The museum, currently undergoing renovation, is suggested to throw much light on the national roles of young Egyptian army officers who staged the bloodless revolution in 1952 and overthrew the monarchy.
Overlooking the Nile in Cairo, the building used to act as the headquarters of the royal navy before the eruption of the revolution. The building witnessed the developments of major events in Egypt’s modern history from 1952 to 1954. For instance, during their meeting in this particular building the revolutionary officers announced the Agricultural Reform Law, the elimination of multi-party system in Egypt, the formation of the revolutionary tribunal, the signing ceremony of agreement with Sudan, talks leading to the pullout of British forces from Egypt after 25-year occupation and the Crisis in March, 1954, which settled power struggle within the Revolutionary Command Council, RCC.
In 1996, the Republican Decree 204 was issued, authorizing the Ministry of Culture to turn RCC’s building to a national museum. Accordingly, the Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni issued the ministerial decree No. 422, inviting the Sector of Fine Arts to carry out the proposed project. Ad-hoc committees were assigned to contact the Presidency and individuals, inviting them to help retrieve the legacy of the revolution. The museum’s 1186 exhibits include the microphone used by late President Anwar Sadat to announce the revolution’s first communiqué. The museum also has the first national flag hoisted in Sinai during the war in October in 1973. There is a number of photographs of late President Gamal Abdel-Nasser receiving heads of state, and his successor Anwar Sadat, a collection of busts of leaders Abdel-Nasser and Sadat; a collection of gifts and presents given to President Sadat; a group of commemorative stamps issued from 1952 to 1960 to mark the anniversary of the revolution; and a collection of documents