Work is underway to renovate Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Giza

CAIRO – 1 November 2020: Ahmed Abdel Fattah, head of the Central Department of Museums of the Fine Arts Sector, revealed that the Fine Arts Sector is currently completing the development and restoration of Mahmoud Khalil Museum and is working on changing the museum’s electrical transformers, therefore, the museum’s security services are being followed up, in addition to the air conditioners.

Abdel Fattah revealed in press statements that within days, the exhibiting scenario of the museum will be developed, which will include the holdings of Mahmoud Khalil Museum, which is currently in the stores of the Gezira Museum of Art. Part of it is also on display in the 5th  “Treasures of Our Museums” exhibition in the Arts Complex of Aisha Fahmy Palace.

Abdel Fattah also stated that the museum will be ready for its official inauguration by the end of 2020 or by early 2021.

It is worth noting that the Mohammad Mahmoud Khalil Museum is an Egyptian museum located in the Giza district.

Founded by Mohammad Mahmoud Khalil, it housed high-value art collections. Before passing away in 1953, Khalil had granted these objects to his wife to recommend them and the palace as a museum for the Egyptian government after her death.

The palace opened as a museum for the first time in 1962. It was then transferred to Prince Amr Ibrahim's palace in Zamalek in 1971, and then reopened in Zamalek in 1979.

The museum's holdings include a rare collection of Japanese-style Enro cases, which are the holdings that occupy the ground floor of the museum, along with the first and second floors, while the basement occupies the administration, library, information center and a large hall for research discussion.