October War Panorama, Military Museums open to public free of charge on Sinai Liberation Day

CAIRO – 23 April 2025: The open-air exhibition at the October War Panorama, the military museums in El Alamein and Port Said, the War Museum in the Citadel, and the Gamal Abdel Nasser Museum will be open free of charge to the public on Friday, April 25.

This announcement comes coinciding with Egypt and the Armed Forces' celebrations of the 43rd anniversary of the Sinai Liberation.

The military bands will also participate in the Sinai Liberation celebrations with distinguished symphony bands, performing a number of performances and pieces of famous national songs and melodies in the main squares and streets to commemorate this national anniversary.

Sinai Liberation Day is a public holiday in Egypt, which celebrates the liberation of Sinai from Israeli occupation. It is the anniversary of the liberation of the peninsula of Sinai corresponding to April 25 of each year, celebrating the day in 1982 when Egypt recovered the land of Sinai and the withdrawal of the last Israeli soldier from the city of Taba in 1988.

On this day, Egyptians give tribute to the officers and soldiers from the Egyptian armed forces and their sacrifices which led to the recovery of Sinai from occupation.