Hurghada Museum
๐ Location: Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate ย ยท ย ๐บ Focus: All eras ย ยท ย ๐๏ธ Tickets: 200 EGP foreign adults
Opened in 2020, the Hurghada Museum is the first antiquities museum on the Red Sea coast โ until then, every artefact dug up in this part of Egypt went to Cairo, Luxor or Aswan. A joint project of the Ministry of Tourism, the Red Sea Governorate and private partners, it makes ancient Egypt accessible to the millions of visitors who stay on the HurghadaโEl Gouna coast each year without ever venturing to the Nile valley.
The collection of around 2,000 objects is unusually broad in date โ spanning pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic Christian and Islamic through to modern royal Egypt โ and the curators have grouped them thematically around the idea of "beauty" in Egyptian civilization: jewellery, cosmetics, dress, music, dance and personal adornment across 5,000 years. Major loans from Cairo include royal mummy masks and a wooden bust of Queen Tiye.
The museum is designed for evening visits (it stays open till 11 pm) โ perfect for a culture stop between resort days on the reef.
Highlights
- Royal mummy masks on loan
- Wooden bust of Queen Tiye, mother of Akhenaten
- Cosmetic and jewellery collection across all periods
- Audio-guide tour in multiple languages
Visiting
- Opening hours: 10 am โ 1 pm and 5 pm โ 11 pm daily
- Tickets: 200 EGP foreign adults, 100 EGP students; audio guide 50 EGP
- Best time: late afternoon to evening, when most of Hurghada eats out
- Nearby: Hurghada Marina, Giftun Islands boats, El Gouna