The Palace of Princess Fatima, the daughter of Khedive Ismail, was chosen to be remodeled to house the museum, and construction of the museum started in November 1930.

[citation needed] During the planning of the museum the director of Hungary's Royal Agricultural Museum directed the work.

[1] A Hungarian national, Ivan Nagy, was the first director of the museum which was opened in 1938.

[1] In addition to the museum buildings there are also gardens with trees and rare plants and greenhouses.

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