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 […]
Updates
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 […]
Beginning of working with the King Tutankhamen collection
2011-04-01 ADD staff members photographs the pectoral of the King Tut Currently we are working on making archeological database includes the artifacts that will be in the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), as a part of the project. Our competent team revises the old archeological records of the selected artifacts for […]
Project Phase II has been started
The Project of the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM-CC) started the Phase II of the project on 1st July , 2011. During the phase, we will provide various training courses, in the next five year, for Egyptian conservators and scientists at GEM-CC based on the capacity development plan formulated […]
Three Brief Lectures by Conservators after their return to Homeland
Training the Conservators for the GEM
Currently, more than twenty conservators are appointed to work on conservation of the selected artifacts for the GEM. In cooperation with the National Research Institute for Cultural Prosperities, Tokyo, we have been organizing training workshops on conservation by material such as paper and textile. Training Courses in Egypt We […]