National Museum of History, Chapultepec Castle

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The National Museum of History is the enclosure that keeps the memory of the history of Mexico.

The National Museum of History, Castillo de Chapultepec is the enclosure that keeps the memory of the history of Mexico, from the conquest of Tenochtitlan, in 1521, to the Mexican Revolution, in the second decade of the 20th century. Its exhibition rooms show us a diversity of historical testimonies -such as paintings, flags, documents, weapons, furniture and clothing- that have managed to be preserved, and which are representative of four centuries of our country's history. The museum is located in the Chapultepec Castle, a historic building of high symbolic value for Mexicans, whose construction began in 1785 during the government of the viceroy of New Spain, Bernardo de Gálvez. Originally, it was created as a rest house, however, over time, it was adapted to its different uses, from Military College, First Astronomical Observatory, rest residence during the Second Mexican Empire and presidential residence. Since 1939 it is the home of the National Museum of History.