Aswan Museum — Attraction in Elephantine Island

Originally, the museum was in the architect of William Wilcox, where the chief engineer of the Aswan Reservoir was working, so it had to be erected next to his work, and during excavation to build the High Dam, many monuments and excavations were found in addition to the relics that were discovered on the island of Elephantine, rich in archaeological excavations that were not discovered yet. The transformation of this villa into a museum includes the most important monuments of Elephantine Island and some Nubian monuments such as statues of Amenhotep the Third and some ancient Egyptian deities, the most prominent of which are sheep in the form of a ram and some mummies of rams as a symbol of Khnum, some funerary paintings, and basins of the Chest stone dating back to prehistoric times and some weapons And pottery vessels, the museum consists of a large exhibition yard and an underground storehouse to store monuments that are not displayed or need restoration and maintenance, and the exhibition yard consists of 4 halls, two halls on the right and two halls on the left. And an annex was opened to the museum in 1993, consisting of 3 exhibition halls containing 670 different artifacts, starting from the era of the Old Kingdom and passing through the Coptic era until the Roman era. Site The museum is located on Elephantine Island, Aswan, the southernmost...

Bought tickets (can't remember the price, but it doesn't matter anyway as it was overpriced) and then some random guy stands inside and took us to the temporary museum (it is being renovated).

He is too friendly (immediate red flag for any tourist who has been in Egypt for more than one day) and I tell him we don't want a guide. He says it's just a "courtesy". Lol yeah right. Of course asks for a tip when we move on outside after being shown around by him for 3 minutes.

Once outside another useless soul approaches us after 10 min to try and show us around. Ignored him and walked away, doing our own thing.

No signage of where to go (which these scammers take advantage of) and pretty much no info boards. The ones that do exist are so dirty that you can't read anything.

Couldn't find the exit and didn't want to search for too long in case another leech approached us to show us the way for yet another tip, so we ended up jumping over a low fence around the back. 2 stars because there was at least a little...

The entrance is the one closest to the Nile towards the east bank of Aswan. I noticed several entrances open along the fence. I’ve added photos to show the lead up to the main fence and the ticket booth. 200 pounds foreign and 100 pounds foreign student admission.

10 pounds (foreign price) for the public boat ride each away.

Appears there’s a rehab job of the main building so there is a smaller building to the right one of the employees will unlock for you and turn the lights on, which is the museum. He did do a good job to show some of the intricacies of the artifacts. Should not take more than 30 mins in that museum. Then you can visit the temples behind the museum. They’re in a more ruinous state than some other temples, but you will get nice views of the Nile and both sides of Aswan....