Description

Here one can admire the first great mural works by Diego Rivera, which reflect his ideas about the 1910 revolution, the Mexican character and the country's working classes. The paintings cover an area of 1585 square metres divided into two parts, and were created between 1923 and 1928. On the lower floor are pieces such as The Liberation of the Farm labourer and The Rural Schoolmistress, clearly alluding to the theme of the 1910 revolution.

The stairway is decorated with a Mexican landscape, and on the top floor there is a pictorial representation of the life of revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata. Out in the patio, the artist depicted his ideas of the ambivalent nature of Mexicans, especially in scenes such as those found in The Day of the Dead. The institution also includes documents related to the establishment and function of the State Education Secretary, divided in eight parts interspersed among the murals.