Egypt
- Back To School For Museum Staff
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Over the past decade the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), now the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA), has been carrying out a project to create a world- class museum system in Egypt that will properly exhibit...
- The Gem Of History
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, with its deep-rose, neo-classical façade, has stood as one of the city's most familiar landmarks since its construction in 1902. It is home to 150,000 of the nation's most...
- National Museum Of Sinai Opens
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/842/fe4.htmBy Nevine El-Aref: "North Sinai's National Day celebration had a different flavour this year. Apart from the inauguration of new urban development projects that usually mark the event, the city's long-awaited...
- Zahi Hawass - Dig Days
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/818/he3.htm This link was broken yesterday, but is now up and running - Zahi Hawass discusses Egyptian museums: "Museums in Egypt are entering a new era. New institutions are being constructed, and there is a change from...
- National Museum Of Egyptian Civilisation
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/742/hr1.htm Due to open in around three years time, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization will "place on show Egypt's diverse civilisations from pre-historic to modern times. On display will be 150,000 artefacts...
Egypt
New museums for all
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/he2.htm
"In an attempt to preserve Egypt's priceless treasures, both stored and newly-discovered, to create the best environment to display them and to release the pressure in some overstuffed museums, the Ministry of Culture has placed Egypt's museums at the top of its priorities. This year will witness the inauguration of up to five new regional and national museums and the re- opening of three others after restoration and development to bring them up to international standards".
The article gives details of the new Grand Museum of Egypt, now under construction, a museum of objects recovered from under water in Alexandria, development work at the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, the Rashid National Museum, teh Al-Arish National Museum, the Coptic Museum in Cairo, and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation.
A more detailed discussion of the Grand Museum of Egypt, plus other museums including the existing Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo, can be found on the ECHO website at:
A more detailed discussion of the Grand Museum of Egypt, plus other museums including the existing Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo, can be found on the ECHO website at:
http://www.e-c-h-o.org/LatestNews.htm#20
- Back To School For Museum Staff
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Over the past decade the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), now the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA), has been carrying out a project to create a world- class museum system in Egypt that will properly exhibit...
- The Gem Of History
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, with its deep-rose, neo-classical façade, has stood as one of the city's most familiar landmarks since its construction in 1902. It is home to 150,000 of the nation's most...
- National Museum Of Sinai Opens
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/842/fe4.htmBy Nevine El-Aref: "North Sinai's National Day celebration had a different flavour this year. Apart from the inauguration of new urban development projects that usually mark the event, the city's long-awaited...
- Zahi Hawass - Dig Days
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/818/he3.htm This link was broken yesterday, but is now up and running - Zahi Hawass discusses Egyptian museums: "Museums in Egypt are entering a new era. New institutions are being constructed, and there is a change from...
- National Museum Of Egyptian Civilisation
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/742/hr1.htm Due to open in around three years time, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization will "place on show Egypt's diverse civilisations from pre-historic to modern times. On display will be 150,000 artefacts...