On September 6th 2015, about 32 members of the Japanese Commerce and Industry Association have visited the GEM-CC. In the beginning of the visit, Mr. Ohba from the Embassy of Japan in Egypt has made an opening speech about the cooperation between JICA and the GEM/GEM-CC project. After Mr. Ohba’s […]
Updates
Report on Training course on Wood conservation – 4th session
GEM-CC with the assistance of JICA will be carrying out a training course on Conservation of Wood Artifacts that will start on 18th October, and end on October 27th, 2015 (Friday and Saturday excluded). In this course, development of technical capacity of conservation for a number of housed artifacts is […]
Report on the Training Course in “Organic” held in GEM-CC
During the period between the 25th and the 28th of May, 2015, JICA GEM-CC Project conducted the training course on “Organic” in GEM-CC. The purpose of the training course was to offer an introduction to parchment for GEM-CC conservators who had little knowledge of the material. The course was focused […]
Director Kodera Kiyoshi’s visit to GEM-CC
Expert (Conservation Training Organizer), Ms. Rei Harada has made a presentation about “Cultural Inheritance International Cooperation – The Grand Egyptian Museum – Conservation Center Project” in The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) – Cairo Research Station
In Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) – Cairo Research Station, an event under the name of “Open Lectures” is carried out on irregular basis. The event targets Japanese residents, Egyptians who are interested in Japanese language and culture, etc. On June 4th (Thur), Ms. Rei Harada (Expert […]
Update: JICA’s news magazine (Mundi)
Reviewing GEM-CC Strategic Management Plan done on 25th-26th March, 2015
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), mainly to be housed and exhibited ancient Egyptian collection, is targeted to be one of the greatest museums in the world, so that several departments under the GEM -including the GEM Conservation Center (CC) – has already be active to achieve this target. In this […]
For Inheriting the Colorful Ancient Egyptian Artifacts to the Next Generations – Training Course of Conservation for Painted Objects
February 25 to March 7, 2013 The favorable Egyptian environmental conditions have resulted to preserve the ancient Egyptian artifacts in good condition. After their discoveries through the archaeological excavations, those artifacts, which are obviously considered as the longing objects of the world, have been inherited to us today. Some of […]
The Second Symposium of the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center Conservation in Museums: Present and Future
The Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM-CC), the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the JICA GEM-CC Project together organized the second international symposium, titled “Conservation in Museums: Present and Future” on 2013/03/18 and 19 at “Le Mercure Sphinx Hotel near 3 Great Pyramids of Giza”. The First Symposium of the […]
Collection Management Training Course III
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provided the training course on Collection Management, the 1st term during December 2-13, 2012, the 2nd term during December 23-27, 2013 and the 3rd term during January 13-17, 2013. The collection of the museum is the most important properties for its activities. It is essential […]