diff --git a/_pop-ups/Egypt_popup1.md b/_pop-ups/Egypt_popup1.md index 8953806e..67ae340c 100644 --- a/_pop-ups/Egypt_popup1.md +++ b/_pop-ups/Egypt_popup1.md @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ images: --- From November 2023 to January 2024, the Pop-Up Museum team from the -Fitzwilliam Museum began to work in association with ‘Wassla’, an Egyptian initiative +Fitzwilliam Museum began to work in association with Wassla, an Egyptian initiative for heritage and culture. Together they planned a number of community outreach activities around Egypt, including talks and Pop-Up Museum activities. @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ in Alexandria, and think about how it might relate to ancient Egyptian wood work We then travelled to upper Egypt where we did Pop-Ups in both Esna and Luxor. In Esna, -we organised it with ‘Takween’ a company for integrated community development. The Pop-Up +we organised it with Takween a company for integrated community development. The Pop-Up took place at [the local historic market](/images/news/1.jpg), just across from the ancient Egyptian temple of Esna. [A diverse range of locals](/images/news/2.jpg) including shop keepers, workers, @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ who have never been out of Esna, and hence have never been to a museum before since there is none there. We had a chat with them about the idea of a museum and showed them pictures about what it can look like. -That’s how surprising Pop-Ups can be and this is exactly what it is about: taking the +Thats how surprising Pop-Ups can be and this is exactly what it is about: taking the museum out to people, especially to those who might be deprived of the opportunity to experience it. We also had another young boy who to have never had the privilege of going to school. He stayed with us for the whole time of the Pop-Up event where he @@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ ended helping us with the Pop-Up, where she demonstrated the replica tools to ot students and also how to [re-assemble the replica dog coffin](/images/news/11.jpg). -During our time in Luxor, we were invited for a meal at Abdel Rahman’s family, a local +During our time in Luxor, we were invited for a meal at Abdel Rahmans family, a local who had been a senior inspector and had worked in archaeological excavations before, including on [the tomb of Senneferi (TT99)](https://tt99.fitz.ms/). He lives in Al Dabiyyah village on the West Bank near Luxor. After our meal he took us to his friend who is a local carpenter to see his tools. At the workshop, there was a deaf mute carpenter who was very eager to understand what we do. -We coincidentally had ‘How to make an Egyptian coffin’ book with us so we started showing +We coincidentally had How to make an Egyptian coffin book with us so we started showing him the images and demonstrating with the ancient Egyptian replica tools. It was great to see how such engagement can overcome limitations of communication and become the common language to connect. @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ where both students and professors participated. This was followed by our last Pop-up museum in Cairo at The Gayer-Anderson Museum. It is a historic Mamluk house where British Major and antiquities collector, R.G. Gayer Anderson Pasha lived from 1935 to 1942 and kept some of his collection. We set up the Pop-Up in the -[house’s garden](/images/news/12.jpg) so all museum visitors were able to see us, +[houses garden](/images/news/12.jpg) so all museum visitors were able to see us, chat with us and be as curious as they wanted to be. There was a group of retired elders who very enthusiastically joined us, some of whom were working in fields relevant to museums and Egyptology, so they shared @@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ display within the Pop-Up Museum context. In all those Pop-Ups, we trained [volunteers](/images/news/15.jpg) to join us, some of whom were high school students, university students or young people at their early stage career. This has given them the chance to [join an experience](/images/news/16.jpg) -they haven’t necessarily been exposed to before, +they havent necessarily been exposed to before, know more about creative means of community outreach and it also it added another level of diversity and inclusion which we are keen on in our outreach programs. As we ended 2023 and kicked off 2024 with these very diverse, thought-provoking, inspiring -Pop-Ups, we are looking forward to plan more of them and collaborate with more museums +Pop-Ups, we are looking forward to planning more of them and collaborating with more museums and museum professionals, entities and individuals who are interested in taking history and heritage out to people where they least expect find it!