DISPLAY TECHNIQUES WITHIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS SPACES

Abstract

The recent years witnessed a growing interest in archaeological museums thus aiming to revive the Egyptian civilization, emphasize historical culture and consolidate the Egyptian identity for future generations. The museum display techniques are considered a crucial design constituent -which show the creative values of archaeological artifacts- via the concepts of hybrid spaces that connect the history of civilizationand the techniques of the current era, using interactive digital tools within space. This research reviews the design techniques as a contemporary cultural mediation for effective communication between global and local communities, which supports tourist magnetism however, the economic aspects should be considered. This research highlights the various display techniques and their relation to the interior design of the archaeological museum space, to keep the visitor interaction not just passive spectators across multi-media technologies, furthermore the design-process aims to raise the number of visitors and encourage the cultural exchange between diverse communities.