Luxor Museum & Mummification Museum tour with guide

Walk through the mummification process step by step

A guided tour of Luxor's two main museums: the Luxor Museum, near Karnak Temple, displays discoveries from archaeological digs across the region, and the Mummification Museum showcases the tools, substances, coffins and mummies that reveal how ancient Egyptians preserved their dead. Your guide meets you at your hotel, handles transport in an air-conditioned vehicle, and provides bottled water throughout the morning.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Luxor and Mummification Museums

• Meet tour guide at hotel
• Visit Luxor Museum near Karnak Temple
• Tour Mummification Museum exhibits
• Return to hotel in Luxor

The Experience

The tour starts at your hotel in Luxor, where your guide meets you and drives you to the Luxor Museum near Karnak Temple. This museum holds artifacts unearthed across Luxor and the surrounding area—pieces the Egyptian government assembled to show what archaeologists have found in the region. You move through the galleries at your own pace with your guide explaining what you're looking at.

From there you head to the Mummification Museum, a newer addition to Luxor's museum scene built specifically to walk you through how ancient Egyptians mummified their dead. You see the actual tools they used—the implements for removing organs, the substances they applied to preserve skin and bone—alongside coffins, wrapped mummies, and other objects from mortuary practices. The museum is designed so the process unfolds in sequence, making it clear why each step mattered and what came next.

Transport between your hotel and both museums is included in an air-conditioned vehicle with a qualified driver. You get a bottle of mineral water for the day. If you book the option with a tour leader, your guide speaks English, Spanish, Italian, French or another language and stays with you through both museums; if you choose the car-only option, you have transport and the driver but no guided commentary. Either way, the tour wraps up with a return to your hotel.

What’s included

• Round-trip transport in an air-conditioned vehicle with a qualified driver.
• hotel pickup and return.
• one bottle of mineral water per person.
• meet-and-assist by a professional tour leader in your chosen language if you select the Car & Tour Leader option.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Egypt Holiday Makers Travel

Is this one for you?Book the Car & Tour Leader option if you want context for what you're seeing—the guide explains the mummification process and what the artifacts tell you about ancient Egyptian burial practices. Choose Car Only if you prefer to explore the museums at your own pace without narration.

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Top questions

What exactly is inside the Luxor Museum?

The Luxor Museum displays archaeological discoveries from Luxor and the surrounding region—artifacts the Egyptian government collected to show what has been unearthed in the area over time.

Can I see actual mummies at the Mummification Museum?

Yes, the Mummification Museum includes wrapped mummies alongside the tools, substances and coffins used in the mummification process, so you see both the objects and the results.

How long does the whole tour take?

The tour runs about four hours from hotel pickup through both museums and return.

Do I need to book the guide, or can I just get transport?

You choose at checkout: the Car & Tour Leader option includes an English-speaking guide (or another language) who stays with you through both museums, or the Car Only option gives you transport and a driver without guided commentary.

Is the Mummification Museum wheelchair accessible?

Yes, all areas and surfaces at both museums are wheelchair accessible, and transportation options are also wheelchair accessible.