Opening of the Museum of “Symbols and Pioneers of Egyptian Art”

Dr. Nevin Al-Kilani, Minister of Culture, inaugurates the Museum of “Symbols and Pioneers of Egyptian Art” after its development, in the presence of the great director Khaled Jalal, Head of the Cultural Production Affairs Sector, the distinguished artist Yasser Sadek, Head of the Central Administration of the National Center for Theatre, Music and Folk Art, leaders of the Ministry of Culture, and the Culture and Media Committees of the House of Representatives. And the sheikhs, the Association of the Sons of Artists of Egypt, and the masses of Egyptian artists. This will be at four o’clock in the evening, next Monday, January 9, 2023 AD, at the headquarters of the National Center for Theatre, Music and Folklore, located at 9 Hassan Sabry St., Zamalek.

The Museum of “Symbols and Pioneers of Egyptian Art” is considered the only specialized art museum in the Arab world, including the holdings of great Egyptian artists, including: Naguib Al-Rihani, Zaki Tulaimat, Sayed Darwish, Youssef Wahbi, Tawfiq Al-Hakim, Salah Jahin, Dawood Hosni, Nabil Al-Alfi, Alawiya Jamil Amina Rizk, Muhammad al-Kahlawi, Tawfiq al-Daqin, Mahmoud Azmy, Sayed Radi, Muhammad Reda, Ibrahim Saafan, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Adly Kaseb, Shukri Sarhan, Hassan Abdeen, Zouzou Nabil, Samiha Ayoub, Samir al-Asfouri, Fahmy al-Khouli, Aqila Ratib, Omar Hariri, Samira Abdel Aziz, Madiha Hamdi, Amal Ramzy, Moshira Ismail, Mahmoud Al-Jundi, Muhammad Shawky, Ahmed Ratib, Sanaa Shafea, Sayed Zayan, Magdy Wahba, Muhammad Metwally, Mahmoud Masoud, Al-Muntasir Billah, Suhair Al-Baroni, Jamal Ismail, Salah Rashwan, Talaat Zakaria, Farouk Youssef, Muhammad Anani, Hassan Al-Deeb , and others from the pioneers of Egyptian art, in addition to handwritten manuscripts by Badi Khairy, Maroun Al-Naqqash, Muhammad Al-Tabei, and Abu Al-Saud Al-Ibiari.. and the old Egyptian opera house quilt, another for the National Theater, and the Sayed Darwish theater quilt, and many original pictures, musical scores, and rare heritage theatrical texts, and collectibles The personality of the greats of Egyptian art in the fields of theatre, music and folk arts.