Sharm El-Sheikh Museum is among the projects set by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on the map of openings during the coming period, within the framework of the state’s interest in opening museums in coastal cities, as it is the first museum to open in the region, and recently Dr. Khaled Al-Anani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, inspected the museum, in order to follow up on the latest developments in business in preparation. For its impending opening, and during the next lines we review everything you want to know about the museum.
Sharm El-Sheikh Museum is located on the airport road on an area of 191,000 square meters, and the building consists of 6 halls, a conference hall, a basement, a number of traditional crafts shops, an open theater and a number of restaurants, and the museum can display 20 thousand artifacts.
Work in the museum has been resumed since September 2018, after a hiatus of about 8 years, specifically in the aftermath of the January 2011 revolution, due to the lack of the necessary financial funds. 11 places for archaeological and heritage crafts, and the cost of the museum exceeds 300 million pounds.
The number of pieces received by the museum
The Sharm El-Sheikh Museum has so far received nearly 5,800 artifacts, which will be displayed both inside and outside the exhibition halls, in three halls: the Great Hall, the Hathoric Corridor, and the cemetery area.
The most important pieces included in the museum exhibit in the Hall of Civilizations are the inner and outer sarcophagus of East M “East M Khub” wife of Panjam II and the priestess of the goddess Isis and the deities Min and Horus in Akhmim, from the 21st Dynasty, which was found in the Deir el-Bahari cache, as well as the canopic vases and the East M papyrus A set of pots and cosmetics, and the head of Queen Hatshepsut, which was found in the funerary temple of Hatshepsut in 1926, in Deir el-Bahari and a group of Tanagra statues of women in different clothes and styles, and a group of Sinai heritage.
As for the Great Hall, it expresses man and wildlife in ancient Egypt, the ancient Egyptian's interests in science, sports, industries and crafts that characterize it, his presence in his family and his family life, and his relationship to the surrounding environment and how he loved animals to the point of sanctification, where a group of mummified animals is presented from the product of The excavations of the Bubastians in Saqqara, such as cats and scarabs, as well as baboons, crocodiles and falcons in animal and human form.
Special services for people with special abilities
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is also working on designing guide boards and brochures about the museum and the artifacts displayed in it, in addition to providing services for people with special capabilities such as brochures written in Braille and other digital services for visitors.
98% of the project works completed
Brigadier Hisham Samir, Assistant Minister for Engineering Affairs, said in previous statements that 98% of the project's work has been completed, indicating that the museum includes six exhibition halls, an administrative building, a cafeteria, a food court building, a building for bazaars, and antique crafts shops. An open theater, a staff lounge and internal security.
Sun, Aug. 16, 2020
