Mostafa Kamel Museum
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Mostafa Kamel Museum

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The Mostafa Kamel Museum is a museum in Cairo. It was officially opened in April 1956. Before that, it was a mausoleum containing the remains of the two leaders, Mustafa Kamel and Muhammad Farid. It also houses the remains of the intellectuals and activists, Abd al-Rahman al-Rafei and Fathi Radwan. The museum is built in the style of the Islamic mausoleum dome and includes two halls containing some of the belongings of the leader Mustafa Kamel represented in his books and letters in his handwriting, and some pictures of his friends and relatives, as well as some of his personal belongings of clothes, dining utensils, and his office room. The museum also includes oil paintings depicting the Denshway incident. On February 8, 2001, the museum reopened after being restored.

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