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Museo Iloilo

Museo Iloilo with Iloilo Provincial Capitol in the background
Former name	Chairman Handumanan Juan Pablo II Museo Iloilo
Established	1971 (1971)
Location	Iloilo Provincial Capitol Complex, Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City, Philippines
Coordinates	10°42′10″N 122°34′07″E / 10.702787°N 122.568498°E / 10.702787; 122.568498
Type	Local museum
Architect	Sergio 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.

Exhibits

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.

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.

• Museo Iloilo Exhibits
• Inside the Museo Iloilo
• Didactic panel that explains Iloilo's history
• Statues of Ati people

References

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.

v t e Iloilo City Proper
Downtown Iloilo
Buildings	Casa Real de Iloilo Celso Ledesma House Fort San Pedro (Iloilo) Iloilo Central Market Iloilo City Hall Iloilo Freedom Grandstand Iloilo Provincial Capitol Old Iloilo City Hall San Jose Church (Iloilo) SM Delgado Terranza Residences Iloilo Calle Real Elizalde Building Eusebio Villanueva Building Hoskyn's Department Store Iloilo Customs House
Squares and monuments	Arroyo Fountain Plaza Libertad Sunburst Park
Museums	Museo Iloilo Museum of Philippine Economic History Museum of Philippine Maritime History National Museum Western Visayas
Education	Assumption Iloilo Ateneo de Iloilo – Santa Maria Catholic School Cabalum Western College Colegio de las Hijas de Jesus Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Hua Siong College of Iloilo St. Paul University Iloilo Sun Yat Sen High School University of Iloilo University of San Agustin University of the Philippines Visayas
Transportation	Forbes Bridge General Luna Street Iloilo Fish Port Complex Iznart Street J.M. Basa Street Muelle Loney Street Panay Railways Plazoleta Gay Port of Iloilo
Related	Dinagyang Kasadyahan Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Iloilo Santo Niño de Cebú
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