Ground Floor
The main entrance leads to the front lawn of the building which contains a collection of paintings that tells the story of digging the Suez Canal,
,in addition to some parts of marine equipment placed as statues on bases of pharaonic bricks(anchor-propeller Blade –cutter tooth –winch reel) the front lawn also includes a technical workshop, a technical office , a security office and a
group of wooden seats for visitors. The back lawn includes a mural of red & yellow copper embodying late president Naser , late president sadat and an Egyptian farmer carrying welfare Egypt. First Floor
At the corridor of the ground floor, the visitor can see pictures of the 12 SCA ex-chairmen since the digging so far, six of them are French: ferdinan de lessepse (1855-1894) , Gul Jeichar (1894-1896) , prince Auguste Darragh Mpere (1896-1913) . Charle Gunnar (1913-1927) , Marqeeze de Fuje (1927-1948) , Monsieur Francois Charle Rowe (1948-1956). Then came the nationalization stage when the suez canal returned to be managed fully by an Egyptian administration headed by six chairmen respectively as follows : Dr. Helmi Bahgat Badawi (1956-1957) , Eng .Mahmoud Younis (1957-1965) ,Eng. Mashhour Ahmed Mashhour (1965-1983) , Eng. Mohammed Ezzat Adel(1984-1995) , Admiral Ahmed Fadel (1996-2012), Admiral Mohab Mohammed Hussein Mameesh (2012- till now). There is also an album explaining the biography of the SCA ex-chairmen since the opening up till now. First Floor: contains three halls and a corridor. The first hall is equipped with audiovisual aids for visual displays and can accommodate 40 seats. It also contains 14 drawings and two maps of Suez Canal channel. The second Hall (Hall of the Digging)
The hall includes 32 drawings depicting the history of Suez Canal since the pharoes era, when the Red sea and the Mediterranean sea were connected through the River Nile , passing through the project study when Khedive saeed granted the canal franchise to De lessepse , till the actual start of digging and how the Egyptian farmer suffered from servitude and to what extent the digging machinery and equipment were improved through the use of dredgers , hand vans etc.., then, the drawings continue to depict the water arrival from Port-Said to Suez through the canal , thus the two seas were connected and navigation started pursuant to the transit law drafted by Constantinople agreement . Visitors can also sea drawings showing the evolution of shipbuilding industry starting from sailing ships till steamships. The hall also contains a Marquette of the administrative building of the Maritime Suez canal company built in 1861, in addition to a statue of the Egyptian Farmer who participated in the digging, and a photos album telling the history of the canal digging. The third Hall (Hall of the Inauguration)
It includes 29 paintings showing the Inauguration ceremony in 1869 , the Invitation from sent by Ferdinan de Lessepse and Khedive Ismail to world Kings and leaders to attend the ceremony headed by Queen Eugenie of France , the Historical plat form on which the world leaders sat during the ceremony in addition to the luxury banquet and furniture . The hall also contains a Marquette of the Doom building in Port Said, built in the Islamic architecture, used as the administrative Headquarter of the International Maritime Suez Canal company in Port Said in 1895. There is also a Marquette of De Lessepse Building, the first building in Ismailia to be built according to the French architecture. It was used as a house For De Lessepse , and as a headquarter from which he was managing the Suez Canal . Visitors can find also a photo album showing the most important figures of the Inauguration ceremony in 1869. Ground Floor: On top of the stairs connecting the ground floor with the First Floor, there is a hand-painted mural of the Suez Canal since its digging up till now. On the right side, visitors can find an old carpet, hand-made copper Kitchen tools of the 19th century, in addition to a Marquette of the ancient Nuns Building in Port Said during the inauguration ceremony of the Suez Canal in 1869. The Fourth Hall (Hall of the Nationalization)
