8 ISO certifications
In the fields of energy, occupational health and safety, environment, and quality.
Versailles Prize
One of the world’s most beautiful museums for 2024.
EDGE Advance Green Building Certification
The first green museum in Africa and the Middle East.
Best Project Award 2024
From the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC).
UNESCO
“The GEM will offer foreign and Egyptian visitors a unique opportunity to explore more than 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian history.”
Lonely Planet
“The GEM is the largest archaeological museum complex in the world dedicated to a single civilisation. It is divided into four sections covering the period from 700,000 BC to 394 AD.”
The world’s largest single-civilisation museum
The GEM is spread over 490,000 sq m.
About 5 million visitors are expected to visit the museum annually.
57,000 artefacts are displayed at the GEM.
The atrium housing the colossus of Ramses II is sized at 7,000 sq m.
At 6,000 sq m, the area of the Grand Staircase is equivalent to six floors.
The area of the Tutankhamun galleries is 7,500 sq m, exhibiting more than 5,000 of his treasured artefacts.
12 main galleries spread over around 18,000 sq m.
The Children’s Museum is built over 5,000 sq m.
Presidents and officials who visited the GEM before the official opening
President of France
Emmanuel Macron
President of Vietnam
Lương Cường
President of the Comoros
Ghazali Othmani
President of Singapore
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Prime Minister of Croatia
Andrej Plenković
Prime Minister of Serbia
Đuro Macut
Prime Minister of Lebanon
Nawaf Salam
US senior presidential adviser for African, Arab, and Middle Eastern affairs Massad Boulos
Former UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
Timeline
May 2005
Site preparation and waste removal.
2016
Museum launch and construction work.
October 2024
Soft opening.
1 November 2025
Official inauguration.
Expected attendees
Presidents, kings, senior public figures, and international entities.
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