Directory > Regional > Africa > Egypt > Society and Culture > History > New Egyptian Museum Mrs. Mubarak Distributes Egyptian Grand Museum Awards Report dated June 09, 2003, relates that, at a celebration that evening at the Egyptian Museum in Al Tahrir square, Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak would distribute the awards of the world competition to design the Egyptian Grand Museum. http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html9/o090623c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of Grand Egyptian Museum Dated 2/5/2002, this story from ArabicNews.com relates that Egyptian President Mubarak laid the foundation stone for the Grand Egyptian Museum, to be located at the beginning of the Fayoum desert road, three kilometers from the Pyramids. http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020205/2002020532.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Egyptian Raw Materials to be Used in Building Grand Museum In story dated 3/2/2002, Ali Al-Saiedi, Egyptian Minister of Industry and Technological Development, announces that Egyptian raw materials will be used in building the new Grand Museum of Egypt; from ArabicNews.com. http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020302/2002030249.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Architects: Heneghan Peng Architects Architectural renderings and "Architects' Account" by Dublin-based Heneghan Peng Architects, who in June 2003 won the international architectural competition to design the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. http://www.irish-architecture.com/onsite/museum_egypt/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grand Egyptian Museum A brief summary of the new Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest museum of Egyptian artifacts in the world, current as of June 2003, when the design competition was won by Dublin-based Heneghan Peng Architects. http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/lower/cairo/museums/grand/grand.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Egypt to Revamp 100-Year Museum to Lure Tourists Describes conference and exhibition programs to mark the Egyptian Museum's 100th anniversary, renovations made and planned for the current building in Cairo, and the planned transfer of major pieces to the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza; by Heba Kandil, for Reuters (8 Dec 2002). http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021208/lf_nm/leisure_egypt_museum_dc_1 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Final Home for Tutankhamun's Treasure News release dated February 07, 2002 describes the location, design competition, funding, exhibits, and workrooms in the new Egyptian Museum; from Egypt State Information Service. http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html1/feb.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of New Egyptian Museum Video clip (10:47 minutes) of the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new Egyptian Museum, held on 4 February 2002; from Egypt State Information Service. http://www.sis.gov.eg/realpg/html1/pres3.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Then-"New" Egyptian Museum (1906) Photograph of the then-new Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square, taken by Sydney Upton on 29 October 1906; from the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/AR/99-00/99-00_Museum_fig2.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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All-New Egyptian Museum Brief article describes how plans for the "grand Egyptian Museum" are now well underway; from News from the Nile, Vol 7, Issue 1 (March 2002), Abercrombie & Kent Egypt. http://www.akegypt.com/mar02.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Neglect Puts a Damper on Museum's Treasures Associated Press article by Jasper Mortimer (published April 30, 1998), explaining space, security, environmental, and display problems in the Egyptian Museum, and why a new facility is badly needed; from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/043098/muse30.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Special Museums for Tutankhamen, the Royal Mummies in the New Egyptian Museum Brief notice, dated 3/24/2000, relating that the Egyptian Culture Ministry has decided to specify museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies, Ramses II, and the royal jewelers in the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews. Special museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies in the new Egyptian Museum, Egypt, Culture. ArabicNews.com - Your source for Daily News about the Arabic world. http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/000324/2000032424.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Egyptian Museum with New Security System An early (April 13, 1998) mention of plans for the new Egyptian Museum, in the context of upgraded security at the Tahrir Square building; press release from Egypt State Information Service. http://www.us.sis.gov.eg/online/html/o130498a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Starting Steps of Establishing the New Egyptian Museum Brief article, dated 12/27/1999, relating the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's receipt of feasibility studies and technical designs for the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews. http://arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/991227/1999122701.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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President Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of New Egyptian Museum Under date February 4, 2002, photograph shows Egyptian President Mubarak laying the foundation stone of the new Egyptian Museum; official photo from News Desk of The Egyptian Presidency website. http://www.presidency.gov.eg/html/President_Meetings_februray2002.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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New Egyptian Museum to be Erected Soon A report presented at the Eighth International Congress of Egyptology (Cairo, 28 March-03 April 2000) provides a brief history of the Egyptian Museum and why a new facility is urgently needed; by Naglaa El Zahlawi. http://www.guardians.net/sca/congress2000/congress_2000_pt2.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of New Egyptian Museum Report dated 2/4/2002 that President Mubarak has implaced the foundation stone of the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews. http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020204/2002020447.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grand Egyptian Museum Website for the proposed Great Egyptian Museum's International Architecture Competition; has information on the project's background, the site, collections to be housed therein, pictures and maps, and other related aspects. http://www.gem.gov.eg/index/home.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Egypt Builds New Home for Relics of Tutankhamun Article by Nicole Veash (filed from Cairo 16/12/2001), describing plans to build the world's largest museum of Egyptian antiquities near the Pyramids of Giza; from NewsTelegraph.co.uk. http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2001%2F12%2F16%2Fwgiza16.xml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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American Donations to Build the New Egyptian Museum An early (10/6/97) description of the new Egyptian Museum, its site, funding, and components; from ArabicNews. http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/971006/1997100625.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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