Nile Museum Travel Guide: Top Sights in Egypt, Tours & Travel Advice

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Nile Museum- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Historical & Cultural; Egypt; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 4 hours

The Nile Museum in Egypt spans three floors and covers 146,000 square meters, showcasing a vast collection of artifacts related to the history of the Nile River. The museum features items from ancient times, as well as photographs documenting river projects and advancements in irrigation techniques since Ottoman rule. Dedicated sections highlight the contributions of the 11 Nile Basin countries, each displaying their unique historical artifacts connected to the river. The museum also houses a conference hall and a library, offering a comprehensive look at the Nile's cultural and ecological significance.

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Attractions in Aswan

Abu Simbel

4.8

Philae

4.8

Aswan Dam

Elephantine

3.4

Nubian Museum

4.6

Kalabsha Temple

4.8

Tombs of the Nobles in Aswan

4.4

Qubbet el-Hawa

4.4

Reviews of Nile Museum

Mourad Girgis

5
Reviewed: 2022-06-04

A big thanks to Eman who gave us a spectacular tour of the Nile Museum! The Nile Museum is a hidden treasure in Aswan close in proximity to the Philae Temple. Gardens are beautiful with animals from Africa. Great for children and adults alike. Truly a gem magnifying how the Nile unifies Africa with representation of the beauty and culture of all the countries of Africa. One of the best museums in all of Egypt!
Bret Bowman

2
Reviewed: 2022-03-18

No credit card payments accepted 😔 I think we were also expecting this museum would include more historical information about the Nile River. It should be called the Aswan Dam museum. The museum has much more information regarding modern day plans to dam the Nile for electrical generation, irrigation and other uses. There was a small area regarding the Abu Simbel temple and the project to relocate the temples to higher ground to avoid flooding. But most of the museum is about the Aswan dams. It just wasn't as interesting as we hoped it would be.
Ahmed Moussa

3
Reviewed: 2021-03-18

Have a nice informations about Nile and the culture if the people who live among it but not alot. Very clean and organised Most of informations related to Egypt, expect to have more from other countries.
Samuel Nabil

5
Reviewed: 2021-03-14

It's nice museum! you gonna know more about irrigation projects in Egypt and some tools and equipment which used in the past in the old dam and the high dam in Aswan.
عبدالله عاطف

5
Reviewed: 2019-10-17

From official site of Nile museum : Welcome to the Nile Museum just steps from our river immortal at Aswan charming city, just steps from the Old Aswan Dam. Nile Museum has a very funny story, where the start of 2004 under the name of the dam reservoir High Museum of Aswan and today was named the Nile Museum. Documenting the civilization of the Nile River from the headwaters to the Mediterranean Sea and was the first Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, 1864, if the Ministry of Irrigation of the oldest ministries in Egypt and thus the goal of this museum is to document the history of Egypt since Pharaonic era to the present. With regard to the water point sources even downstream of the Museum of the Nile funny story when I started took over as the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation in 2014 and found that the name of the museum is the dam Museum of Higher tank Aswan At the same time directed the state and endemic relations with the Nile Basin countries and documenting the culture and documenting Egypt's relations with the basin states Nile decided to change Msmha Nile Museum.