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The Mummification Museum, Luxor

A small museum on Luxor's Nile corniche, opened in 1997, that explains how the ancient Egyptians preserved the dead, with animal mummies, canopic jars and embalming tools.

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The name sign of the Mummification Museum in Luxor, written in Arabic and English
The name sign of the Mummification Museum in Luxor, written in Arabic and English
A gallery of the Mummification Museum with mummies and objects in lit glass cases
Looking down a stairwell in the Mummification Museum, whose walls carry painted friezes
A wrapped cat mummy and a cat figure in a glass case at the Mummification Museum
A crocodile mummy displayed in a case at the Mummification Museum
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Overview

The Mummification Museum stands on the Nile corniche in Luxor and is devoted to one subject: how and why the ancient Egyptians preserved the dead. It was inaugurated in 1997, and it is small enough to see in under an hour.

The exhibits cover the tools and materials of embalming, including the small spoon and metal spatula used to remove the brain, together with canopic jars, amulets and coffins. The animal mummies include a cat, the animal of the goddess Bastet, a ram, associated with the god Khnum, a crocodile and fish.

Why visit The Mummification Museum, Luxor

It answers the question most visitors ask after a morning in the tombs: what actually happened to the body? Tombs and temples show you where the Egyptians were buried and worshipped; this museum shows the process.

The main human exhibit is the mummy of a high priest of the 21st dynasty, whose name is spelled Masaharta or Maserharti depending on the source, found at Deir el-Bahari together with his painted coffin.

It is a short, focused visit, which makes it an easy addition to a Luxor day that already has the temples and the west bank in it.

History of The Mummification Museum, Luxor

The museum opened in 1997 in a purpose-built building on the Nile corniche on Luxor's east bank.

Sources describing the collection disagree on how much it holds: one gives about 60 items on display, another describes 19 display cases arranged across eleven themes. We give no figure because the counts do not agree.

What to see at The Mummification Museum, Luxor

  • Animal mummies: a cat, a ram, a crocodile and fish
  • The mummy and painted coffin of a 21st-dynasty high priest
  • Canopic jars and amulets
  • The tools used in embalming, including those for removing the brain
  • A visit that fits into under an hour

Best time to visit The Mummification Museum, Luxor

Morning, given the early entry times listed on the ministry portals.

Opening Hours and Tickets

Opening hours: Ministry museum page: daily 09:00 to 14:00. Ministry booking portal: 09:00, last entry 12:00 in summer and 13:00 in winter and in Ramadan. Checked 13 August 2026. Hours change, so confirm before you go.

Ministry ticketing portal, checked 13 August 2026: foreign adult EGP 220 and foreign student EGP 110. Ticket prices at Egyptian museums are revised often, so confirm on the day.

Opening hours and ticket prices may change. Please confirm the latest details before visiting.

How to get to The Mummification Museum, Luxor

On the Nile corniche on Luxor's east bank. Most visitors come by taxi or on foot from Luxor Temple, or as part of a Luxor day tour.

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Travel Tips Before Visiting

Check the hours before you plan around it. The ministry's museum page lists daily opening from 09:00 to 14:00, while its booking portal lists 09:00 with last entry at 12:00 in summer and 13:00 in winter. Plan it for the morning. Read the labels. The museum is small and text-led, and most of its value is in the explanations that sit beside each object. Pair it with the Luxor Museum. Both stand on the corniche, but check both sets of hours, because the entry times listed for each are early.