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Grand Egyptian Museum

The Grand Egyptian Museum is the major new museum complex near the Giza pyramids, designed by Heneghan Peng and opened to the public in 2025 after a long construction period.

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built

2005-2025

Giza, Giza Governorate, Egypt

Museum

museum archaeological museum cultural building stone glass concrete Museum

Stone Glass Concrete

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Grand Egyptian Museum gallery

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Seed wave 49 image for the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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Heneghan Peng Architects

practice · Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Role: designer

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Heneghan Peng Architects is an Irish-led practice known for museum, memorial, and landscape-oriented cultural projects including the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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