The History Gallery was established in 1960 in a Mexico that was experiencing rapid growth, with a population undergoing urbanization and a government eager to promote modernity. The museum is an indirect result of the Eleven-Year Plan, spearheaded by Jaime Torres Bodet to combat illiteracy and improve basic education. It is also the result of the commemorations of the 150th anniversary of the start of the War of Independence and the 50th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. The original idea was to build a space that would serve as an introduction to the Castillo de Chapultepec National History Museum, in order to explain to children, young people, and even adults the defining moments in the country’s history from the end of the Viceroyalty to the enactment of the 1917 Constitution.