Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition - NEC Birmingham
Overview
After captivating over 2 million visitors worldwide, the award-winning Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition is coming to The NEC Campus, Birmingham! With 8-metre-high 360º immersive projections, a seated VR experience, a free-roaming "metaverse" room, replicas and artefacts directly from Cairo and more, this ground-breaking exhibition invites visitors to immerse themselves in an extraordinary journey to the heart of Ancient Egypt.
Highlights
🤩 A fully immersive exploration of ancient Egypt, the land of pharaohs, mystical tombs, and golden treasure rooms
📹 The exhibition features 8-metre-high 360º projections, making it home to one of Europe’s largest immersive video mapping rooms
🥽 A seated 360º VR experience plus a free-roaming metaverse walk-through of the Valley of the Kings
🪙 High-quality replicas and a curated selection of original ancient Egyptian artefacts, including shabtis, statuettes & vases, and more
📷 An AI photo booth where visitors can take photographs as citizens of ancient Egypt
🎁 Gift memories to someone special!
The exhibition should take us around 90 minutes to navigate but we can stay as long as we want after our timed entry.
What to Expect
The Anubis Room - An infinity room with a walking Anubis leading into the world of Tutankhamun.
The Introduction Room - Read information panels crammed full of historical information about Egyptology and Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Treasure Rooms 1 & 2 - Packed full of Egyptian artefacts from as far back as 4000BC including a replica Sarcophagus and an original funerary shabti from the 20th Dynasty that belonged to Howard Carter’s private collection. Treasure galore to enjoy!
The Immersive Hall - A 25 foot high video mapping room with 360-degree projections, showing stunning wall and floor visuals of ancient Egyptian civilisation and the story of Tutankhamun in a glorious 30-minute program.
The VR Room - A 360-degree swivel chair virtual reality (VR) headset journey through the tombs and mystical Egyptian afterlife, lasting 10 minutes.
The Metaverse Room - Put on a state-of-the-art headset to experience an augmented reality walk through of the Valley of the Kings, exploring Howard Carter’s base camp and reliving the moment of the 1922 discovery in its full glory.
The Egyptian Photo Booth - Become a real life Egyptian! See how you would look as an ancient Egyptian in full historical head dress, with a photo recreation downloadable straight to your mobile device.
Cancellation: Please note that this is a ticketed event and we can only offer a credit note or refund for cancellation if we are able to resell your place.
Includes
- Your entry ticket to Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition
- Services of your Spice volunteer coordinator.
Extras
As always with these events, there will be a gift/souvenir shop and food and drink will be available.
Location & Itinerary
Please note that strobe lighting will be used during the exhibition, which may affect customers who suffer from photosensitive epilepsy.
All levels of the NEC are accessible to wheelchair users, via lifts, and have wheelchair friendly toilet facilities. The Piazza and Atrium main entrances have automatic doors.
By train: Getting to the NEC by train is easy as the NEC is located a five-minute walk away from Birmingham International Railway Station. Direct services run all day, however if you’re travelling from further afield you may need to catch a connecting train at Birmingham New Street, which is less than a 15-minute journey away.
By car: You’ll find us clearly signposted from all motorways and major routes including the M42, M40 and M6 — just pop B40 1NT in your Sat Nav to get to the NEC Site. Our post code will not take you to the car park for your event, so once on site, please ignore your Sat Nav and follow signage to the event carpark instead.
After parking, simply jump on our free shuttle bus, or take a leisurely stroll along our signposted footpaths.
Keep up to date with what’s happening on the roads — plan your journey in advance and find out the latest traffic information when you’re here, available on the National Highways website.
For more information on parking, please visit: Parking at the NEC.
NEC operate an ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) car park for visitors.
For the smoothest experience and the best rates, we recommend pre-booking your parking in advance to save £5 on the standard parking rate, when booked before midnight the day before your arrival.
However, if you don’t manage to pre-book ahead of time, you can still pay for your parking before you leave — please see the signage advertised in the venue for instructions.
Accessible parking: We have designated car park spaces for visitors needing to book accessible parking. These are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis (regardless of pre-payment). Accessible parking is charged at the standard parking rate. We recommend pre-booking your parking in advance for the best rates. To help you plan your Blue Badge Visitor Parking, we have created a short film explaining what to expect when you arrive on site at the NEC and the facilities we have available: Blue Badge parking at the NEC (YouTube).
Host & Everything Else
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