[1] Meanwhile, David Alfaro Siqueiros was hired to paint murals on the walls, but his health began to deteriorate and he died in 1974.

[4] Luis Arenal Bastar, Siqueiros's brother-in-law, replaced him and additionally sculpted the colossal head with help of Carrasco Ortiz.

[8] Following the earthquake of 19 September 2017, the museum received minor damage and the subsequent maintenance cost two million pesos.

[1] Inside the museum, there is a collection with the chronology of Juárez's life, as well as some works by Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo.

[11] Art critic Alberto Híjar Serrano [es] said that the sculpture is "an exaltation to the patriotic sense of the liberals and their importance in the construction of modern Mexico".