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The Project for the Conservation Center in the Grand Egyptian Museum
Footsteps of the GEM-CC projectLooking Back with Pictures Chronologically
2008～2016
Construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum (hereinafter referred to as “GEM”) was launched as a national project in Egypt, starting from the summit meeting between the then President Mubarak and the then Prime Minister Koizumi in 2003.
The GEM will be constructed as one of the largest museums in the world, which is proud of a scale of 81,000m2 total floor space, in northwest of three great pyramids of Giza in the suburbs of Cairo, and it will be planned to collect and exhibit 100,000 Egyptian artifacts. It is expected to be not only a main attraction of the Egyptian tourism, but also a global center of Egyptology, as well as one of practical organizations for conservation and study of artifacts.
“The Project for the Conservation Center in the Grand Egyptian Museum (hereinafter referred to as “GEM-CC”)” has been acting for eight years with the first phase (from June, 2008 to June, 2011) and the second phase (from July, 2011 to March, 2016) in total, for the purpose of capacity development of the GEM-CC staff preparing for the opening of the GEM.
Specialists who have plenty of knowledge and techniques were gathered all over Japan, and they have handed techniques from Japan to Egypt through trainings to develop the capacity of the staff members who are in charge of conservation of precious artifacts.
Various materials such as wood, stone, metal, etc. were used for Pharaohs’ artifacts and they have been damaged and deteriorated due to various causesduring thousands of years. Therefore, not only conservation techniques but also a wide range of technical knowledge about analysis and diagnostics of raw materials and pigments, and pest management, packing and transportation were transferred. The Japanese experts who instructed training courses reached over 180, and the number of training courses conducted over 100. At the beginning, due to cultural difference between Japan and Egypt, and difference in the way of thinking about conservation, there was miscommunication between the Egyptian and Japanese side at the beginning; however, Egyptian Side became more approachable and started to trust the Japanese experts and techniques. After eight years have passed, now they conserve many artifacts by themselves, and even they present their achievements at international symposia.
However, the project hasn’t always been progressing smoothly. Not only the intensified demand for democratization, what is so called the Arab Spring, and also the declines of the public security which was caused by a political change thirty months later forced the experts to take refuge outside Egypt. Besides, due to the current financial distribution of Egypt, management of the GEM-CC has become very challenging, the securement of the staff and the budget has become a challenge. Egypt and Japan cooperated to face and overcome such challenges and difficulties in this project. It can be said that the biggest achievement is building cooperation and trust relationships beyond the personal level.
We would like to look back the progress of this project with pictureschronologically.
Trust in God, But Tie Your Camel (the teachings of Islam)
Lotus (national flower of Egypt)
Papyrus
In ancient Egypt, lotus was the symbol of Upper Egypt, and papyrus was that of Lower Egypt
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Study Visit Program in Egypt
Study Visit Program in Foreign Countries
Academic Degree Program
Annual Academic Symposium
Conservation Science
Conservation Science
Materials in Conservation
Environmental Science for Museums
Diagnostic and Analytical Techniques for Conservation
Conservation
Condition Reports, Treatment Reports and Academic Papers
Painted Objects
Textile (Organic Materials)
Papyrus
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Japanese Paper for conservation treatment
Inorganic Objects (metal)
Inorganic Objects (non-metal)
Field Program
Preventive Conservation
Occupational Health and Safety
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Insecticidal Treatment in Museum
Microorganism Management
Preventive Conservation for Mummies and Related Artifacts
Storage Management
Packing and Transportation in GEM-CC
【Conservation Capacity Development Program】
We set over twenty programs (training courses, symposia, etc.) so that the
GEM-CC can conserve Egyptian artifacts consisting of various materials such as stone, wood, textile and leather, metal, glass, etc., in environment appropriately.
We planned to conduct training courses of conservation techniques by each material as well as to set in Materials in Conservation and Diagnostic and Analytical Techniques which are related to conservation techniques in common. Furthermore, programs of preventive conservation which maintains the safe environment for artifacts conservation such as IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Collection Management were also set in. Technique of packing and transportation is indispensable because artifacts are collected all over Egypt. The GEM-CC is a huge organization hence Occupational Health and Safety of the staff and ability of development of organizational management are very important themes as well. We also supported actively Study Visit Program in Foreign Countries and participation in international conferences of the GEM-CC staff.
Each training course was conducted from twice to nine times with deepening and diversifying gradually. The total number of trainees who participated in the
programs reached approximately 2,250.
Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM-CC)
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★Commencement of Phase I (6/22)
●Arrival of Mr. Nakamura, project's chief adviser
★Registration of artifacts for the database starts
● : Programs held in Japan
● : Programs held mainly in Egypt
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★Inauguration of GEM-CC (6/14) Evacuation of project's experts★★Ms. Ogata, President of JCA, visits the Project Resignation of President Mubarak◆
Establishment of the Ministry of Antiquities. Dr. Zahi Hawass takes up the Minister's post◆
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●Arrival of Mr. Suzuki, project's chief adviser Ms. Ogata, President of JCA, visits the Project★
Construction work of GEM begins★
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Training Course on Microorganism Management(Center for FungalConsultation, Japan) Groundbreaking Ceremony of GEM, attended by the
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Training Course on Japanese Paper forConservation Treatment
Training Course on IPM(Integrated Pest Management): Sampling of microorganism
Training Course on Microorganism Management(National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo)
Training Course on Occupational Health and Safety
Training Course on Packing and Transportation in GEM-CC: Lifting objects by a ceiling crane
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Study Visit Program (BUMA-8, Japan)：Welcoming three participants from Inorganic Lab of GEM-CC
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Training Course on Wood (Institute for Conservation of Cultural property, Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata)
Training Course on Diagnostic and Analytical Techniques for Conservation
Training Course on Papyrus:Practice of making Papyrus
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◆Mr. Damaty becomes the Minister of Antiquities ★Japanese Prime Minister Abe visits GEM
●Dr. Tarek becomes the General Director of GEM
●Arrival of Mr. Nagata, project's chief adviser
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Training Course on Wood: Learning the structure of King Tutankhamun's bed
Training Course on Textile：Certificate presentation at closing ceremony
Training Course on Occupational Health and
Safety： Evacuation drill
Training Course on Materials in Conservation：Comparative study on conservation treatment
Statue of Ramses Ⅱand the construction site of GEM
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Conservation Treatment：Practice of making paste in NRICPT
Training Course on Painted Objects:Practice of chemical cleaning
Training Course on Conservation Science: Lecture on photography of artifacts
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★The Organic Lab won a prize "Best Practice in Conservation" in ICOM-Egypt Award 2015
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Training Course on Diagnostic and Analytical Techniques for Conservation: XRD and XRF analysis
Training Course on Inorganic Objects(metal):Practice of cleaning andXRF analysis
Training Course on Inorganic Objects (non-metal): Practice of filling for damaged potteries
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Training Course on Stone(Waseda University)
Buddha Status of UsukiBeautiful carps (Ooita) Training Course on Wood: Practice of making standard thin sections for wood Identification
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---Acknowledgments---
We are grateful and wish to thank everyone involved in this project
which ranged over eight years until a successful ending.
The GEM is aiming to reach a partial opening in 2018 and a grand opening in 2022. Great numbers of actions will be taken between Egypt and Japan as well as in the future based on a relationship of mutual trust that both countries cultivated so far, so that the GEM will be a proud museum in the world.
We cannot help praying for a small bud which this project left for Egypt growing greatly.
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