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Angy Essam – Egypt Today
As The Cairo’s Royal Chariots Museum is nearing inauguration, Braille cards explaining the story of all exhibits, for the visually impaired.
An explanatory map of the museum halls will be available at the entrance, paved corridors and ramps were constructed to facilitate the movement of wheelchairs for the disable.
Indicative panels will be placed in all halls, using sign language for those with hearing difficulties. Special toilets were fitted in compliance with international standards.
Artefacts were on display at the Royal Chariots Museum in Cairo’s Bulaq Abul Ela neighbourhood.
Head of the Museums Sector Moamen Othman said “work at the museum is at full swing, in order to be open for the public in the set time”.
“The museum will house unique artefacts, displaying different means of transport used by kings and rulers of the era, including chariots that had been used in the various occasions”.
The Royal Chariots Museum was established during the reign of Khedive Ismail (1863-1879). The restoration project began in 2001 and came to a halt several years ago. However, work was resumed in 2017, at a cost amounting to E£63 Million.
The museum’s development works included building rehabilitation, structural reinforcement, facade restoration, architectural finishes, equipping and refurbishing the exhibition halls.
“Considered the fourth rarest of its kind in the world, after museums in Austria, Russia and the United Kingdom, it is expected make its magnificent debut”.
The museum was also provided with a visual exhibition hall to screen documentary films on royal vehicles. A new exhibition scenario was set inside the museum’s five halls shedding light on all the unique artefacts the museum houses.
