Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm
- The Museum Of Islamic Art
Al Masry Al Youm In general, a museum collection is arranged in one of two ways. Either the pieces unfold chronologically, according to the year they were made, or with narrative, attempting to tell a story or teach a lesson. These days in Egypt, chronology...
- Mubarak To Open Museum Of Islamic Art
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak opens within days the Museum of Islamic Art in the heart of Old Cairo after the Ministry of Culture finalized its renovation which took several years. The Islamic museum holds more than 100,000 artifacts...
- Museum: First Ever Museum For The Revolution
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Press release: Culture Minister Farouk Hosni approved the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) request to establish a museum for the revolution of July 1953 in Egypt. This will be the first ever museum for the revolution,...
- New Museum
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7015This is the last bulleting on the above page: "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni is preparing to open yet another museum this month, this time in the beautiful coastal city of Rachid, where the Rosetta...
- Farouq Hosni Visits Textile Museum
http://tinyurl.com/c7whf (State Information Service)"Culture Minister Farouq Hosni has visited Mohamed Ali Sabeel (a public fountain) in Nahasseen district in Cairo after the Supreme Council of Antiquities has turned it into a textile museum within the...
Egypt
Weaving a nation’s history at the Textile Museum
Al Masry Al Youm
The building is an architectural piece of art, built by Ali in 1828 as a charity for the soul of his son, Ismail Pasha, who had died in Sudan in 1822. At first, it was a charitable educational facility that provided community services and gaining a functional value that helped it survive and maintain its glamor over the centuries.
It was later turned into the Nahaseen School, before its condition deteriorated with some parts falling off due to age and weather erosion.
But as the Culture Ministry kicked off its Islamic Cairo renovation project in the Gammaliya district, the building was turned into the first and only textile museum of its kind in the Middle East.
Its vast collection displays the history of the textile industry in Egypt, including works from the Pharonic, Roman, Greek, Umayyad, Abbassid, Tulunid, Ottoman, Mamluk and Ayyubid periods.
- The Museum Of Islamic Art
Al Masry Al Youm In general, a museum collection is arranged in one of two ways. Either the pieces unfold chronologically, according to the year they were made, or with narrative, attempting to tell a story or teach a lesson. These days in Egypt, chronology...
- Mubarak To Open Museum Of Islamic Art
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak opens within days the Museum of Islamic Art in the heart of Old Cairo after the Ministry of Culture finalized its renovation which took several years. The Islamic museum holds more than 100,000 artifacts...
- Museum: First Ever Museum For The Revolution
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Press release: Culture Minister Farouk Hosni approved the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) request to establish a museum for the revolution of July 1953 in Egypt. This will be the first ever museum for the revolution,...
- New Museum
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7015This is the last bulleting on the above page: "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni is preparing to open yet another museum this month, this time in the beautiful coastal city of Rachid, where the Rosetta...
- Farouq Hosni Visits Textile Museum
http://tinyurl.com/c7whf (State Information Service)"Culture Minister Farouq Hosni has visited Mohamed Ali Sabeel (a public fountain) in Nahasseen district in Cairo after the Supreme Council of Antiquities has turned it into a textile museum within the...