The history of this place is connected with the years of Occupation and Resistance and this museum commemorates these difficult years. The museum is housed in the old elementary school of Koryschades. This is the same building where in May 1944 the National Council of free Greece had their first meeting after the nationwide secret elections. The meeting was attended by 176 Counselors from all over Greece and they all agreed that "Power derives from the people and is exercised by the people”.

In the historic village of Viniani the "Government of the Mountain," the first government of Greece, was established on March 10, 1944. Aris Velouchiotis and Napoleon Zervas met here on November 22, 1942 and talked about their plan to blow up Gorgopotamos Bridge. Today the locals are trying to transfer the museum in the old school building in order to preserve the memory of the events that shaped modern history. The museum houses photographs and documents from that period and is located in Old Viniani which was abandoned on February 6, 1966 after a devastating earthquake.