Museums should ask questions
There are few cultural projects that have so perfectly captured both a nation’s ambition and its inertia as the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
Two decades in the making, more than $1bn (€870m) spent and several false starts later, the colossal complex at Giza has finally opened its doors, a stone’s throw from the pyramids and the Cairo ring road.
what does Egypt really want this museum to say?
From its conception in the early 1990s, the GEM was always about more than archaeology.
Author's summary: The Grand Egyptian Museum sparks questions about its purpose.
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