Egypt
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/818/he3.htm
- London Museums Urged To Show More 'hidden' Artefacts
BBC News Museums in London are being urged to get more of their collections out of storage and on display as funding cuts will mean fewer landmark exhibitions. Many museums in the capital keep more than 90% of their collections stored away. The Museums...
- 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...
- All Quiet In Museum Corridors
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/763/he1.htm "The International Council of Museums (ICOM), the international non-profit organisation for museums and museum professionals, has held its AGM in Alexandria, and it went off without any of the glitches which...
- 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...
- Inauguration Of The Hanging Church
After 13 years of restoration the 4th century Coptic church known as "The hanging church" will be inaugurated in time for Coptic Easter ceremonies. Dr. Zahi Hawass also points out that a number of other museums including the Suez and crocodile...
Egypt
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 the concept of museums as storage facilities to modern museums with educational and cultural messages. In conjunction with this development, associations for 'Friends' of various museums, including the Islamic Museum, Coptic Museum, and the Cairo Museum, have been organised. For the first time, each of these museums also has educational programmes that teach archaeology and art to both adults and children. We are building a number of new national museums."
- London Museums Urged To Show More 'hidden' Artefacts
BBC News Museums in London are being urged to get more of their collections out of storage and on display as funding cuts will mean fewer landmark exhibitions. Many museums in the capital keep more than 90% of their collections stored away. The Museums...
- 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...
- All Quiet In Museum Corridors
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/763/he1.htm "The International Council of Museums (ICOM), the international non-profit organisation for museums and museum professionals, has held its AGM in Alexandria, and it went off without any of the glitches which...
- 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...
- Inauguration Of The Hanging Church
After 13 years of restoration the 4th century Coptic church known as "The hanging church" will be inaugurated in time for Coptic Easter ceremonies. Dr. Zahi Hawass also points out that a number of other museums including the Suez and crocodile...