Museums should ask questions
There are few cultural projects that have so perfectly captured both a nation’s ambition and its inertia as the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
Two decades in the making, more than $1bn spent and several false starts later, the colossal complex at Giza has finally opened its doors.
what does Egypt really want this museum to say?
From its conception in the early 1990s, the GEM was always about more than archaeology.
- Cost: over $1bn
- Location: Giza, near the pyramids and the Cairo ring road
- Notable exhibit: 3,200-year-old Ramses II statue
Author's summary: The Grand Egyptian Museum raises questions about its purpose.
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