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- Hawass Visits Grand Museum
drhawass.com I went to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) at Giza on Tuesday to review the progress being made there. It was a very successful trip. I have always dreamed of this museum being Egypt’s answer to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art,...
- New Phase Of Egyptian Museum Development Project
drhawass.com With photos. Today, Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), inaugurated the new Development Project of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny announced that the project’s...
- Culture Ministry Solicits Bids For Grand Egypt Museum's Final Stage
Al Masry Al Youm The Ministry of Culture solicited bids on Thursday from four specialized companies that had won an international competition for carrying out the third and final stage of construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum project. The third stage...
- Update On Grand Egyptian Museum
EMR.com (Peter Reina) Six years after design began and one year after it was completed, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture is almost ready to start construction of the $550-million main building of the Grand Egyptian Museum, near Cairo. Having secured a $390-million...
- Museum Update
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6763 The Egypt Today website has two short features on their Culture 101 page, above, re the establishment of two new museums in Egypt. New museum in Hurghada "Hurghada will soon be home to a the first...
Egypt
The monumental Museum of Egypt is taking shape
World Architecture NewsThe Grand Museum of Egypt’s design team, consisting of international multi disciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold, architects Hparc and Arup, has completed the submission of 5000 drawings to form the construction documentation for this major Egyptian artefact conservation project.
With this stage now completed, the client, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture is ready to announce the international tender for the construction of the buildings and the site.
The museum which has been personally sponsored by the President of Egypt, Hosny Mubarak and his wife, will preserve the heritage of its extensive collection for future generations.
See the above page for more.
- Hawass Visits Grand Museum
drhawass.com I went to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) at Giza on Tuesday to review the progress being made there. It was a very successful trip. I have always dreamed of this museum being Egypt’s answer to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art,...
- New Phase Of Egyptian Museum Development Project
drhawass.com With photos. Today, Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), inaugurated the new Development Project of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny announced that the project’s...
- Culture Ministry Solicits Bids For Grand Egypt Museum's Final Stage
Al Masry Al Youm The Ministry of Culture solicited bids on Thursday from four specialized companies that had won an international competition for carrying out the third and final stage of construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum project. The third stage...
- Update On Grand Egyptian Museum
EMR.com (Peter Reina) Six years after design began and one year after it was completed, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture is almost ready to start construction of the $550-million main building of the Grand Egyptian Museum, near Cairo. Having secured a $390-million...
- Museum Update
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6763 The Egypt Today website has two short features on their Culture 101 page, above, re the establishment of two new museums in Egypt. New museum in Hurghada "Hurghada will soon be home to a the first...