GreenMuseumMeeting Cairo 2025

Crossing borders, shaping sustainability: The third and final network meeting of the Green Museum Hub in Cairo

From 25 April to 1 May 2025, the third and final network meeting of the international Green Museum Hub project took place in Cairo - a project that rethinks museums as places of sustainability. Funded as part of the DAAD Ta'ziz programme, the initiative brings together museum experts, scientists and sustainability experts from Egypt, Tunisia and Germany. Their common goal: to make museums fit for the future - ecologically, socially and culturally.

Seven days of intensive discussion, learning, sharing and planning: With visits to outstanding museums in Cairo and Alexandria, practical workshops and inspiring lectures, the week developed into a lively forum for sustainable museum work. The focus was on concrete measures for energy efficiency, inclusion, digital education and community-orientated conservation - always in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

From the pyramids of Giza to the Coptic Museum and the Museum of Islamic Art to the traditional Egyptian Museum and the Manial Palace: the participants immersed themselves in Egypt's rich cultural landscape - and at the same time in questions of how historical collections can be preserved ecologically, designed to be accessible, and anchored locally.

The practical workshops organised by the international partners, including the SMAC in Chemnitz, the Badisches Landesmuseum and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, were particular highlights. Young academics and students from Helwan University and the Université de la Manouba also contributed to the diversity of the exchange with their perspectives and ideas.
The meeting in Cairo marked the culmination of the Green Museum Hub's networking phase - but it was not the end of the collaboration: a joint Green Museum Camp in Tunis and a final exhibition in which the results of the project can be seen and experienced will follow in October.

Conclusion

The week in Cairo not only imparted knowledge, but also built bridges - between countries, disciplines and generations. In this way, the Green Museum Hub will continue to support museums in the future in becoming sustainable, inclusive and future-proof places for everyone.