Egypt
- Petrie Museum One Of The Most Unusual In London
The Telegraph (John O' Ceallaigh) It's not hyperbole to say that London is home to many of the world's best museums. Venues such as the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum and Design Museum can justly lay claim to being...
- Petrie Launches Egypt Partnership
Museums Association (Geraldine Kendall) The Petrie Museum holds over 80,000 Egyptian artefacts but can only display 10% of its collection. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology has launched a collections partnership with the Egyptian Educational Centre...
- Egypt's Gem To Showcase Its Glorious Past
BERNAMA The plains of Giza where the pyramids and Sphinx - among the world's seven wonders - are located, is expected to unveil another tourist attraction once the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is completed in 2015. GEM, also known...
- At The Intersection Of Modernity And Antiquity
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ (The story on this URL will expire shortly) Article by Hassan Saadallah on the Egyptian Gazette website about the new Egyptian Grand Museum. I've reproduced the article in full because it will not be archived...
- Petrie Museum On The Move
http://tinyurl.com/koenu (sciencemag.org)On the Science Magazine's Random Samples page, there's a short paragraph about the Petrie Museum and its plans to move to new premises: "The Petrie Museum, one of the world's biggest collections of...
Egypt
Plans unveiled for $550 million museum
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article01.asp?id=116
"Plans have been announced for the $550 million Great Egyptian Museum, to be established near the Pyramids near Cairo. It will be among the world’s largest museums, and is by far the biggest to be built from scratch. The venture is expected to attract up to five million visitors a year, slightly more than the British Museum in London, which is the world leader. There will be some 100,000 Egyptian artefacts on show (compared with the British Museum’s 80,000 displayed objects, covering all major cultures). Project director Dr Yasser Mansour told The Art Newspaper that the Great Egyptian Museum (GEM) will open in 2010. He was in London, for the Museums Association conference last month, to unveil the plans. The new museum will become the home for most of the huge collection housed at the present Egyptian Museum, in the centre of Cairo, in Tahrir Square".
See the above website for the full story.
"Plans have been announced for the $550 million Great Egyptian Museum, to be established near the Pyramids near Cairo. It will be among the world’s largest museums, and is by far the biggest to be built from scratch. The venture is expected to attract up to five million visitors a year, slightly more than the British Museum in London, which is the world leader. There will be some 100,000 Egyptian artefacts on show (compared with the British Museum’s 80,000 displayed objects, covering all major cultures). Project director Dr Yasser Mansour told The Art Newspaper that the Great Egyptian Museum (GEM) will open in 2010. He was in London, for the Museums Association conference last month, to unveil the plans. The new museum will become the home for most of the huge collection housed at the present Egyptian Museum, in the centre of Cairo, in Tahrir Square".
See the above website for the full story.
- Petrie Museum One Of The Most Unusual In London
The Telegraph (John O' Ceallaigh) It's not hyperbole to say that London is home to many of the world's best museums. Venues such as the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum and Design Museum can justly lay claim to being...
- Petrie Launches Egypt Partnership
Museums Association (Geraldine Kendall) The Petrie Museum holds over 80,000 Egyptian artefacts but can only display 10% of its collection. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology has launched a collections partnership with the Egyptian Educational Centre...
- Egypt's Gem To Showcase Its Glorious Past
BERNAMA The plains of Giza where the pyramids and Sphinx - among the world's seven wonders - are located, is expected to unveil another tourist attraction once the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is completed in 2015. GEM, also known...
- At The Intersection Of Modernity And Antiquity
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ (The story on this URL will expire shortly) Article by Hassan Saadallah on the Egyptian Gazette website about the new Egyptian Grand Museum. I've reproduced the article in full because it will not be archived...
- Petrie Museum On The Move
http://tinyurl.com/koenu (sciencemag.org)On the Science Magazine's Random Samples page, there's a short paragraph about the Petrie Museum and its plans to move to new premises: "The Petrie Museum, one of the world's biggest collections of...