The second floor is the densest part of the museum. Furthermore, it is an ideal place to watch the beauty of the inner side of the cupola. The coat of arms of Cuba was used as a decorative motif on the blue background that makes an impressive contrast with the white of the walls below. The four pendentives are adorned with frescoes. Through the top windows of the Salón de los Espejos it is possible to watch the hall from above. The space is enriched by the oil painting with the title La Batalla y Toma de Guaimaro (The Battle and Take of Guaimaro). It is the work of Armando García Menocal that illustrated the assault of the mambisa on a Spanish fort in Guaimaro, a town in the vicinity of Las Tunas. This canvas, as well as the canvas at the ceiling of the Salón de los Espejos are the works of Armando García Menocal, but the contribution of the painters of Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, such as Antonio Rodríguez Morey, Esteban Valderrama Peña, Mariano Miguel González and his nephew Augusto García Menocal y Córdova, should be not forgotten.

Before you will take a tour on this floor through the permanent exhibition rooms on the left wing of the building, you will see the sculptural assembly of Ernesto Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, representing them during the war on Sierra Maestra mountains. It is made in hyper-realistic style and composed of polyester resin and fiberglass.

The Sala Gesta Boliviana is dedicated to the personal objects Ernesto Che Guevara and his companions, that they used when they were in Bolivia, such as;

• some medical instruments used by Ernesto Che Guevara
• the guitar that belonged to Roberto Peredo Leigue (Coco Peredo), the Bolivian revolutionary that fought together with Ernesto Che Guevara in Bolivia
• the panels are giving detailed information about the armed struggle of Ernesto Che Guevara and his companions, and the death of Che
• the stretcher used to move the corpse of Ernesto Che Guevara from La Higuera to Valle Grande in Bolivia in 1967
• he assay balance of Samaipata’s pharmacy in the province of Florida in Bolivia

There are also other pieces important from the aspect of the revolution:

• the bullet carrier used by Ernesto Che Guevara on the Sierra Maestra mountains
• the camisa (shirt) used by Camilo Cienfuegos during the invasion to the western part of the island
• the scarf used by Camilo Cienfuegos during the Las Villas Campaign
• the hat of Camilo Cienfuegos that he threw to the people that gathered in masses in front of the President’s Palace to support the revolutionary government on October 26, 1959

The Sala de Personalidades is dedicated to the personal objects of the heroes that participated in the struggle for an independent Cuba. Each object may not make a sense to the visitor, as they are ordinary objects, not artworks, but they contribute to remember the difficult conditions in that they obtained the victory. Thus, it is strictly recommended to the visitors to receive sufficient information about the recent history of Cuba, before they visit the Museo de la Revolución.

Among the objects considered special in this section of the museum are,

• the uniform of Vilma Espín Guillois, founder of the Federation of Cuban Woman, that she wore during the fight on Sierra Maestra mountains
• the shirt of Julio Antonio Mella, founder of the University Student Federation, that was presented to him during his visit to a Soviet ship
• the identity card for the House of Representative by the Popular Socialist Party that belongs to Lázaro Peňa González, the leader of the Cuban trade union movement, in 1946, and the boots that he used during sugarcane harvest
• the boots used by Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán in 1959, and the cane that he used after he was injured in a protest to honor Antonio Maceo in 1955
• the radio receptor that provided the transmission of the rebels during the Liberation War. A conversation between Ernesto Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos in 1958 had given strength to the rebels
• the bullet carrier that belonged to Ernesto Che Guevara de la Seran
• the camisa (shirt) that belonged to Celia Sánchez Manduley
• the replica of the bullet case used by José Julián Martí Pérez on the 1895 War and the table flag used in headquarters of the Revolutionary Party
• the binocular that belonged to Máximo Gómez Báez
• a piece of the shirt that Antonio Maceo Grajales was using when he was killed in the combat in 1896, and the document that certifies the authenticity of the shirt.

The next section of the museum is dedicated to the struggle of the rebels against the bloody regime of Batista. There are a lot of photos that demonstrate the preparations of the rebels for the fight, as well as the sketches of some important combats. The most important exhibited pieces are as follows;

• the radio plant used by Ernesto Che Guevara during the Las Villas Campaign
• the phone device used by Ernesto Che Guevara in the territory of Las Tunas province
• the trousers worn by Fidel Castro during the Liberation War
• the pounder manufactured by Marcedo Salado to hide the weapons and the bullets inside. Despite the searches, its content was never detected.
• the watch that belonged to Guillermo Sardiňas, the Catholic priest who acted unison with the rebels in the assault on the Moncada barracks and thus, joined the rebel army.
• the whistle used by Carlos R. Astrazarraín Turro during the strike in April 1958
• several hand-made grenades
• the monogram used by Guillermo García at the third front
• the boots used by Raúl Castro Ruz, Chief of the second front “Frank País”
• the bracelet used by Captain Rogelío Acevedo González during the invasion to the western part of the island. It is written Libertad o Muerte (Freedom or Death) on it.
• the detailed model of the Combat of El Uvero in 1957, made by Otto Hernández Garcini and Lázaro Carballo Antuña. The rebels, headed by Fidel Castro, attacked the barracks of the Batista’s forces in El Uvero, a place in the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba, on May 27, 1957. The action ended with the victory of the rebels, increasing their morale.
• the radio that belonged to Israel Chavez, member of the 26th July Movement
• the badge of the Revolutionary Directorate used by Gustavo Machin Hoed de Beche during the journey aboard the San Rafael schooner
• the cooking stove used at the headquarter of the third front
• the hat used by Calixto García in the third front
• the First Commander badges used by Raul Castro
• the typewriter used by the journalist Herbert L. Matthews on Sierra Maestra mountains. He was from the New York Times, and after his interview with Fidel Castro, he made known to the world that, on the contrary to what was affirmed by the Batista regime, the rebel leader was alive.
• the commando knife, used by Camilo Cienfuegos on the Sierra Maestra mountains

The last room is dedicated to the demonstration of the cruelty of the regime of Batista. The most important objects are a special tool that was used to pull out the finger nails, a few brass knuckles and a tweezers used by the bailiffs during the torture sessions. They were tormenting male prisoners by applying these tweezers to their genitals. A photo demonstrates the back of a man that had multiple severe wounds secondary to the torture, he had suffered.