Cairo (EFE).- Egypt has inaugurated the first phase of the rehabilitation project of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, with the cooperation of the European Union (EU) and a consortium of five major European museums, reported today the Ministry of Antiquities in a statement.
“This is the result of a joint project between the Ministry and the EU, with the participation of a scientific committee made up of Egyptologists from Egyptian universities and five major European museums,” the department said in the note.
He also stressed that the rehabilitation has the objective of ensuring that the museum, built 120 years ago, continues to be “an emblematic cultural and educational building.”
For its part, the EU said in a statement that the importance of this “complex project” includes the development of a master plan for the centenary museum, where modern exhibits will be installed in five galleries.
The transformation of the museum in Egypt is carried out with collaborations from other European museums
The transformation process is currently being carried out with the collaboration of the Louvre Museum, the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum of Turin, the Berlin Museum and the Leiden Museum, which will carry out a detailed study of the building and will update the explanatory signs of the artifacts found in it.
“It was a challenging project due to the parallel construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum and the necessary repositioning of this museum in terms of ensuring a rewarding experience for visitors,” the EU said in the note.
In 2019, the Egyptian Government and the EU signed an agreement to modernize the Egyptian Museum with the aim of reorganizing its main galleries, restoring the display cases, improving lighting and introducing audiovisual teaching materials to enrich the visitor experience.
The renovations coincide with the completion of works on the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is going to be one of the largest in the world and is scheduled to open later this year.
