The Bourguiba Presidential Palace is located near the mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba. Built in the late 1960s, the palace was turned into a museum in 2013 to commemorate the thirteenth anniversary of Habib Bourguiba's death. The first President of the Republic of Tunisia, and includes the holdings that belonged to the former president, especially during his presidency from 1957 to 1987, and they were collected and displayed in public view so that they can access photos, recorded speeches, personal effects, and the famous bronze equestrian statue. Archives and his Mercedes. A visit to the Habib Bourguiba Museum is like opening a history book, where visitors can learn more about a president who did so much for Tunisia and is still very popular among his compatriots, who was born and died in Monastir.