GEM – Grand Egyptian Museum 2025Egypt
Client
Ministry of Antiquities
Area (sqm)
40,000
Official Opening
Grand Egyptian Museum inaugurated in the presence of Federal President Steinmeier and Shirin Frangoul-Brückner (pdf, 92.66 KB)
Opening Announcement (pdf, 86.81 KB)
Photographs and Visualisations
Everyone wants to see it: the golden mask surrounded by visitors. (jpg, 5.06 MB)
Photo: ©Hassan Mahmoud
The golden mask is illuminated by 14 individual spotlights. (jpg, 6.47 MB)
Photo: ©Josef Sindelka
Federal President Steinmeier, Shirin Frangoul-Brückner and Elke Büdenbender (jpg, 2.55 MB)
Photo: Federal Government/Marvin Ibo Güngör
Opening Ceremony (jpg, 2.20 MB)
Photo: Federal Government/Marvin Ibo Güngör
Opening Ceremony 2 (jpg, 2.16 MB)
Photo: Federal Government/Marvin Ibo Güngör
Birdseye View: The building by Heneghan Peng Architects spans a 50,000-square-meter site near the Pyramids of Giza and houses more than 100,000 objects across a total area of 81,000 square meters. (JPG, 6.24 MB)
Photo: ©Grand Egyptian Museum
The Atrium with Ramses II as a powerful centerpiece serves as a central hub leading to various areas, the museum, conference spaces, and shops. (jpg, 24.55 MB)
Photo: ©Rehab Eldalil
The Grand Stairs act as a prologue, showcasing around 90 objects from different kingdoms. (jpg, 21.95 MB)
Josef Sindelka
His Lifestyle – Chariots (jpg, 24.61 MB)
Josef Sindelka
His Identity – His Appearance (jpg, 23.15 MB)
Josef Sindelka
His Lifestyle – Royal Wardrobe (jpg, 22.92 MB)
Josef Sindelka
His Lifestyle – Sailing Boats (jpg, 29.56 MB)
Josef Sindelka
His Funeral – spatial perspective (jpg, 9.70 MB)
© ATB
His Funeral – Shrines (jpg, 18.04 MB)
Josef Sindelka
On the way to the afterlife – the sarcophagi (jpg, 21.16 MB)
© Josef Sindelka
His Rebirth – Shabtis, 365 small serving figures (jpg, 28.83 MB)
Josef Sindelka
His Funeral – spatial perspective 2 (jpg, 9.90 MB)
Isometric view of the Tutankhamun Gallery at the Grand Egyptian Museum – illustrating the sequential narrative from Identity and Discovery to Lifestyle, Funeral, and Rebirth (pdf, 744.96 KB)
© ATELIER BRÜCKNER
Tutankhamun Gallery Workshop, Atelier Brückner. Britta Nagel, Yijing Lu, Tanja Zöllner, Shirin Brückner. (jpg, 7.26 MB)
Photo: ©Christian Kroh
Graphic workshop. Sayaka Koike and Rana Rmeily. (jpg, 9.82 MB)
Photo: ©Reiner Pfisterer
Grand Egyptian Museum workshop with Shirin Brückner, Atelier Brückner, Stuttgart. (jpg, 9.23 MB)
Photo: ©Reiner Pfisterer
LIST OF PHOTO CREDITS (pdf, 92.66 KB)
Floor Plans
Floor Plan of the Tutankhamun Gallery (pdf, 5.76 MB)
ATELIER BRÜCKNER
Overview of the Tutankhamun Gallery Sections (pdf, 2.68 MB)
ATELIER BRÜCKNER