Global Screenings of the Opening of The Grand Egyptian Museum

On the Giza Plateau, between the pyramids and the city’s restless edge, a promise twenty years in the making is finally fulfilled with the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest archaeological museum in the world. Spanning 500,000 square metres and overlooking the last standing wonder of the ancient world, it gathers over 100,000 artifacts—many displayed for the first time—from the complete Tutankhamun collection to colossal statues once lifted from the sands and stored for decades. The scale is staggering, but the sentiment is grounding: Egypt reclaiming its story, piece by piece, beneath its own sky. From Frankfurt to Johannesburg, screenings are being held in halls and museums. Some of them hold our history behind glass; others simply want to witness a story finding its way back home. Either way, the moment isn’t about spectacle; it’s about sovereignty. About seeing Egypt tell its story in its own voice, on its own ground. Here’s where in the world you can witness the Grand Egyptian Museum’s opening—live, loud, and unapologetically Egyptian.

Wisdom Square at Katara Cultural Village
📍Doha, Qatar

In collaboration with Egypt’s Embassy in Qatar, Katara’s open-air courtyard will become a window into Giza, broadcasting the GEM’s inaugural ceremony beneath Doha’s soft November sky. It’s one of the few public, open-access screenings in the region, where the excitement will ripple far beyond the screen.

Egyptian Embassy in London Reception
📍London, UK
In a place that has long housed much of Egypt’s displaced history, the Egyptian Embassy in London will host an official reception and live broadcast of the opening inside the British Museum. It’s a poetic—if ironic—backdrop: one where the story of Egypt’s cultural treasures is finally being rewritten, this time from Cairo’s own soil.

University of South Africa (UNISA)
📍Johannesburg, South Africa

At the University of South Africa’s ZK Matthews Great Hall, Egypt’s Embassy will host a public screening celebrating a shared African legacy—of culture, endurance, and reclamation. A scholarly space becomes a bridge between Cairo and Johannesburg, both homes to civilizations that shaped the continent’s story.

Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt
📍Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt’s Archaeological Museum will hold a public live broadcast of the opening. Watching from within the quiet halls of another civilisation’s museum feels symbolic: history, at last, being told from where it began.

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

📍Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

In Ann Arbor, the Kelsey Museum will screen the ceremony from 11:00 AM to 1:15 PM (EDT), inviting the public into a space filled with Egyptian antiquities collected over a century ago. Today, those objects serve as silent witnesses to a new chapter—one where their story continues, not in glass cases abroad, but in the museum rising beside the Pyramids.

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

📍San Francisco, California, USA
San Francisco’s Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum—built in fascination with ancient Egypt—will host a free livestream event, allowing visitors to experience Egypt’s own unveiling in real time.

Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum

📍Baltimore, USA
In Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University will host a livestream in collaboration with Egypt’s Embassy and Cultural Bureau in Washington, D.C. As students and scholars gather in Gilman Hall, the symbolism feels sharp: a Western classroom studying the civilization that just reclaimed its voice on the global stage.