase at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo, before the official opening. Taken in February 2023. (Photo by Marla Jo Fisher/SCNG).

The Grand Egyptian Museum is expected to open in early 2019. CAIRO -- Not too far from the Great Pyramids of Giza is the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum. The new museum will house 100,000 ...

But, finally, after many abandoned opening dates, it looks like the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is finally nearing completion. This 70-foot-high granite statue of Ramses II welcomes visitors to the ...