Sharm El-Sheikh Museum Celebrates Its Second Anniversary

Sharm El-Sheikh Museum, which is a lightening hub reflecting the glorious ancient treasures from ancient Egypt, is celebrating its second anniversary with a record number of visitors.

To celebrate its second anniversary, the museum will be open for visitors free of charge on Monday, Oct. 31, according to the Director of Sharm El-Sheikh Museum Mohamed Hassnen.

Many visitors have booked to visit the museum with many families taking advantage of advance free booking.

The museum first opened its doors to visitors in 2020 and, in that time and almost immediately was faced with overcoming the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic to welcome over 100,000 foreign and local visitors.

The Sharm El-Sheikh Museum is the first antiquities museum to be built in Sinai.

The idea of building a museum in Sharm El-Sheikh was formed in 1999, and construction work began in 2003, although it stopped in 2011 in the aftermath of the 25 January Revolution.

Work resumed in early 2018, and it has now been completed to a budget of EGP 812 million. The museum features around 5,200 artefacts, ranging from the pre-historic period to modern times, as well as showing the rich urban and tribal culture of Sinai inhabitants.

The museum sheds light on the role played by Egyptian civilization across different historical periods, as well as highlight the relationship between the Egyptian people and their surrounding environment and their cultural interactions with other civilizations.