The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza was officially inaugurated November 1, 2025.
For the first time, the complete burial treasure of the legendary boy king Tutankhamun is being presented to the public.
The museum is a place of convergence, connecting past and future, and also Egypt with the world.
Some German expertise had contributed to both the building and the exhibition design.
The centerpiece of the museum is the 7,500-square-meter Tutankhamun Gallery, located on the second floor of the new building near the Pyramids of Giza.
The building itself was created by the Irish architecture firm Heneghan Peng Architects.
With over 90,000 square meters of space, the GEM is the world’s largest museum dedicated to Egyptian culture.
Within the Tutankhamun Gallery – consisting of two parallel wings, each 180 meters long and up to 16 meters tall – all 5,600 objects from the pharaoh’s tomb are displayed, including around 3,000 that have never been shown publicly before.
Two key design elements shape the entire spatial narrative: the Curatorial Path, a continuous black floor panel on which all the objects are placed, and the Path of the Sun, a light band along the ceiling. Together, these two lines structure the monumental space of the gallery, connecting life, death, and the afterlife.
The exhibition is organized around five central themes: the person of Tutankhamun, his everyday life, burial, journey to the afterlife, and the discovery of the tomb. One path guides visitors chronologically through the exhibition, from Tutankhamun’s ancestors to the tomb’s discovery. This narrative begins with the young king, featuring his gilded throne, followed by his life, death, and mummification. It culminates with the shrines and sarcophagi from his tomb, along with the grave goods that shed light on everyday life in ancient Egypt.
The reverse route offers a scientific perspective, following archaeologist Howard Carter’s process of discovery. This path begins with the opening of the tomb. A media installation, a life-size 1:1 model of the burial chamber, illustrates how all 5,600 artifacts of the exhibition were once contained within this 35-square-meter tomb in the Valley of the Kings along the Nile. Architecture, scenography, lighting, materials, graphics, and interactive media intertwine to create an emotionally powerful overall experience.
The undisputed dramatic and emotional highlight: Tutankhamun’s world-famous funerary mask. It is presented with an aura-like presence in a semi-open space of its own, illuminated by 14 distinct light sources.
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