Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Offers Student Training & Free Local Tours
Jul 27, 2025
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is offering university students hands-on summer training in museum work, while also providing free guided tours to Egyptian visitors. The programme is geared toward students in archaeology, history and tour guiding, and includes instruction in conservation, curation, documentation and museum operations.
At the same time, volunteer guides from the Friends of the Egyptian Museum group are leading free tours throughout the season. The effort is meant to deepen public engagement with Egypt's cultural heritage and improve access to museum knowledge and resources.
The initiative is part of a larger national focus on preparing young people for careers in tourism and heritage, while also strengthening public participation in the country's cultural life. The museum's leadership, along with senior figures from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, has described the programme as a step toward linking academic knowledge with daily museum practice.
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, founded in 1902, remains one of the oldest and most iconic institutions in the region, housing thousands of artefacts from Egypt's Pharaonic, Graeco-Roman and Coptic periods.
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