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The Egyptian government established a museum in 1835 near the Ezbekieh Garden. Youssef Diaa Effendi served as Director of the Antiquities Department to begin inspecting antiquities shortly after assuming his position.
French architect Marcel Dournon created the architectural design for the Egyptian Museum in 1897. The facility officially opened on the 15th of November 1902 after Alessandro Parazenti received the keys on the 9th of March 1902.
The Egyptian Museum houses over 170,000 items spanning prehistoric times to Roman rule. Ground floor displays feature large-scale works in stone including statues and reliefs while first floor exhibits smaller works like papyri coins textiles and wooden sarcophagi.
Fifty-four artifacts were stolen from the Egyptian Museum on the 28th of January 2011 during security turmoil following the 25th of January Revolution. Thieves broke seventy objects including two sculptures of Tutankhamun before being stopped leaving the museum.
The final phase of the renovation project for the Egyptian Museum was inaugurated in November 2018 with a new exhibition layout. Restoration work involved repainting walls upgrading outlets updating lighting systems and restoring display cases across the eastern northern wings.