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Museo Iloilo

Coordinates: 10°42′10″N 122°34′07″E / 10.702787°N 122.568498°E / 10.702787; 122.568498
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Museo Iloilo
Museo Iloilo with Iloilo Provincial Capitol in the background
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Former name
Chairman Handumanan Juan Pablo II Museo Iloilo
Established1971 (1971)
LocationIloilo Provincial Capitol Complex, Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City, Philippines
Coordinates10°42′10″N 122°34′07″E / 10.702787°N 122.568498°E / 10.702787; 122.568498
TypeLocal museum
ArchitectSergio Penasales

Museo Iloilo is a provincial museum located near the Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is the first government-sponsored museum in the Philippines outside of Metro Manila. The museum houses a collection of Iloilo's cultural heritage.

Museo Iloilo was built in 1971 and was designed by architect Sergio Penasales.[1]

Exhibits

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The museum's permanent exhibit covers cultural heritage of Iloilo and Panay from weaponries and armories during the Filipino-Spanish war in the 1800s, to stone-age potteries and traded potteries from China and Thailand, sculptures in the Spanish era, jars and ceramics during the Japanese invasion, fossils, and jewelries. Parts of a British sunken ship and war remnants are also good finds inside the museum. In addition, they have a selection of priceless cultural bits and pieces such as relics and modern religious images of saints and old churches depicting the unwavering religious spirit of the Hiligaynon people.[2]

Since Iloilo has a number of baroque churches and the people are known to have a strong faith, the section of the museum also displays different sizes of religious figures. The image below is a late 18th-century high relief carving in hardwood, originally polychromed and showing traces of gesso. The relief depicts the conversion of San Agustin, a heretic, to Christianity. The scene shows the penitent convert before the crucified Christ with Sta. Monica, shown with a bare breast, probably recalling how she nourished her son with her milk.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Museo Iloilo". Guide to the Philippines. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  2. ^ newmoretransportservices (September 20, 2018). "MUSEO ILOILO". NEWMORE TRANSPORT SERVICES. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Museo Iloilo". Guide to the Philippines. Retrieved July 14, 2022.