Off to the left (north) of the first solicit of the Amun Temple
Enclosure is Karnak’s open-air museum. The
term "museum" and the fact that there is so much else to see in
Karnak means that most visitors skim this collecting of stones, statues and
shrines, but it is unquestionably worth a look. The good chapels include the
White Chapel of Sesostris I, one of the oldest and most stunning monuments in Karnak, which has wonderful Middle Kingdom reliefs; the
Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, its red quartzite blocks reassembled in 2000; and the
Alabaster Chapel of Amenhotep I. The museum also contains a collection of
statuary found throughout the temple complex.
