Geographic Area:

Giza

Area of Development:

Control and sustainable management of the environmental, artistic and cultural heritage

Sector:

Museums, conservation and restoration

Executive body:

DGCS

Institutional counterpart:

Ministry of Culture

Other funding parties:

-

Beneficiaries:

Management staff of the museum

Period of implementation:

2004 - 2006

Amount and nature of the funds:

1,680,000 € bilateral channel

Type of intervention:

Technical assistance, capacity building, tool supply

Objective:

Contributing to the completion of the New Egyptian Museum

Description of the project:

The project follows the line of the precedent achievement of the feasibility study on the new complex of Giza and the elaboration of the International Competition. The present intervention involves choosing the collections to be transferred from the old to the new museum, carrying out a master plan of training courses for the relevant personnel and envisaging a rearrangement of the collections.