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About
The Nubian Museum preserves and presents the heritage of Nubia — its archaeology, art and living culture — and the story of the international campaign to save it.
The Nubian Museum in Aswan opened in 1997 as part of the UNESCO-led international campaign to save the monuments of Nubia. Designed by the Egyptian architect Mahmoud El-Hakim and set in landscaped grounds with rock carvings, a Nubian house and water features, it received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2001. Its galleries present some 3,000 objects tracing Nubian civilisation from prehistory through the kingdoms of Kush, the Christian and Islamic periods to modern Nubian life, as well as the displacement of Nubian communities and the relocation of temples during construction of the Aswan High Dam.
Why this museum matters
Exhibo editorial
A hillside above the Fatimid cemetery in Aswan, terraced in local sandstone, with a garden of rock art, a reconstructed Nubian house and a stream running down to the Nile. The museum opened in 1997 and won an Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2001 — Mahmoud El-Hakim again, building in the language of the place. Inside, some 3,000 objects tell a story no other Egyptian museum tells in full: Nubia from prehistory through Kush, Christian kingdoms and Islam, then the flooding of the valley by the High Dam and the UNESCO campaign that moved the temples. Most visitors come to Aswan for Philae and Abu Simbel. This is where you learn what was lost to save them.
Visit
Hours, tickets, and directions for Nubian Museum.
Address
Sharia Abtal El Tahrir, Aswan, Egypt
Opening hours
- Monday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 09:00 – 17:00
Ticket office closes 16:00. Evening opening 18:00–21:00 on Thursdays and Fridays.