Tutankhamun
When: 24th July 2025 – 26th October 2025
Location: SECC
Tutankhamum Immersive Exhibition allows you to step back in time to journey through ancient Egypt. Coming to Glasgow’s SECC from 24th July – 26th October 2025.
Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition. The spectacular hi-tech experience will open its doors at SEC Glasgow on Thursday 24 July 2025. Following a sell-out 14-week run in London.
After hugely successful runs in Madrid, Hamburg, Cairo, Sao Paulo, Barcelona, Vienna, Malmö and London. The 2,500 square metre exhibition invites visitors to step back in time and embark upon an exhilarating journey through ancient Egypt. Discovering the myths and mysteries surrounding Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Created in collaboration with Egyptologists and historians. The exhibition features one of Europe’s most expansive immersive video mapping rooms with projections on 8-metre-high surfaces. Blending cutting-edge technology with Egyptian history. The Glasgow edition of Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition will transport visitors through six creatively designed galleries that delve into the fascinating lives of ancient Egyptians.
Guests will enter via an interactive walkway which leads into a museal area presenting captivating background stories about Egyptian civilization alongside carefully curated replicas and artefacts. The experience continues into a huge immersive video mapping room which recounts the rich history of Egypt. Its natural landscapes, cultural heritage, the life of Tutankhamun, his tomb, and its groundbreaking discovery.
Following this, the experience continues into a huge immersive video mapping room which recounts the rich history of Egypt. Its natural landscapes, cultural heritage, the life of Tutankhamun, his tomb, and its groundbreaking discovery. The moment of the discovery of the tomb is described in a recorded interview of Howard Carter, the famous British archaeologist. Adding an extraordinary layer of authenticity to the experience. Visitors will also embark on a 360-degree seated virtual reality experience. Journeying into the mystical Egyptian afterlife before entering yet another hi-tech space where they will witness a hologram presentation. Vividly bringing to life the entire mummification process of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Walking through the Valley of the Kings
Finally, the experience invites visitors to step into an interactive digital metaverse walk-through of the Valley of the Kings. Exploring Howard Carter’s basecamp, and reliving the monumental moment of the 1922 discovery in its full glory. At the end of the experience, every visitor will be able to capture a memento of their day with a photograph in the AI photobooth. Where they will be transformed into a citizen of ancient Egypt.
The approximate 90-minute journey through ancient Egypt’s rich history and mythology features a wealth of educational and informative displays. As well as historical documents, original artefacts, replicas from ancient Egypt. It has been designed with children, families, schools and history enthusiasts in mind, as well as those interested in ground-breaking technology. The soundtrack has been composed specifically for the experience and is performed by an orchestra. Immersing visitors further into the magic of ancient Egypt.
Located at SEC (Scottish Event Campus), a stone’s throw from Glasgow’s city centre in the west end, this exciting new exhibition will be easy to access via train, bus and car and promises to be both exhilarating and educational in equal measure.
