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About
The Luxor Museum presents the art of ancient Thebes through a small number of exceptional works, displayed with space and light.
Opened in 1975 on the Nile Corniche and designed by the Egyptian architect Mahmoud El-Hakim, the Luxor Museum presents a selective collection of art from ancient Thebes. Highlights include statues of Amenhotep III and Thutmose III, the Akhenaten talatat wall from Karnak, objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun, and the Luxor Temple cache — statues discovered buried in the temple's court in 1989 and displayed in a dedicated hall. A New Kingdom wing presents Thebes' military history and two royal mummies, including Ahmose I.
Why this museum matters
Exhibo editorial
On the Corniche between Karnak and Luxor Temple, a low modernist building designed by the architect Mahmoud El-Hakim and opened in 1975. Few objects, chosen with unusual severity: the quartzite Amenhotep III, Thutmose III in greywacke, reliefs from Akhenaten's Karnak. In 1989 workers in the court of Luxor Temple found a pit of buried statues — the Luxor cache — and the museum built a hall for them. A later wing on the New Kingdom's armies holds two royal mummies, Ahmose I among them. It opens again in the evening, when the light outside is gone and the stone inside is lit like a stage. Possibly the best-curated small museum in Egypt.
Visit
Hours, tickets, and directions for Luxor Museum.
Address
Corniche El Nil, Luxor, Egypt
Opening hours
- Monday
- 09:00 – 14:00
- Tuesday
- 09:00 – 14:00
- Wednesday
- 09:00 – 14:00
- Thursday
- 09:00 – 14:00
- Friday
- 09:00 – 14:00
- Saturday
- 09:00 – 14:00
- Sunday
- 09:00 – 14:00
Second evening session 17:00–20:00 (winter hours).