Egyptian Museum

Egyptian Museum - Quiz

1. What happened to the museum gardens in 1954?

A) They were expanded to reach the Nile banks.
B) They were destroyed by a massive flood.
C) The land was expropriated to build the Cairo Municipality Building.
D) The government sold them to a private hotel chain.

2. Who was appointed the first female director general of the museum in 2004?

A) Ramy Essam
B) The Minister of Antiquities
C) The curator of the Louvre
D) Wafaa El Saddik

3. How many objects were reported stolen during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution?

A) 201
B) 54
C) 7
D) 25

4. How many Ushabtis of Yuya were originally missing after the 2011 unrest?

A) Two
B) Six
C) Seven
D) Fifty-four

5. When were the restored artifacts from the 2011 unrest displayed in the 'Damaged and Restored' exhibition?

A) May 2012
B) August 2006
C) September 2013
D) November 2018

6. In what year was the museum building registered as an Egyptian heritage site?

A) 2004
B) 1983
C) 1954
D) 2016

7. What entity funded the studies and research for the 2012 rehabilitation plan?

A) The International Environmental Quality Association
B) The German Foreign Ministry
C) The Louvre Museum
D) The Cairo Municipality

8. What was the primary purpose of replacing the window glass during the renovation?

A) To increase the natural light for visitors.
B) To improve the architectural design of the windows.
C) To allow for better street views.
D) To provide UV protection to safeguard artifacts.

9. How many preserved panels in the museum's library provided the original designs for restoration work?

A) 257
B) 1983
C) 2016
D) 54

10. What addition allowed for nighttime visits to the museum in July 2016?

A) Upgraded internal and external lighting systems.
B) The installation of new security cameras.
C) The construction of a new entrance.
D) The expansion of the museum's opening hours.

11. Which international museum directors were part of the committee overseeing artifact redistribution?

A) Directors from Turin, the Louvre, United Museums, and Berlin.
B) Directors from the Cairo Municipality Building.
C) Directors from local Egyptian universities.
D) Directors from the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum.

12. Which musician was reported to have been detained and tortured at the museum during the 2011 revolution?

A) Ramy Essam
B) An unnamed tourist
C) Wafaa El Saddik
D) A local museum guard

13. Where were the collections of Yuya and Thuya displayed starting in November 2018?

A) On the upper floor
B) In the museum garden
C) In the basement vaults
D) In the administrative annex

14. What type of statues were two of the recovered artifacts of King Tutankhamun made of?

A) Granite and marble
B) Polychrome glass
C) Solid limestone
D) Cedar wood covered with gold

15. Who designed the Egyptian Museum in 1897?

A) Hermann Grabe
B) Marcel Dournon
C) Alessandro Parazenti
D) Gaston Maspero

16. Where is the Egyptian Museum located?

A) Giza Plateau
B) Tahrir Square
C) Alexandria
D) Luxor

17. When was the foundation stone of the museum laid?

A) 1 April 1897
B) 9 March 1902
C) November 1903
D) 15 November 1902

18. Which German architect completed the museum project?

A) Auguste Mariette
B) Alessandro Parazenti
C) Marcel Dournon
D) Hermann Grabe

19. Who received the keys to the museum on 9 March 1902?

A) Marcel Dournon
B) Alessandro Parazenti
C) Hermann Grabe
D) Abbas Hilmi II

20. Where did the museum's initial archaeological collections come from?

A) Khedive Ismail's palace in Giza
B) The Cairo Citadel
C) The British Army barracks
D) The tomb of Mariette

21. How were the large artifacts transported to the new museum?

A) By two trains
B) By wooden carts
C) By animal caravan
D) By river boat

22. How many wooden carts were required for the move?

A) Five hundred
B) Five thousand five hundred
C) Fifty
D) Five thousand

23. What was the total weight of the first shipment of stone coffins?

A) Exactly 100 tons
B) Over 5,000 tons
C) Approximately 500 tons
D) Over 1,000 tons

24. When was the transfer of artifacts from Giza completed?

A) 15 November 1902
B) 1 April 1897
C) 9 March 1902
D) 13 July 1902

25. Whose tomb was moved to the museum garden?

A) Abbas Hilmi II
B) Mariette
C) Marcel Dournon
D) Khedive Ismail

26. On what date was the Egyptian Museum officially opened?

A) 15 November 1902
B) 13 July 1902
C) 9 March 1902
D) 1 April 1897

27. How were the artifacts arranged in the new museum?

A) Alphabetically
B) By material type
C) Chronologically
D) By geographical origin

28. What did Maspero compare the museum to when addressing overcrowding?

A) A storage facility
B) A royal palace
C) A pharaonic tomb or temple
D) A market square

29. In what year was the current Egyptian Museum building constructed?

A) 1914
B) 1902
C) 1901
D) 1899

30. In what year was the first museum established by the Egyptian government?

A) 1901
B) 1848
C) 1835
D) 1858

31. Who was the director of the Department of Antiquities who inspected antiquities in Middle Egypt?

A) Auguste Mariette
B) Gaston Maspero
C) Linan Bek
D) Youssef Diaa Effendi

32. To which Austrian leader did Khedive Abbas I donate the contents of the Cairo Citadel museum hall?

A) Khedive Ismail
B) Auguste Mariette
C) Archduke Maximilian
D) Archduke Franz Ferdinand

33. Where are the artifacts donated by Khedive Abbas I currently kept?

A) The Louvre, Paris
B) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
C) The British Museum, London
D) The Egyptian Museum, Cairo

34. Where was the museum established in 1858 located?

A) Boulaq
B) Giza
C) Ezbekieh Garden
D) Tahrir Square

35. What event caused damage to the Boulaq Museum in 1878?

A) A fire
B) A Nile flood
C) An earthquake
D) Political instability

36. Who served as director of the museum during the move from Boulaq to Giza in 1889?

A) Loret
B) Gaston Maspero
C) Auguste Mariette
D) De Morgan

37. The Egyptian Museum is considered the first national museum of which region?

A) Africa
B) The Middle East
C) North Africa
D) Europe

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