The Egyptian Theatre

Boise, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Idaho, is a movie theater and concert venue completed in 1927 by the architectural firm Tourtellotte & Hummel. Designed in the Egyptian Revival style, it stands as the city's oldest theatre and exemplifies the Egyptomania that gripped American cinema architecture in the 1920s. The interior features distinctive lotus bud pillars flanking the screen, modeled after the temple columns of Karnak, along with ornate frescoes and truncated pyramids that form great pylons—design elements the contemporary press celebrated as capturing "the characteristic features of the land of the Nile." The theatre has been subsequently renovated by Conrad Schmitt Studios and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.