Egyptian Museum and Grand Egyptian Museum Day Tour

This Egyptian Museum and Grand Egyptian Museum tour is a private day in Cairo that visits the city’s two major collections of ancient Egyptian art. You travel between them in a private car from your hotel in Cairo or Giza, with a guide if your option includes one.

What you will see

• The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir: opened in 1902, it remains one of the great archaeological museums of the world, with halls full of statues, coffins, jewellery and papyri.
• The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM): the large modern museum near the Giza Plateau, where the colossal statue of Ramses II stands in the atrium and the Grand Staircase is lined with royal statues.
• The Tutankhamun galleries: at the GEM, where the treasures from the young king’s tomb are displayed together.

Seeing the historic and the new museum on the same day lets you compare two very different ways of presenting Egypt’s past, from the classic display cases of Tahrir to the open spaces of the GEM.

Good to know

You choose your level of service when booking: private car with driver only, car and guide, car with guide and entry tickets, or the full option with lunch. Pickup and drop-off at your accommodation are included in every option.

Both museums are large, so plan for a full day on foot and wear comfortable shoes. Photography rules can differ between galleries, so check on arrival.