Rosicrucian Museum

The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is devoted to ancient Egypt and is located at Rosicrucian Park in the Rose Garden neighborhood of San Jose, California. The museum was founded by the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, which moved to San Jose in 1927.

The founder of AMORC, Harvey Spencer Lewis (1883-1939), was a collector of various artifacts with mystical symbolism. In 1928, he presented to the public a collection named "The Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum." The second Imperator of AMORC, Ralph Maxwell Lewis, constructed new buildings for the museum, which opened in November 1966 and is the only museum in the world with buildings constructed in ancient Egyptian architectural style. The museum also contains a composite replica of an ancient Egyptian rock-cut tomb.

This obelisk in Rosicrucian Park is a 75%-sized reproduction of an obelisk in Heliopolis, Egypt, built by Pharaoh Senusret I around 1900 BCE.