Socio-economic role of the site museums for visitors and local communities: an applied study on Memphis site museum (Mit Rahina)‎

Abstract EN

Museums are playing essential roles as a culture center, another role for the artifacts and objects to collect, preserve the heritage, natural history, culture, monuments at archaeological sites, and more important is the role of the museum to develop the community.

more over some museums focus on heritage protection functions by themselves, and manage the archaeological heritage of a region or nation.

the research is discussing some examples of the site museums around the world with their role for their community, and it gives a survey about the different site’s museums and gives guideline for Egyptian museums to be as a house for tangible and intangible history for all community for both national and international.

this paper offers opportunity of bringing together local heritage communities and museum representation of their worlds and meaningful exhibits that both teach and promote their precious value.