Museo de la Lealtad Republicana Casa de Juárez

<b>Secretaría particular:</b> This room served as the president's office antechamber; here you can observe a map of the Mexican Republic and a plan of the State of Chihuahua from 1860, as well as photographs of Matías Romero and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada. <br><br><b>Despacho:</b> In this simple room President Benito Juárez and his cabinet attended the country's affairs during a time of war and with enormous economic and military difficulties. <br> A portrait of Father Miguel Hidalgo and a photo of General Zaragoza, as well as the wooden desks with their chairs. There is also a Mexican flag on display. <br><br><b>Imprenta:</b> This room shows the means used to produce books and newspapers, which were the only form of communication with people of that era. It also recalls that President Benito Juárez practiced the printing trade; old books are displayed and there is discussion about all languages the President knew how to speak. <br><br><b>Estancia:</b> In this space Juárez welcomed some visitors: ladies, families with children, youths and local figures. <br> Here you can observe a portrait of the president and photographs of his wife Doña Margarita Maza and his daughters, as well as era-era objects, such as porcelain dinnerware, goblets, a silver butter dish and sugar bowl, a wine-bottle holder, candelabras, a Talavera vase, among others. <br><br><b>Recámara:</b> The comfortable and simple setting of this room aims to reveal the human and everyday life of President Juárez and members of the Cabinet during his stay in this city. The portraits are photographs of his sons José and Antonio, who died abroad while he was in Chihuahua. <br><br><b>Sala de Hacienda y Guerra:</b> This room represents the most important items related to treasury and war that contributed to the triumph of the Republican cause, such as the tlacos or cuartillas, which financed the armed struggle, as well as weapons and the efficient communication between the Federal Government based in Chihuahua and the troops on the battlefield. <br><br><b>Sala de Agricultura y Minería:</b> In this room you will see some tools and objects used in daily life, trade and in the field, such as a balance scale, a sack for storing grain, mining tools like the lamp and the shovel, as well as a spear used to fight the Apache. <br><br><b>Sala Ruta de Juárez: (carreta al fondo)</b> On September 29, 1864, the President of the Republic, Benito Juárez, was accompanied by Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Governance; José María Iglesias, Secretary of Hacienda, Fomento, Justicia e Instrucción Pública; Miguel Negrete, Secretary of War, and a small number of civil employees, escorted by the Second Battalion of Guanajuato and the Carabineros on horseback; he knocked on the doors of the State of Chihuahua as part of his journey with the Itinerant Republic to shelter from the French troops and continue his government. A scale replica of murals by the renowned Mexican muralist Antonio González Orozco is shown, as well as facsimile documents from the era and a full-size replica of the cart used by President Juárez to reach this city. <br><br><b>Sala de exposiciones temporales:</b> This space hosts a variety of art and history exhibitions throughout the year. <br><br> The museum also features a central courtyard and a rear courtyard, which serve as venues for special activities such as concerts, book presentations, talks, conferences, theatrical performances, and openings of art exhibitions, among others.<br><br>