The Republican Palace Museum sits in a former Anglican church just beside the palace it shares its name with. The cathedral was deconsecrated in the 1970s and converted into a museum dedicated to the country's heads of state and the history of the palace itself. The collection includes ceremonial regalia, gifts of state from visiting dignitaries, official cars, and photographs of every Sudanese leader since independence in 1956.
The building is itself the main attraction: a high-ceilinged stone church with arched windows that feels nothing like the dusty streets outside. The displays are uneven, but the carriages used by colonial governors and the early republican era make the visit worthwhile, and admission is cheap.