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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Pharaohs, masks and bronze age boats: six standout new museums around the world in 2025

People take photographs of themselves in front of a statue of Pharaoh Rameses II in the main hall of the museum
A statue of Pharaoh Ramses II towers over the main hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, which will be the world’s largest archaeological museum. Photograph: Fadel Dawod/Getty Images

From a noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European Yorùbá cultural centre in Lagos, Nigeria, to the much-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, 2024 was a big year for museums opening in the developing world. A number of projects will also be inaugurated in 2025, offering an abundance of new museums to visit in 2025. Here are some of the best of them:

Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt

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