[🇧🇩] July Memorial Museum

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Date of Event: Jul 15, 2025

Source: https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/1nqv26x28i

July Memorial Museum to be inaugurated on 5 August

BSS Dhaka
Published: 14 Jul 2025, 20: 28

Cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki addresses a press conference at the Ganobhaban on Monday afternoon BSS

The July Memorial Museum will be inaugurated on August 5 as the work of the museum is almost at its final stage.

"Preparations are underway accordingly (to open the museum on 5 August August)," cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki told a press conference at Ganabhaban in the capital on Monday.

He said: "The July Memorial Museum will be inaugurated on 5 August. However, the museum will be made open for visitors later."

Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid, chief adviser's press secretary Shafiqul Alam and deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder were, among others, present at the press conference.

Farooki said after entering the museum, a visitor will be able to understand why the July Revolution happened, and the memories of the Awami League's misrule and the mass uprising.

He said the court will hold the trial of Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts, but "our aim is that a visitor can judge Sheikh Hasina's crimes with his own conscience when he or she visits the museum".

The cultural affairs adviser said a legal framework will be established to maintain the July Memorial Museum.

According to official sources, photos of the July uprising, various memorials, clothes of martyrs, letters, important documents, newspaper cuttings of that time, audio-videos and other materials will be kept in the July Memorial Museum.

In addition, the scene of the escape of the dictator and mass killers, Sheikh Hasina, will also be given a special place there.
This museum will be a part of the Bangladesh National Museum.​

 

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Inside the July Memorial Museum at Dhaka University

On July 21, the July Memorial Museum was inaugurated on the second floor of the Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) at Dhaka University (DU)

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Inside the July Memorial Museum at Dhaka University

Photo: Mohammad Tawhid Ur Rashid

On July 21, the July Memorial Museum was inaugurated on the second floor of the Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) at Dhaka University (DU) following a discussion session. DU Vice-Chancellor Dr Niaz Ahmad Khan presided over the event, while Education Adviser Prof. Dr. Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar was the Chief Guest. Family members of those who were martyred or injured during the July movement were present during the inauguration.

Upon entering the museum, visitors are met with a compelling visual where Abu Sayeed stands with his chest bared against police bullets. Right next to this visual is a touching photo of Mir Mugdho, who had simply stepped in to help the masses but was killed by bullets fired by his own countrymen.

Sadab, a student of DU's Public Administration department, while visiting the museum, remarked, "This museum will undoubtedly serve as a bearer and preserver of history. Every photograph and every item exhibited here stands as evidence of how we brought down a fascist regime through countless sacrifices."

Around 35 photographs are on display at this museum, many of which drew national attention and dominated headlines last year. One side of the wall features vivid graffiti, reflecting the faces of people rising up against oppression and injustice.

The personal belongings of the martyrs—including the watch worn by martyr Farhan Faiyaz and the torn pants of Abu Sayeed—have been placed here as powerful symbols of resistance.

From the harrowing scenes of students being assaulted by their own classmates in the struggle for rights to the rise of the one-point demand movement and the eventual victory of the student-led uprising—the entire journey is captured. The July Memorial Museum is a powerful portrayal of resistance against injustice.

Mohammad Tawhid Ur Rashid is a Campus Ambassador for The Daily Star from Dhaka University.​