Italian funding for museum renovations

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Having transferred many ancient artefacts to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), being constructed on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Italy is funding a project to develop the Egyptian Museum in el-Tahrir Square, downtown, in the framework of a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU).

The purpose of the project, costing over 1.3 million euros, is to transform the Egyptian Museum into a home for unique antiquities, as well as an architectural and cultural landmark. The Director of the Cooperation for Development Office at the Italian Embassy in Cairo, Nino Merola, says that the Egyptian Museum will be overhauled inside and outside. In order for it to keep abreast with the latest museum technologies, it will be provided with an electronic security system, including burglar alarms and monitors. "The project will offer training to museum employees to improve their professional skills in wood, glass, metal, papyrus, clothing and leather repair and restoration work. They will also be given training in computers, archaeological photography and museum sciences".

The exhibition halls in the museum will also be comprehensively developed, while the lighting and ventilation systems will be changed.