The museum is devoted to the revolutionary war of the 1950s . It now tells the story of the Cuban Revolution and to display the victory of the dictatorship. Originally it was made to be the headquarters of the Havana Governors Office, instead it was the given to the presidents office. At the time of its building, it was one of the tallest buildings in Cuba
giving the "most power" to the national government, letting the president direct the executive branch, and having a "firm system of checks and balances"?
