The museum displays the different costumes of the people of Sudan, the jewelry used for decoration, their traditional homes, household utensils, and everything related to each group until it reaches their old traditional military equipment and old currencies used, and the museum also describes the different customs in marriage. The museum was established in its current location in the year 1956, at the intersection of Khartoum University Street with King Nimer Street, and the building was previously a club for British soldiers. The museum was rearranged several times with a philosophy of new presentation and methods, until recently, in 2003, it underwent a new rearrangement and division into cultural areas.