Mrs Suzanne Mubarak attended Tuesday 6/6/2006 a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Central Bank of Egypt to launch a fund-raising campaign for establishing the Grand National Museum on Cairo-Alexandria desert road.

Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has said that the ceremony encourages the Egyptians to donate for the museum to bring this great project to the light. The Union of Egyptian Banks donated $7,5 million, the minister added.

The Museum will cost a total of $550 million according to feasibility studies, of which Japan has provided $300 million, the minister added. Names of the donors will be inscribed on a museum wall. Donors can also buy one brick used in the construction work for $500 and will have his/her name inscribed on it.