Museum of the Revolution, Civil War museum in Perquín, El Salvador.
Museum of the Revolution in Perquín documents the civil war between 1980 and 1992 through wartime objects, military equipment, and photographs. The collection includes remnants from military operations, such as a bomb crater and helicopter wreckage.
The location became a resistance center against military rule during the civil war of the 1980s. After the conflict ended, the museum was established to preserve the history of this period and its impact.
The name reflects the resistance movement that shaped this mountain community during the 1980s. Visitors encounter people who lived through these events and share their personal memories throughout the exhibits.
Entry is free to the public. Former FMLN guerrillas staff the exhibits and answer visitors' questions, so ask them directly about the objects on display. The outdoor exhibits, including the bomb crater and the disarmed bomb, are on the grounds outside the building.
The outdoor exhibit centres on the crater left by a 230 kg (500 lb) US-made bomb, displayed beside a disarmed example of the same bomb. The museum also keeps the helicopter that carried Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa Barrios, leader of the Atlácatl Battalion, and an exhibit honouring the FMLN's radio station Radio Venceremos.
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