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During the first decade of the new millennium, the attempt to transform the city of Luxor in Egypt into an open museum resulted in a number of undesirable outcomes. A major reason for these outcomes is the lack of knowledge regarding the differences between the ‘open museum’ concept on one hand and providing open air/outdoor areas for sightseeing on the other. This lack of knowledge was exacerbated by a failure to recognise the need to maintain harmony between the locals, the built environment and the heritage sites in Luxor. The adopted ‘open museum’ scenario did not consider that a visitor’s experience of Luxor should include the local and vernacular cultures along with the magnificent landscapes that are as old and majestic as registered monuments.
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Abulnour, A. (2018). Acupuncturing Luxor: Reinventing the Open Museum Concept. In: Folli, M. (eds) Sustainable Conservation and Urban Regeneration. Research for Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65274-0_7
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