The New Home of Tutankhamun: The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) holds in trust for Egypt and the world a chronological statement for the ancient story of Egypt over the past 7000 years of history. Neighboring a timeless wonder, the Giza Pyramids, the new museum is to pay homage to eternal ancient Egyptian history, monuments, and treasures and hosting over 100,000 artifacts, around 5000 of which belong to the golden Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The project is conceived as an integration of a complex of museums and facilities capable of offering both educational and recreational opportunities. The design of the museum was undertaken by architects of international standard and will be driven by the nature of each monument and artifact. Visitors are to be offered an opportunity to relate to the displays, and to assimilate aspects of the culture that produced the objects displayed, interactively and in a manner convenient to visitor participation. We will exhibit at the GEM properly the complete collection of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun (nearly 5000) within secure showcases, adequate space and friendly environment. More than half of the Tutankhamun collection is still preserved in storerooms and boxes since they were discovered in 1922. The GEM aims at displaying complete collections of artifacts belonging to different periods of ancient Egypt history, and creating an open-air display for larger monuments in a friendly environment as well as parks with some flora similar to those of ancient Egypt.