6 million L.E for establishing the first museum for the Egyptian cinema
Egypt, Culture, 4/21/2000

Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni agreed on establishing the first museum and storage area for Egyptian cinema at a cost of 6 million LE, especially as damage to old Egyptian films become a widespread phenomenon.

The museum, which is affiliated to Ministry of Culture and supervised by Egyptian Company for Studios (a governmental company), will be located on 1,500 meters of land near the pyramids.

The establishment of the museum will be finished in one-and-a-half years, and it will include the cinematic works made between 1914 and the present, as well as a wing for photos, the belongings of Egyptian cinema stars and original copies of scripts of the 100 best Egyptian films of the last 100 years so that the museum would be a tourism attraction.

Previous Stories:
  Lebanese cultural week in Cairo   (4/15/2000)
  Special museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies in the new Egyptian Museum   (3/24/2000)
  Egyptian director to present death of Diana and Dodi in a film   (3/18/2000)

Please add a link on your webiste pointing to ArabicNews.com and bookmark ArabicNews.com & subscribe to our daily email news bulletin.

Search