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Manuscript Museum Welcomes Children from Ayady Al Mostakbal

In continuation of its efforts to adopt and implement the Art Therapy initiative, the BA Manuscript Museum hosted a group of children of different ages from the Ayady Al Mostakbal for cancer treatment to attend the “Get to Know the BA” workshop, which is part of the 2017 Mid-Year Activities. The ...

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BA Manuscript Museum Visits 57357 Hospital

In light of its adoption and implementation of the Art Therapy initiative, the BA Manuscript Museum organized a visit to the Children's Cancer Hospital 57357 on 25 October. The visit aimed to conduct a workshop the hospital, titled “Get to Know the Ancient Library of Alexandria”. The workshop ...

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ICOM Egypt Grants BA Manuscript Museum the “A Day at the Museum” Award

ICOM Egypt, the national committee of the International Council of Museums has granted the BA Manuscript Museum the “A Day at the Museum” award. The award was granted as part of the 2017 Best Practice Awards competition, which was collaboratively organized and held by ICOM Egypt, the Ministry of ...

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BA Celebrates International Museum Day 2017

Within the framework of the 2017 International Museum Day (IMD), which is celebrated on 18 May each year, all BA museums will offer free entry to visitors today. On this occasion, the Manuscript museum had also organized a workshop titled: “Museums: The Memory of Peoples”. The workshop aimed to ...

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BA to Celebrate the 2017 Arabic Manuscripts Day

The BA Manuscript Museum is organizing a number of workshops on the occasion of celebrating the Arabic Manuscripts Day, which is set on 4 April of every year according to the decision made by Arab Ministers of Culture at their 20 th meeting in December 2016. The workshops are going to be held from ...

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