The chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Saturday thanked all those involved in the construction of the July Memorial Museum and hoped that visitors would feel the spirit of the mass gathering at Ganabhaban on August 5, 2024.
鈥業nstilling the spirit of building strong resistance against misrule among the people is a major responsibility of this museum,鈥� he said.
The museum will showcase historical accounts of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 16 years of misrule, including the Pilkhana killings, enforced disappearance, murders, the so-called Aynaghar, the Shapla massacre and vote rigging, according to officials.
The Museum Construction Authority shared updates with the chief adviser during a meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna.
Cultural affairs adviser Mostafa Sarwar Farooki informed the chief adviser that the museum was expected to be completed by October 31, and inaugurated in the first week of November.
鈥榃e are curating the images of Hasina鈥檚 misrule for display so that the history of 16 years of fascism remains alive, along with documentation of all atrocities carried out directly from Ganabhaban,鈥� Farooki said.
Chief curator of the museum Tanjim Wahab said the project is being developed in coordination with the International Crimes Tribunal prosecution team and the commission for investigation into enforced disappearances.
聽鈥榃e believe this will be a unique institution. The stories of 16 years of misrule will be presented sequentially, allowing visitors to understand how Sheikh Hasina governed the country,鈥� Wahab said.
Farooki also mentioned that the museum obtained several audio recordings of orders for enforced disappearances and murders.
鈥楾hese audios will be preserved in the museum. Visitors will also see how Sheikh Hasina personally called families of the disappeared to offer false reassurances,鈥� he added.
The museum will feature a screening center with facilities to show documentaries on both the 16 years of misrule and the July Uprising.
Housing and public works adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Mohammad Tajul Islam, member of the Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances Dr Nabila Idris, secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Public Works Md Nazrul Islam, secretary to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs Md Mofidur Rahman, chairperson of the Governing Body of the Bangladesh National Museum Marina Tabassum were present.
Among the researchers of the July Memorial Museum were Daniel Afzalur Rahman, poet Hasan Robayet, Maliha Namlaha, museum artists Tejash Halder Josh, Mosfiqur Rahman Johan, museum architect Salauddin Ahmed and coordinator Hasan Enam.
