October Panorama.. Museum for documenting the victories

October Panorama.. Museum for documenting the victories

The Arabs came out after October for the first time, the makers of history, and the Arab world became an important factor in achieving political balance in the region, thus the balance of the power was corrected which had disrupted  before October. " That phrase was a result of a study by the United States Department of Defense following the October 6, 1973, confirming that that war was not just a battle to recapture Sinai, as much as it was a war that shattered the myth of an army that was never invincible, so it worth to be memorized for many generations by Its makers .On an area of approximately 32 thousand square meters, the October War Memorial was done , dubbed the "October Panorama", the cylindrical building is a museum and memorial, opened on October 5, 1989. It was designed to be more like a fortress, but on the same way of the Islamic style. On 1983 the reason for building this museum was to confirmation the military and cultural cooperation between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Democratic Republic of Korea in celebration of October's glorious victory and documentation of the Great Egyptian People's Championships. October Panorama underwent restoration, maintenance and development in 2018 and then reopened again in 2019, telling the story of the resilience and triumph of the Egyptian people in one of the most important battles of the Egyptian army throughout history and witnessed the Egyptian soldier's heroics in defending his land through a museum screenplay (to document what has been before, during and after October war stages and through a variety of museum performances suited for all ages.

Panorama includes several halls:

Permanent Exhibition Rooms

Reception Lobby

It includes an illustration of the museum's building, accessories, facilities and services. It is explained by a virtual guide supported in three languages: Arabic, English and French. In addition to a number of murals of the most important military battles fought by the Egyptian Army from ancient Egyptian history until the October 1973 war, in addition to displaying a series of hologram weapons and digital displays.

Resilience and Challenge Hall

The film Resilience and Challenge is displayed on a 3-dimensional cinematic screen with various effects (sound, smoke, water, etc.). Showing the stages of the rebuilding of the armed forces and the war of attrition after 1967, in preparation for the Battle of Victory.

Panoramic Hall

It is a panoramic Hall with a moving circular theatre overlooking a giant oil painting and a battle theatre body, telling the transit process and equipped with interactive sound and light effects systems.

Transit Hall

A cinema screen through which the transit process is shown and the glorious October war stages and peace negotiations are embodied through a graphic film on a giant screen to attract visitors.

Army and People's Hall

One of the digital showrooms equipped with a circular screen equipped with laser effects and developed sound systems, tells the most important contemporary events of the January 25 and June 30 revolutions, highlighting the manifestations of the cohesion of the army and the people in the defense of the homeland until the presentation of the most important modernization and development projects.

Open View Square

This arena displays a group of Egyptian military weapons and equipment and the weapons of the enemy seized during the October War. The overview also includes a fountain and sound and light display systems to offer dazzling night shows on Projection Mapping.

The museum offers a group of educational activities to school students of all ages in addition to students with special needs as well as academic researchers by linking the museum's holdings to the curriculum through a series of mentoring tours conducted by a group of military educators and a series of interactive educational workshops, In addition, a series of educational seminars were held by military history specialists from the armed forces' leadership.