The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private, nonprofit organization supporting research and conservation programs that encompass all aspects of Egyptian history and culture, from the prehistoric to modern day. For over a century, Americans have been active and productive partners with Egypt in the recovery and preservation of Egypt's cultural heritage. For more than half a century, ARCE has filled a critical leadership function within the community of Egyptian and foreign scholars in Egypt who are active in the excavation, exploration, scholarship, and conservation of the country's cultural heritage.

Formed in 1948 by a consortium of American educational and cultural institutions and individuals, ARCE facilitates individual and American institutional research in Egypt. It provides American scholars with a permanent base in Cairo, the nexus of intellectual and cultural life in the Middle East, and facilitates their access to Egyptian and foreign institutional archives situated in the capital and other major population centers. Each year, ARCE supports more than a dozen archaeological teams, sponsored by leading U.S. and Canadian museums and universities, and awards approximately 12-16 fellowships each year with support from CAORC and NEH.

Through large grants from USAID, ARCE has been able to oversee more than 60 conservation and training projects throughout Egypt. These include projects of structural monitoring, architectural conservation, and paintings conservation at the iconic temples of Karnak and Luxor. ARCE has also provided training for our Egyptian colleagues through Field Schools in archaeology, salvage archaeology, and architectural conservation.