Farhat Hached Museum now open to public

Minister of Cultural Affairs Hayet Guettat Guermazi, Wednesday, told TAP that the museum of trade union leader Farhat Hached at the Kasbah is now open to the public. It will be equipped with a library focusing on the trade union movements and a film club. According to the minister, The museum scenography will be completed at the beginning of 2024, stressing that the museum is currently hosting a digital exhibition and is planning screenings of a documentary film which retraces the most significant stages of history of the union struggle associated with the national struggle, a film inspired by the National Archives and the recordings of the Tunisian Television Establishment. After inaugurating the museum by the Head of State, on Tuesday, on the Commemoration of the 71st Anniversary of the Assassination of Farhat Hached (December 5, 1952), an annual cultural programme will be developed which includes conferences to be given by academics and researchers specializing in the history of the Tunisian trade union movement. Activities will be designed for the new generation through new technologies in through workshops, competitions and virtual so as to attract students, particularly from schools located in the surrounding area. The minister indicated that various activities on the history of the national movement will be carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse