The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo opens 12 new galleries

On 16 October last, 12 rooms with a total of 24,000 objects belonging to the ancient Egyptian civilisation were preliminarily opened, representing approximately a quarter of the collections that the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo will have when it opens for the first time.

As of March 2023, the main entrance hall had already been opened to the public and the statues that preside over the entrance to the museum and the staircase leading to the exhibition halls had been unveiled.

20 years of work

Although there is still no date for the full opening of what is to be the world's largest museum complex (speculation suggests late 2024 or early 2025), the pharaonic project, never better said, is already seeing the light of day.

Several decades have passed since the decision was taken in 1992 to build a new museum, and in 2004 work began on the project, which was hampered by the political upheavals known as the Arab Spring and by the economic crisis resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.