The entrance is marked by the spectacular Space Pyramidion structure of planet spheres circling a pyramid that celebrates the cultures of Egypt ancient and modern.

The journey begins at the fountain symbolic of the source of the Nile in Nubia, the rocks are carved with the dinosaurs and Basilosaurus that once lived and swam where modern Egypt is today.

The path leads on past the medieval Nile village to the modern landscape of Heliopolis where the new museum building and the cinema are situated.

The landscape path passes through a shady garden of mature trees, and both calms and stimulates the imagination of the visitor in anticipation for entering the new learning areas of the museum.

The Interior exhibition is divided into four, each on a separate floor[2] connected by the central spiral staircase - the Time Stair - that provides a path from the roof to the basement.