The Egyptian Cabinet’s Media Center on Sunday denied rumors spread online claiming that the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir would be demolished after the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). It stressed that the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is one of the most important and famous archaeological buildings in the world, and can never be harmed. The Egyptian government announced in June 2019 the start of a project to develop the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir at a cost of 3.1 million euros. The participating museums are: the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy, the Louvre Museum in France, the British Museum in England, the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, Germany, the national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, in Leiden. A file for the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir will be prepared for submission to UNESCO for inclusion in the list of world heritage sites.
