Grand Egyptian Museum

Museum located in Giza, Egypt
Organization museum_building Q2583681
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Summary

Grand Egyptian Museum is a museum building[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of museum building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,318 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Giza Governorate[3]
  • Country: Egypt[4]
  • Instance of: archaeological museum[5]
  • Architect: Heneghan Peng[6], Roisin Heneghan[7]
  • Chief executive officer: Gihane Zaki[8]
  • Main building contractor: Orascom Construction Industries[9]
  • Location: Giza[10]
  • Commons category: Grand Egyptian Museum[11]
  • Inception: 2025[12]
  • Structural engineer: Arup[13]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Giza Plateau[14]
  • Significant event: foundation stone laying ceremony[15]
  • Official website: https://gem.eg/[16], https://gem.eg/ar/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grand Egyptian Museum[18]
  • Email address: mailto:gemcc@gem.gov.eg[19], mailto:administration@gem.gov.eg[20]
  • Phone number: +20-2-33776893[21]
  • Official name: المتحف المصري الكبير[22], Grand Egyptian Museum[23]
  • Date of official opening: November 1, 2025[24]
  • Native label: المتحف المصري الكبير[25]
  • Different from: Egyptian Museum[26]
  • Disabled accessibility: wheelchair accessible with help[27]
  • Wi-Fi access: gratis[28]
  • Open days: all days of the week[29]
  • Street address: El Remayah Sq., Cairo-Alex. Road, Giza[30], ميدان الرماية ، طريق القاهرة الإسكندرية الصحراوي ، الجيزة[31]
  • Social media followers: 25,200[32]

Why It Matters

Grand Egyptian Museum has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved . english.ahram.org.eg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gem.gov.eg. gem.gov.eg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gem.gov.eg. gem.gov.eg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . gem.gov.eg. gem.gov.eg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . nationalgeographic.com. nationalgeographic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . visit-gem.com. visit-gem.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · ~2026-47070-62 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 17d ago · Maculosae tegmine lyncis · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 22d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 6w ago · Yousef Kemet · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Museum located in Giza, Egypt
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  6. 24w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Building", "GrandEgyptianMuseum::qfcb9"]
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