On Sunday, Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Anany paid a visit to the Museum of the New Administrative Capital to follow up progress of the construction works ahead of its inauguration in the near future.
During the tour, al-Anany was accompanied by Major General Mohamed Amin, Assistant to the President for Financial Affairs, Dr. Mustafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and Dr. Ali Omar, Chairman of the Museum Presentation Scenario Committee.
The minister also inspected the main hall of the museum and the halls attached to it, noting that the display windows for the artifacts should be placed according to the museum display scenario.
During the tour, the minister directed the concerned officials to add more artifacts from various ancient Egyptian, Coptic and Islamic eras to enrich the museum presentation scenario, and to give an integrated picture of the shape and development of Egyptian capitals through different historical eras.
He also directed them to put a map of all archaeological sites in Egypt, in addition to pictorial panels for all the current Egyptian governorates.
He also pointed out that the museum’s external display area should be developed to include displaying some artifacts, stressing the importance of making a landscape design for green areas to be planted with papyrus and lotus flowers, symbols of the north and south of the ancient Egyptian.
He directed the concerned officials to expedite the completion of all construction works as scheduled, adding that he will pay more visits during the next few period.
During the tour, officials discussed details of the museum exhibit, which narrates the history of the Egyptian capitals, starting with Memphis, later moving to Thebes and Minya, and moving next to Alexandria — Egypt’s capital during the Greek and Roman era — before shifting to the city of Fustat and ending finally with Fatimid Cairo and Khepe Cairo.
Displays highlighting the administrative aspects of Egypt’s many historical capitals will be dedicated to each era, and the exhibit will also feature various currencies illustrating the different political rulers of each period.
The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Almasa Group signed a cooperation protocol to establish the new museum in the new capital's City of Arts and Culture. The cooperation protocol was signed on Aug. 27 at Almasa Hotel in downtown Cairo.
“This protocol was signed after the approval of the Board of Directors of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, according to the Law on the Protection of Antiquities and its amendments, with the aim of establishing an archaeological museum.
The museum will feature a variety of artifacts that reflect the richness of Egypt's civilizational and cultural history,” said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri during the protocol signing ceremony.
Located on an area of 8500 square meters the New Administrative Capital museum consists of two floors. It includes a main exhibition hall and sub-galleries.
“The Museum of Antiquities in the City of Arts and Culture will feature a thousand artifacts that tell the history of Egypt through different historical eras. Its entrance is decorated with two Egyptian obelisks, which were brought from the eastern San Hajar area in Sharqiya. It will also house the newly discovered Toto cemetery, which was recently dismantled and relocated from Sohag to the Administrative Capital Museum,” Waziri revealed.
The New Administrative Capital's City of Arts and Culture includes an opera house built on an area of 86,000 square meters. The main hall of the new opera theater can accommodate up to 2,200 inpiduals. The city also has a central library standing on 9,000 square meters.
Numerous buildings for music, cinema, painting and sculpture will be prepared in the city, in addition to a wide range of restaurants and various services for visitors.
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