The museum consists of two floors, which comprises many galleries, an art library specializing in art books, and a cultural center dedicated to concerts, cultural seminars, theatrical and film performances, and the organization of local and international exhibitions.
It also includes rare masterpieces of sculpture, photography, engraving, Arabic calligraphy, and architectural models from all time created by Egyptian and foreign artists.
The museum was developed after its closure in 1981 and the development included the change of all security systems as well as the introduction of 24-hour surveillance cameras, self-extinguishing fire, and the development of the building with showrooms, a new building behind the museum is considered an international cultural center, which includes exhibition spaces for changing performances and art galleries and venues for hosting foreign artists in the context of an international culture. tikis exchange between Egypt and various countries of the world. The museum now contains more than 200,000 volumes of books of various sciences in all languages, the most important of which is the book "Description of Egypt", developed by scholars of the French campaign in eleven volumes and kept in a specially designed showcase for it. the union with special security systems.
The museum is located on Mansha street, Muharram Bey.