museums

Antiquities minister inaugurates Tokyo’s pharaoh exhibition
Archaeology

Antiquities minister inaugurates Tokyo’s pharaoh exhibition

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty will head the opening ceremony on Thursday evening for an exhibition in Japan of Pharaoh antiquities…
Specialized center for digital documentation of museums
Archaeology

Specialized center for digital documentation of museums

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty has discussed ways of cooperating with Jerry Scott, president of the American Research Center, in digitalizing artifacts…
Public transportation, museums, gardens for free on Suez Canal inauguration day
Egypt

Public transportation, museums, gardens for free on Suez Canal inauguration day

In celebration of new Suez Canal waterway inauguration, Mamdouh al-Damaty, Antiquities Minister, announced that all museums across the governorates will…
Mass tourism forces mobbed museums to overhaul welcome
Art news

Mass tourism forces mobbed museums to overhaul welcome

Mass tourism spurred by cheap flights and richer emerging economies is forcing the world's top museums to rethink their welcome,…
Paris cultural landmarks to ban selfie sticks following museums
Art news

Paris cultural landmarks to ban selfie sticks following museums

Museums in the world's most visited city are moving to ban the popular extendable rods because of the danger they…
Museums for free on World Tourism Day
Art news

Museums for free on World Tourism Day

Ahmed Mutawa, director of the Archaeological Sites Development Department, said all museums will be for free on World Tourism Day…
Pro-Hitler graffiti found in Israel’s Holocaust museum
World

Pro-Hitler graffiti found in Israel’s Holocaust museum

Hebrew graffiti thanking the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler for the Holocaust and denouncing Zionism were sprayed inside the Yad Vashem…
Museum for late Pope Shenouda’s belongings to be established
Egypt

Museum for late Pope Shenouda’s belongings to be established

Father Pachomious, the acting pope, has agreed to establish a large museum to display the belongings of  late Pope Shenouda…
Obama helps break ground on black history museum
World

Obama helps break ground on black history museum

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama heralded a new national black history museum as "not just a record of tragedy,…
Wax museum offers window to Iraq’s past
World

Wax museum offers window to Iraq’s past

Baghdad's version of a wax museum features figures that depict Iraq's past rather than replicas of celebrities like Michael Jackson,…
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