2025 Poster Session

Abstract

The conservation of museum exhibits is an important step before displaying them, and telling stories about these exhibits is one of the most important means of interpreting and conveying the message of museum exhibits. Therefore, the researcher cooperated with the conservator who restored one of the statues that will be displayed in the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is the statue of the goddess Sekhmet. The researcher collected information from the conservator related to the conservation of Sekhmet. The researcher also cooperated with his archaeological colleagues to collect archaeological and historical information about Sekhmet.

Then, the researcher, with the assistance and supervision of a professor from the Faculty of Archaeology, Restoration Department, Cairo University, a professor from the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Helwan University, and a professor from the Faculty of Archaeology, Ain Shams University, created a simple digital storytelling model about the statue of the goddess Sekhmet. The story presented by the researcher is a short story of five and a half minutes in which the researcher made an imaginary drawing of the place and the story in a simple and enjoyable way. The researcher also included a part about the conservation process and told a simplified story to measure the ease of applying this by making the conservation story a palatable and simple process that the visitor understands and loves, which makes him eager for more stories and wants to return to visit the museum again. Thus, the role of conservation is not limited to the stage preceding the display of museum exhibits, but its role has extended beyond the museum display. 

Keywords: Digital storytelling - Interpretation - conservation-Grand Egyptian Museum -  Museum display