National Police Museum

The National Police Museum occupies the northern part of Cairo Citadel and presents the development of Egyptian policing across ancient, Islamic and modern periods. Its galleries include uniforms, weapons, firefighting equipment, displays on major crimes and political incidents, and material documenting the Battle of Ismailia on 25 January 1952. The museum building also has archaeological importance because it stands over Burj al-Siba, the Lions Tower, associated with the Mamluk sultan al-Zahir Baybars. Reliefs of fighting lions gave the tower its name, and it is described by the Ministry as the surviving Mamluk tower within the Citadel. This combination of museum displays and medieval architecture makes the site more than a specialist police collection.