Add a review about the Marine Biology Museum in Hurghada

The Marine Biology Museum is not located in Hurghada itself, but on its northern outskirts. It is a large scientific research station engaged in studying the underwater flora and fauna of the Red Sea. That is why many local residents call it not the Museum of Marine Biology (official name), but simply the Red Sea Museum. Any sightseeing tour of Hurghada includes his visit, and the guide will tell you the most interesting facts about the Red Sea and its inhabitants.

The Museum of Marine Biology has research laboratories in its structure that do not allow anyone to enter. But tourists can admire the rich underwater world, passing along the corridor, the walls of which are the walls of a large aquarium. The aquarium contains coral reefs and bizarre seaweed, colorful tropical fish and crustaceans

Do you know why the underwater inhabitants of the Red Sea are so bright and the corals are so colorful? The fact is that the water temperature never falls below +22 ° C, the underwater flora and fauna blossoms in the literal sense of the word all year round

In addition to this, many interesting facts will tell you on excursions in the Museum of Marine Biology - for example, that water in the Red Sea is the most saline in the World Ocean, and also that no river flows into this sea, because the coastal waters are so clean and transparent. The name "Red Sea" was given to a pond, presumably, ancient travelers, for which parts of the world were delimited by colors: black - north, red - south, etc. The Red Sea is a sea located in the south, in warm regions, where never winter.

The exposition of the Museum of Marine Biology contains a huge collection of marine organisms - from underwater plants, algae and corals to fish, crustaceans and other underwater inhabitants. Most of them, as we said above, live in an aquarium, and some especially rare specimens are conserved. There is also a library, which is a special pride of the museum. It contains the world's largest collection of scientific literature on the study of local waters, and ancient books on the nature of Egypt.

The Marine Biology Museum has research laboratories that do not allow anyone to enter. But tourists can admire the rich underwater world, passing along the corridor, the walls of which are the walls of a large aquarium.

Of course, the best way to get acquainted with the underwater world of Egypt is scuba diving or a mask. But if it's weather, or the sea is too cold, or you just do not want to experience yourself in extreme dives, it's definitely worth exploring the marine inhabitants in the Marine Biology Museum.

Practical information

The museum is open every day from 8:00 am and until 20:00.

It is most convenient to get here by bus as part of a group excursion, and if you travel by yourself, then by taxi.

Entrance: about 5 EGP.

Address: Hurgada-El Ismaeilia Road, Hurghada.