The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) is a national museum in Cairo, Egypt. The museum displays a collection of 50,000 artifacts, presenting the Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the modern era. The museum is home to artifacts, models, photographs, manuscripts, oil paintings, artistic artifacts, and antiquities. Located in Old Cairo (district) and overlooking the Ain El Sira lake, the NMEC was officially inaugurated on 3 April 2021, with the moving of 22 mummies, including 18 kings and four queens, from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo, in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade