The National Palace of Culture today is part museum and part government office. The entry fee to the museum is Q40 per person. Tourists are only allowed to enter as part of tours and times for these tours are preset where groups can only enter at certain times because part of the building has offices of the Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes or Ministry of Culture and Sport. That is why if tourists want to go inside they need to know the times of the tours and be there 15-20 minutes early. The interior of the place has 350 rooms with ornate decorations; yet only few of them are available as part of the museum/ tour. The building is designed to have a large beautiful courtyard. Another unusual feature is the inclusion of traffic lights throughout the building to signal when the president was in the building and direct the traffic. The color was chosen because it was the favorite color of the President Jorge Ubico’s wife. The building also has a number of structural designs highlighting the number 5 which is the favorite number of the president, i.e., five windows in a row, five fountain faucets. The architectural styles of the Palace are Roman, Greek, Spanish, Arabic and French. The halls have a few large frescos reflecting various historic events. The tour takes about an hour and it is worth visiting.