Egypt's Strategy to Develop Methods of Displaying Antiquities in National Museums. "Development of the Display Method in the Main Hall of the Egyptian Museum El Tahrir" | ||||
| International Design Journal | ||||
| Article 27, Volume 13, Issue 5, September and October 2023, Page 371-382 PDF (2.77 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/idj.2023.312644 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Rania Raouf Sedky | ||||
| Lecturer of interior architecture | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Egypt is blessed with a rich history and heritage of antiquities and museums, and the museum is the place that collects a collection of exhibits and valuable things and preserves the cultural heritage of peoples throughout the ages as a witness to the civilization and achievements of peoples. Egypt enjoys a large repertoire of antiquities and museums to display its antiquities and history, and in view of the role played by museums in displaying antiquities and human heritage, especially in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, which is distinguished by many artifacts, the method of displaying them needs development. Considering the technological development in this era, there is a need to develop a future strategic vision for the project to develop the museum display in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir according to international standards. The Egyptian government opted to construct the EMC in the centre of Cairo to be the first structure ever constructed particularly to serve as a museum. Construction on the project began in 1897, and the museum officially inaugurated on November 15, 1902. More than 160.000 artefacts from prehistoric to Roman times are kept there. While it was founded in 1835 at the Azbek Park with a significant number of varied structures, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo is one of the biggest and most well-known international museums currently located in the field of liberation in the center of the Egyptian city, Cairo. When the French Egyptian scholar Auguste Marette, who was employed at the Louvre, had the idea to build a museum where a collection of antiquities was shown on the Nile beach at Bulak, it was moved to the second exhibition hall of the Salah al-Din castle. The museum now houses the largest archaeological collection in the world, which spans all periods of ancient Egyptian history, and has more than 150,000 artifacts, the most significant of which are archaeological collections discovered in kings' tombs and the royal footnote of the central family in Jahmur in 1894. Its warehouses have thousands of monuments and more than 136,000 monuments from the Pharaoh. Statement of the Problem The Egyptian Museum is distinguished by its history and many antiquities, but the large number needs to be redistributed and changed the museum display scenario and the introduction of new technology so that the visitor and tourist experience turns into an enjoyable, different, and unforgettable experience Research Delimitations Time limits: A proposal for display systems in the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Spatial boundaries: In the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir. Objective limits: Present a proposal to develop the display method in the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and change the display scenario. Methodology It is a subjective proposal in which the researcher relied on the technology approach and intended to see a re-scenario of the museum exhibit on the main floor of the Emancipated Museum. Recommendations Egypt has a great history of fascinating all Pharaoh's civilizations, full of secrets and baptisms. Modern technology has been unable to explore the ambiguity surrounding Pharaoh's civilization. Egypt also enjoys many of the traces that have been discovered and continue to be discovered every day by the organization of monuments, thus the researcher’s recommendations as follows: • Studying and developing methods of presentation in museums. • Museums containing many monuments must be distributed to other museums. • Each museum must have a theme served by its presentation method, which depends on how it is presented, and not how many exhibits of the visitor's tits have a special experience. • Colleges of Fine Arts are researching students through research projects to re-elaborate museum presentation methods and submit their proposals through competitions between beautiful arts colleges in Egypt. • The importance of integrating technology into supply modes. • Making agreements between museums outside Egypt and our museums to offer a hypothetical experience of visiting Egyptian museums to those who are unable to visit Egypt. Conclusion History was the imagination of time before it became its reality and its past, and so the ingenuity of the genius of past centuries, today, has sacrificed our heritage and our culture of pride. We must therefore take care to preserve our history and heritage and study all the solutions that will enable us to continue throughout the ages, bearing in mind the cultural values and norms of the civilizations to which they belong. Art is the mirror of the age and the witness of history. A museum is a place where our past has all the secrets that the pharaohs have hidden, so we must develop the ways of our museums, creating a unique experience for visitors that suits our history. Statement of the Problem The Egyptian Museum is distinguished by its history and many antiquities, but the large number needs to be redistributed, and changed the museum display scenario and the introduction of new technology so that the visitor and tourist experience turns into an enjoyable, different, and unforgettable experience Research Delimitations Time limits: A proposal for display systems in the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Spatial boundaries: In the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir. Objective limits: Present a proposal to develop the display method in the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and change the display scenario. Methodology The researcher relied on the analytical descriptive approach and the link between modern and future technology and its application in national museums, such as the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, and on the formulation of contemporary treatments as a working guide for those in charge of developing display methods in museums and choosing a display policy that is more appropriate for the future. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Development; Creative modern solutions; visual formation; Museum display systems | ||||
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