Latest in Tag: museum Highlight
Latest in Tag: museum
Spy museum opens in Berlin
Hidden cameras and lipstick pistols – the Spy Museum Berlin introduces visitors to the world of espionage. The Spy Museum Berlin opens its doors on Leipziger Platz square on Saturday, 19 September 2015. Immediately upon entering, every visitor will be captured on film and thermographic cameras. The images will be shown on a host of …
Wolfgang Niersbach: ‘A pilgrimage site for fans’
In October, the German football museum will open in Dortmund and for German FA President Wolfgang Niersbach, it’s a project close to his heart. In an interview with DW, he revealed just how excited he was. DW: Wolfgang Niersbach, what does this museum mean to you? Wolfgang Niersbach: This is the realization of a great …
Art in the 80s: How the wild decade looks on canvas
The 1980s were a wild, unruly decade. The Städel Museum in Frankfurt looks at the untamed period through the eyes of artists. Electronic music with nonsense lyrics resounds from the radios. On stages in dark cellars musicians hammer on oil canisters with iron bars. Young people shave their heads, wear clothes torn to shreds while …
Al-Arish National Museum damaged in Sinai attacks
Al-Arish National Museum is one of the few antiquities holders in North Sinai where there are lots of monuments from the Pharaonic period, Graeco-Roman era, drawings of the Coptic and Islamic antiques.
Restoration specialist claims King Tut mask can be restored
A botched attempt to re-affix the beard of King Tutankhamen, which left the mask damaged, can be restored according to specialist
Japan still considering whether to participate in Egypt’s economic summit: Kagawa
Japanese private sector faces many problems in Egypt, notably accessing foreign currency, says Japanese ambassador
A final call to save Alexandria’s antiquities
Intellectuals and archaeologist launch campaign to expend Graeco-Roman museum
Royal Museum of Jewellery reopens for first time since 25 January Revolution
The museum includes 1,045 archaeological pieces that belonged to Egyptian royalty
Gamal Abdel Nasser museum to open in 2015
Ministry of Culture to convert former president’s residence into museum displaying furniture, military awards and draft speeches
British museum’s plan to sell ancient Egyptian statue under fire
Egyptian ambassador in London condemns the sale, calling it “unethical”
UNESCO to contribute in renovating Museum of Islamic Art
The UNESCO is sending a delegation to assess the funds it will allocate to restoring the museum, widely considered the oldest of its kind, to its original state after bombings in Cairo damaged it.
In Pictures: Islamic Art museum damaged by blast
The bombing that took place early morning on 24 January has affected the neighbouring Islamic Art Museum and the Egyptian National Library and Archives. A group of archaeologists and art restorers volunteered to form a taskforce, which visited yesterday the site of the museum to survey the damage. Photos By AFP
Deadly Cairo blast damages museum
The museum’s collection is going to be evacuated immediately after a forensic inspection
Ancient Egypt meets Google Glass in Italy
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquity in Turin receives a technological upgrade
Recovered antiquities to be exhibited
Artefacts stolen during 25 January Revolution will be exhibited together for two weeks
Antique fabrics at the Egyptian Textile Museum
The museum holds surprising, diverse collection of textiles and its uses from the different eras of Egypt history
Decrease in revenues since 25 January pushes the Ministry of Antiquities to think outside the box: Mohamed Ibrahim
Ibrahim said that the Ministry’s revenues decreased by 35% from EGP 1.273bn during the 2009-2010 fiscal year to EGP 772m during the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
Tourism in the news: Renovated Nasser museum opens in Port Said
Nasser Museum hopes to become a major tourist attraction.
Tourism in the news: Zazua: Tourism is not dead, but has been ill
Tourism, Antiquities and the Hotels Chamber sign a memorandum to support construction of the third stage of development of the Egyptian museum
‘Begging tourists’: Grand Museum donations plan slammed
Deputy Head of Chamber of Hotels criticises Ministries of Antiquities and Tourism, who will ask tourists to make a $1 donation per night stayed at an Egyptian hotel to contribute funds to help build Grand Egyptian Museum
Suez Canal Authority building to become international museum
Project aims to showcase the history of the Canal
Celebrating the life and art of Mohamed Abdel Wahab
The celebration is set to begin at 7pm on Wednesday 13 March
Tutankhamon artefacts return
The artefacts will be moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum under strict security measures
A poet, a sculptor and a politician: Egypt’s rich yet often neglected modern history
“The prince of poets” Ahmed Shawky, Saad Zaghloul, Mahmoud Mokhtar; some of the most famous figures of “Liberal Egypt”