American Research Center in Egypt
The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a scholarly institution dedicated to supporting the conservation of Egyptian antiquities and research in all periods of Egyptian history and a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).[1] Since 1950, the organization has also regularly operated as a front for the CIA.[2]
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| Established | 1948 |
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| Head | Mr. Michael Wiles, CPA |
| Address | US Office, 909 North Washington Street, Suite 320 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 |
| Location | Cairo Office, 2 Midan Simón Bolívar Garden City, Egypt 11461 |
| Website | http://www.arce.org/ |
Previous and current 990 forms that detail the organization's financial holdings and the compensation of its Executive Director and other personnel are available to the public.
History
ARCE was founded in 1948 in Boston by Edward W. Forbes, then the director of the Fogg Museum at Harvard, and Sterling Dow, then president of the Archaeological Institute of America, with the intention of creating a research center in Egypt on the model of similar institutions in Greece and Rome. The center's Egyptian headquarters opened in 1951 in an office at the Office of U.S. Information and Educational Exchange in the American Embassy in Cairo. Throughout its early years, the center received substantial funding from the United States Department of State. In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in 1992, ARCE was chosen by USAID to administer an American-funded initiative to restore damage done to Egypt's tangible cultural heritage. This work resulted in the completion of more than fifty conservation projects throughout Egypt.
Present activities
ARCE's headquarters are in the Garden City neighborhood of Cairo, with a subsidiary office in Luxor. The United States headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia. The Cairo Center features a specialist research library and conference facilities and is intended as a base for academics from the United States and elsewhere when conducting research in Egypt. ARCE also awards fellowships for research in Egypt.
Affiliate institutions
- American University in Cairo
- Ancient Egypt Research Associates
- The Ancient Egyptian Heritage and Archaeology Fund
- Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford University
- Brigham Young University
- The British Museum
- The Brooklyn Museum
- Brown University
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers
- Cultural Association for the Study of Egypt and Sudan
- DePaul University
- The Getty Conservation Institute
- Harvard University
- The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
- The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- Pacific Lutheran University
- Princeton University
- Roanoke College
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Michigan
- The University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- York University, Faculty of the Arts
References
- "American Overseas Research Centers". Council of American Overseas Research Centers. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- Madsen, Wayne (2016-06-25). The Almost Classified Guide to CIA Front Companies, Proprietaries & Contractors. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-365-11196-9.