Grand Egyptian Museum Tickets Rise on 1 November: 1,830 Pounds for Foreign Visitors, 920 for Foreign Residents
If a Cairo trip is in your plans, budget more from Sunday 1 November. A foreign visitor's ticket to the Grand Egyptian Museum goes from 1,570 to 1,830 pounds, and foreigners resident in Egypt will pay 920 pounds instead of 790.
18 October 2026
Ticket prices for the Grand Egyptian Museum go up on Sunday 1 November, and the increase applies to every visitor category, Egypt Independent reported in a translation of Al-Masry Al-Youm.
The new prices
- Arab and foreign visitors: 1,830 pounds, up from 1,570
- Arab and foreign students and children: 920 pounds, up from 790
- Foreigners resident in Egypt: 920 pounds, up from 790
- Foreign students and children resident in Egypt: 460 pounds, up from 400
- Egyptians: 220 pounds, up from 200
- Egyptian students, children and senior citizens: 110 pounds, up from 100
The rate depends on the ticket category, so the report advises checking which one applies to you before you book.
Opening hours
According to the published schedule, from Sunday to Friday — excluding Saturdays and Wednesdays — the museum complex opens from 8:30am to 7pm and the exhibition halls from 9am to 6pm, with the last tickets sold at 5pm. On Saturdays and Wednesdays the complex stays open until 10pm and the halls until 9pm, with the last tickets at 8pm.
Tickets are booked on the museum's official website: visitors pick a date and time for the visit, choose the ticket category and nationality, enter a name, email address and phone number, and then pay.