About the Museum

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) is a museum in Cairo, Egypt. It is located in Old Cairo (district) and overlooking Ain El Sira lake natural lake. The museum displays a collection of 50,000 artifacts, presenting the Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the Modern era. The NMEC was officially inaugurated on 3 April 2021, with the moving of 22 mummies, including 18 kings and four queens, from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo, in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade. The museum is home to artifacts, models, photographs, manuscripts, oil paintings, artistic artifacts, and antiquities.