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The Nubia Museum
The Nubia Museum is the most recent museum that has been built with the cooperation between UNESCO and the Egyptian government. The museum has an anthropology department that has one mission the preservation of the folk arts in Aswan city.
The site which was selected for the Nubia Museum is ideal with respect to both environmental considerations and its location in Aswan. It is situated in the neighborhood of hotels overlooking the town. It is, at the same time, close to the river Nile, facing Elephantine Island and the western bank. Thus it affords good access both to the local population and to Egyptian and foreign visitors. The site is characterized by its stepped terraces, which are perfectly in keeping with the rock structure and the contour lines of the area. The volume of the building and its architectural elements are in accord with the surroundings, the local environment, and the climatic conditions of the region. The facade walls are decorated in a Nubian style, and the openings are minimized to reduce the effect of the long
duration of the sunlight and the high temperatures.
The museum contains, besides its wide exhibition areas, all modern museological necessities, such as an entry service hall, lecture rooms, a modern library, a registration and documentation center, a place for temporary exhibitions, .
conservation and restoration laboratories, workshops, photographic studios, storage places, etc. |
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It is equipped with mechanical ventilation, technical requirements, educational and audio-visual services, and security and alarm systems.
A Nubian house, furnished according to typical Nubian habits, folklore, and traditions, is constructed in the open air area adjacent to the museum building, which is partly occupied with outdoor exhibitions and partly used as a parking place.
The Nubia Museum, which should serve as an excellent model for similar types of museum, certainly provides the town of Aswan with an enriched cultural basis. Besides being a center which can be used by citizens and foreigners alike for learning about the different aspects of Nubia, it serves as a treasury of objects and as an institute for research and study. Last but not least, it is an instrument for the preservation of the Nubian heritage.
The recovery of thousands of objects from tombs, temples and settlements incited the Egyptian government and UNESCO in the 1980s to appoint an executive committee to help plan a museum in Aswan.
The aim of this museum is to house finds from Nubian sites, so the scholars can come to one place to study these important collections, and fill gaps in our knowledge of the Nubian history.
The museum was designed by the late Egyptian architect Mahmoud al-Hakim, and Mexican architect Pedro Vasquez Ramirez designed the museum’s interior display |
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