The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir was a destination for tourists and Egyptians during the Eid days

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, one of the largest international museums because it contains a large collection of artifacts, extending from the pre-dynastic period to the Greek and Roman eras, witnessed the influx of large numbers of Egyptians and foreigners, during the days of Eid Al-Fitr, as thousands of visitors came to the museum, to see Unique artifacts, whose number exceeds 50,000 artifacts.

The story of the museum’s founding began with the great global interest in Egyptian antiquities after deciphering the Rosetta Stone by the French scientist Champollion, and the first nucleus of the museum was in a small house at the ancient Azbekiya pond, where Muhammad Ali Pasha ordered the registration of fixed Egyptian antiquities and the transfer of valuable antiquities to the Azbekia Museum in 1835. And entrusted their management to Youssef Diaa Effendi, under the supervision of Rifaa Al-Tahtawi.

After the death of Muhammad Ali, the theft of antiquities returned again, and his successors followed the approach of gifting, so the museum’s holdings diminished. Choosing the Bulaq area to establish a museum of Egyptian antiquities and transferring to it the antiquities that were found during its excavations, "such as the effects of the tomb of Ihhotep."

In 1863 AD, Khedive Ismail approved the project to establish a museum of Egyptian antiquities, but the project was not implemented. Rather, it was enough to give Mariette a place in front of the Antique Khanate House in Bulaq to expand his museum, but in 1878 AD there was a severe rise in the Nile flood, which caused the Bulaq Museum to be flooded and some of its contents lost, and it was reopened The museum was established in 1881 AD, and in the same year Mariette died and was succeeded by "Maspero" as director of antiquities and the museum.

In the year 1890 AD, when the collections of the Bulaq Museum increased, they were transferred to the Giza Serail, and when the scientist "De Morgan" came as head of the interest and the museum, he reorganized these collections in the new museum, which was known as the Giza Museum. However, Maspero returned once again to manage the interest and the museum from 1899-1914 AD, and in 1902 AD he moved the antiquities to the current building of the museum "in Tahrir Square." One of his most active assistants in his second work period was the Egyptian scientist Ahmed Pasha Kamal, who was the first to specialize in antiquities. Ancient Egyptian and worked for many years in the museum.