Aswan Museum

Aswan Museum

Museum on the island of Elephantine, Aswan, Egypt
Location	Aswan, Egypt.

Aswan Museum is a museum in Elephantine, located on the south-eastern side of Aswan, Egypt. It was set up in 1912 by the British Egyptologist Cecil Mallaby Firth.^[1] The museum features artifacts from Nubia, which were housed there during the construction of the Aswan Dam. In 1990, a new department was inaugurated. It displayed findings that were discovered on Elephantine island itself, such as utensils, weapons, pottery and mummies.^[2]

The museum is situated close to the Ruins of Abu, where excavations are still taking place.