In 2007 and 2008, Trans Seas supplied and installed the specified high-density mobile storage systems throughout the conservatory areas that safely and securely store all of the artifacts and antiquities for the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Trans Seas faced local and international competition and won on best price, best quality of product, and best service. Our own factory-trained and certified U.S. employees were on site for over a year, supervising the installation by a skilled staff of 50 people.
The museum sits on 117 faddans, approximately 480,000 sq m, 2.5 km from the Pyramids of Giza, a plateau on the UNESCO World Heritage list. It stands at the intersection of modernity and antiquity, redirecting the traveler from modern Cairo and Alexandria to more than 5,000 years of Egyptian civilization.
Artifacts, with provision for almost 100,000 in future
Projected visitors per year
Museum building, within a 480,000 m² site
Competition entries from 82 countries
Skilled installers, supervised on site for over a year
The 84,000 sq m building is a complex of activities that embraces 100,000 pieces of artifacts, weaving different routes through the complex so that the world of ancient Egypt can be explored in different modes and levels. The museum is both a repository of cultural artifacts and an interactive cultural resource.
The Supreme Council of Antiquities has granted the GEM the largest component of the Tutankhamen collection, the cornerstone of the museum. Egypt also intends to show the beauty of all of Pharaonic history, with displays from every period, important sites and collections.
The museum also protects Ancient Egypt’s heritage by providing conservation treatment and controlled environments to previously untreated artifacts.
