Panama, 9 July 2026. - The Freedom and Human Rights Museum opened the Tolerance Building and the "Guardians of History" room, a new space dedicated to the preservation of historic memory, the promotion of human rights and the promotion of peaceful coexistence.

The protocolary event was attended by President José Raúl Mulino, first lady Maricel Cohen de Mulino and government authorities and officials of the Democracy and Freedom Foundation and the Emet Foundation and the museum's headquarters.

The new exhibition incorporates historic elements of global relevance, including a railway car built in Germany in 1941. The aim of this event, an architect of the sample, aims at promoting critical analysis among visitors about the impact of intolerance, discrimination and conflicts of the past, connecting these events with current challenges with civil rights challenges.

"Culture is one of the most powerful forces that sustains mankind," said Cultural Minister María Eugenia Herrera, during her intervention at the opening ceremony, adding that when culture is built up, empathy, dialogue and the possibility of building a more just world are also promoted and when culture is weakened, we risk forgetting who we are and how we have been taught by those who have come before us.

He added that museums have a mission that goes far beyond conserving objects. They are guardians of our humanity. They are spaces where truth finds refuge, where new generations learn to think critically and where history becomes a tool for building peace.

The formal opening of the complex culminated with the traditional cutting of tape by government authorities and representatives of allied foundations, followed by a guided tour through the Tolerance Building's facilities to get to know the museography and documented testimony in the new room.