Former president Gamal Abdel-Nasser's house-turned-musuem. (Photo: Al-Ahram)
Minister of Culture Helmy El-Namnam visited the museum of late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel-Nasser, located in Manshiyat Bakri, on Wednesday morning.
El-Namnam was accompanied by the head of the Fine Arts Sector, Khaled Sorour. During the visit, El-Namnam checked the progress of renovation work in the late president’s house-turned-museum, which will join other national museums owned by the Ministry of Culture leading up to its opening.
The minister listened to the project’s consultants describe the set up of the exhibition halls.
The museum will comprise three compartments.
The first section will include the late president’s house with its different contents, and which includes three divisions; his office, the house salon, and the sleeping area which is located in the upper floor.
The second section will include an exhibition of the most important historical events beginning with the 23 July revolution of 1952 up till the late president’s death.
As for the third section, it is allocated to exhibiting the president’s belongings, including badges of honour, medallions, medals for merit and souvenirs he received from world leaders, individuals or national institutions.
El-Namnam also visited the 23 July Revolution Museum to check the progress of restoration work.
He asserted that both museums “depict an important period in Egypt’s [modern] history, for both museums witnessed the beginning of the 1952 Revolution and decisions taken during the revolution, as well as those taken during the 1950s and 1960s.”
The project to turn Nasser’s house into a museum was announced in early 2014.
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