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About
The museum introduces visitors to the Saqqara necropolis through the objects found there and the people who excavated and restored it.
The Imhotep Museum opened in 2006 at the entrance to the Saqqara archaeological site and is named after Imhotep, architect of the Step Pyramid of Djoser. Its six halls display objects excavated at Saqqara — statues, reliefs, coffins, architectural elements and grave goods from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period — and present the history of exploration at the site, including a recreation of the library of the French architect and Egyptologist Jean-Philippe Lauer, who devoted his career to the restoration of Djoser's funerary complex.
Why this museum matters
Exhibo editorial
The entrance to Saqqara, before the step pyramid comes into view — a museum built in 2006 so that the necropolis would have its own memory. It is named for Imhotep, the architect of Djoser's pyramid and the first architect in history whose name we know, and it shows what came out of the sand around it: statues, reliefs, painted coffins, the finds of the last decades. One room recreates the library of Jean-Philippe Lauer, the French architect who spent some seventy years reassembling Djoser's complex block by block. Most visitors walk past it on the way to the pyramid. Go in first. The site makes more sense afterwards.
Visit
Hours, tickets, and directions for Imhotep Museum.
Address
Saqqara Archaeological Site, Giza, Egypt
Opening hours
- Monday
- 08:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 08:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 08:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 08:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 08:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 08:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 08:00 – 17:00
Follows the opening hours of the Saqqara site.