During the period from 4th July to 17th July, 2012, Japan International Cooperation Agency ( JICA ) held two training courses, Packing and Transportation in GEM-CC and Handling of Heavy Artifacts, to give participants with skills and knowledge of safe handling of precious collection of Ancient Artifacts. The courses were […]
Training Course on Environmental Science in Museum
Japan International Cooperation Agency ( JICA ) conducted a training course on Environmental Science in Museum from 6th June to 13th June, 2012 at the Grand Egyptian Museum-Conservation Center( GEM-CC ). It is necessary to study how fast things in the museum change and what causes these changes, and to […]
Students from Japanese School in Cairo Visited the Project
Ms. Sugimoto Akiko made a presentation of information management
Ms. Sugimoto Akiko made a research activity for the improvement of information system at Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM-CC). The research was done at the conservation laboratory and scientific analysis laboratory by interviewing conservators and scientists seeking the possibility to strengthen the information sharing among GEM-CC staff. After the […]
Construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum has been kicked-off
Training Course “Japanese Paper for Conservation” was held
Training course on Japanese Paper for Conservation was held at GEM-CC from March 4th to 8th. The aim of the course is that Japanese paper, washi, made with Japanese traditional techniques contributes to preserve ancient Egyptian artifacts. Techniques and knowledge to preserve paper-based cultural heritage such as Japanese painting, calligraphy […]
The first Symposium of GEM-CC was held
1. Outcome The first Symposium of GEM-CC was organized jointly by the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM-CC) and JICA GEM-CC Project on 26th and 27th February, 2012. This Symposium focused on widely disseminating the fruits of the JICA training program at GEM-CC and results of the researches and work […]
Training course of collection management
2011-12-14 Trainers practice a CO2 experiment Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a training course in the Grand Egyptian Museum-Conservation Center (GEM-CC) from 4th of December to 13th of December 2011. In cooperation with GEM-CC three experts came from Japan to complete this mission; Prof. Masatoshi Kubo, Research Center for […]
Third Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Training Course
2011-11-20 A training course on the third Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was held in Egypt for 4 days (20-23 November, 2011) for the conservators and scientists in GEM-CC. Three instructors in IPM came from Japan to attend the course. The three experts are Dr. Sadatoshi Miura, the Chairman of the […]
Presentation about Collection Management and IPM Action Plans
2011-11-16 Hands-on practice: Learning about condition check of museum artifacts Reporting presentations about the two training courses held in Japan from September to October 2011: Collection Management and IPM (insecticidal treatment), were made by the participated GEM-CC staff on November 13 and 16 at the GEM-CC library. Collection Management course […]