Luxor and Aswan fees — three Upper Egypt museums for the Nile-cruise corridor visitor.
The current Q2 2026 admission tariff for the three Upper Egypt institutions covered by the Index — the Luxor Museum on the east bank corniche, the Mummification Museum half a kilometre to the north, and the Nubian Museum on the south side of Aswan. All three are popular Nile-cruise corridor stops and together with the temples at Karnak, Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae form the typical Upper Egypt museum itinerary.
The full tariff table — Q2 2026.
| Museum | Tourist EGP | Resident EGP | Student EGP | Child 6-12 EGP | Combined ticket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxor Museum | 350 | 30 | 175 | 175 tourist / 15 resident | No |
| Mummification Museum (Luxor) | 200 | 20 | 100 | 100 tourist / 10 resident | No |
| Nubian Museum (Aswan) | 200 | 20 | 100 | 100 tourist / 10 resident | No |
Children under 6 admitted free at all three museums. No combined-ticket pass currently covers any pair of the three; each admission is bought separately at the ticket window or through the official online channel for the Luxor Museum (the Mummification and Nubian museums sell only at the gate).
The Luxor Museum — the corridor's most-visited single museum.
The Luxor Museum is the most-visited single museum in our Upper Egypt rota, with an estimated annual visitor count around four hundred and twenty thousand. The current admission of EGP 350 has been stable since the 2022 tariff increase (from EGP 240) and is expected to remain stable through the 2026 review cycle. The student rate at EGP 175 covers Egyptian university student cards and ISIC; the museum's documentation requirements at the ticket window are stricter than at the larger Cairo institutions — the student card must be presented in original (no photographs), and expired cards within the past three months are accepted whereas at the Cairo museums they are typically refused. The museum's audio guide is available in five languages at the rental desk for an additional EGP 100; the audio-guide deposit is the visitor's passport or national identifier (returned at the end of the visit).
The Mummification Museum — the Nile-corniche short visit.
The Mummification Museum is a small specialist institution on the Luxor corniche, half a kilometre north of the Luxor Museum. The collection is small but rich on its specialist subject; the typical visit is forty-five minutes. The admission of EGP 200 has been stable since 2019. The museum is the smallest in our Upper Egypt rota and the most likely to have ticket-window confusion about resident-rate documentation; we have noted three reader corrections about resident-rate refusal at the Mummification Museum's ticket window in the past two years, all of which were resolved with the museum's visitor-services office after the reader's correction submission.
The Nubian Museum at Aswan — the corridor's southern destination.
The Nubian Museum on the southern side of Aswan opened in 1997 and is dedicated to Nubian culture from the Pharaonic period through the present. The collection is excellent and the museum's setting in landscaped gardens makes it a more leisurely visit than the urban Luxor museums. The admission of EGP 200 has been stable since 2019. The museum's accessibility provision is the strongest of the three Upper Egypt institutions (the only Upper Egypt museum with confirmed functional lifts to every floor as of the 2025 audit; the Luxor Museum's lift was reported under refurbishment in the spring 2026 audit).
Nile-cruise combined-ticket question.
Several commercial Nile-cruise operators include the three museums in their shore-call programme with admission "included" in the cruise package. The cruise operator buys the admission tickets at the gate at the standard rate; the cost is absorbed into the cruise package or passed through to the cruise passenger at the standard rate plus a small handling fee. There is no official cruise-passenger combined-ticket pass; the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism has considered introducing one since 2020 but has not implemented it. The Index does not document the cruise-operator package pricing because those packages include other elements beyond the museum admission.
Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr closure notice.
All three museums close fully on the morning of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha (the two main religious holidays). Afternoon opening on Eid days is operator-discretion; the Luxor Museum has typically opened from 14:00, the Nubian Museum has typically opened from 16:00, and the Mummification Museum has typically remained closed the full day. The Ramadan-period schedule changes are covered in the dedicated Ramadan hours file.
For the northern counterpart, see the Cairo museum tariff. For the year-end consolidated fee changes, see the 2025 fee changes log. For accessibility detail, see the wheelchair-access audit.