1) This booklet intends to introduce the original work promoted by the Instituto de Egiptologia of Rio de Janeiro since 1990. It works with a new concept of exhibition, using models, miniatures, renderings and other items, not involving necessarily Antiquities. Nowadays this approach is widely used by countries like Greece, Egypt and others. In Egypt, the Supreme Council of Antiquities and The Egyptian Museum-Cairo maintain a Parallel Museum of “Antiquities” in Zamalek where they keep reproductions both for sale and exhibitions abroad. What is more important to this approach is the information which, such exhibitions can provide.

2) Due to the eminent crises related to the Museum’s Identity, temporary exhibitions have played a special part in the Museum’s activities.... The increasing number of temporary and travelling exhibitions are really surprising today and sometimes precious pieces are under a non necessary risk. For this reason, we suggest that reproductions can be sometimes used in Itinerant Exhibitions in order to keep the integrity of the most valuable and/or fragile items.

3) As an interdisciplinary project, today, the Didactic Collection of Egyptology welcome collaborators of very diverse disciplines, as Egyptologists, Historians, Geographers and others. The two key words for this work are goodwill and efficacy. The technical means placed at the disposal of researchers and artists certainly are as high a level as their qualifications and experience. For this reason, this Project has passed over Brazilians boundaries, exactly as techniques progress and scientific methods do. We invite you to make suggestions and criticise our Project ! You will be welcomed!