Want to Visit the Mallawi Museum? We will bring it to you in 15 pictures

Due to the spread of Corona virus, which is rampant among societies all over the world, a large number of countries, including Egypt, have taken precautionary measures to confront the spread of the virus, among them the suspension of the study, in addition to permanently preventing gatherings and reducing the number of workers in institutions, and during the next report we accompany the reader on a tour inside the Mallawi Museum Minya, through a set of pictures, for those who want to enter and visit the museum, during the period of prevention from the virus.

The museum is located in the heart of the city of Mallawi, and opened on June 23, 1962 in Minya during the era of the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and closed after being sabotaged and looted its contents in August 2013 AD, then reopened in September 2016 AD after the restoration of the building, the restoration of most of the stolen artifacts, and the restoration of many of Collections The museum reviews the history of Minya through various eras through about 1000 artifacts found in Ashmunen, Tuna el-Gabal, and Tel el-Amarna.

The story of the museum dates back to August 17, 2013, when many members of the outlawed group stormed the museum, which contained approximately 1092 artifacts from different different eras, entered it, burned it and looted its contents.

The result of that attack was the destruction of 50 pieces as a result of the violent events that followed the dissolution of the Rab'a sit-in and Al-Nahda, with the aim of destroying Egyptian civilization. The archaeologist Sameh Ahmed Abdel Hafeez, an employee of the museum, was martyred during the performance and commencement of his work during the attack on the Museum 2013.

The Ministry of Antiquities worked in full swing to bring the pieces back to life, and the relics were transferred to the museum store in Ashmounin and began the processes of re-sorting the remains, pottery cracks and other stone, marble, wood and plaster effects and rearranging them, and taking measures to restore them, where they were broken and in very bad condition Reflecting the brutality and brutality of the attack on the museum and its holdings, the working group that was formed and with the assistance of the accompanying archaeological inspectors succeeded in a miracle-like way of assembling a large group of artifacts, and the number of artifacts that were present in the museum before Prone to assault, about 1050 pieces.

After 3 years, and precisely on September 22, 2016, the museum was opened again, to be considered a victory for the Egyptian state over the chaos, terrorism, and harm to the Egyptian civilization, pointing to the Egyptian state’s keenness to recover its antiquities and preserve its civilization.

After restoring the museum, the cost of the museum reached 11 million pounds distributed between the governorate of Minya, which provided 7 million pounds and 150,000 of the governorate’s credits, in addition to an Italian grant of 4 million pounds in the form of display shop for the museum in the framework of the debt swap project. The presentation scenario has been changed within The museum begins with a statue of the family, which is the pillar of society. The total number of pieces ready for display in the museum is 944 pieces.