The project to restore the tomb is the latest collaboration between Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Los Angeles-based Getty Conservation Institute, which in the past restored nearby tombs and designed airtight cases to display Egypt's mummies. The conservation plan will involve a two-year research period to determine the causes of deterioration, followed by three years of implementation. The SCA said it had yet to decide how long the tomb would be closed during that time.

The exhibit dedicated to the re-classification and training programme for Egypt's museum system is financed by the Foreign Ministry and had been already inaugurated on October 26 in the Egyptian museum 'Midan Tahrir' when president of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano visited Cairo. As of 1 February it will move to the Italian Institute of Culture.