Museo Valenzuela

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Museo Valenzuela

Museo Valenzuela is a museum in Valenzuela in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the city's historical and cultural landmark, named after Pío Valenzuela in 1963. Museo Valenzuela features collections of artifacts depicting the city's past and continuing development. It is also a venue for historical, cultural, and artistic presentations as well as seminars and symposia on national and local issues.[1][2]

History

The original museum of Valenzuela was the house where Pío Valenzuela, a hero in the struggle of freedom against Spain and in whose memory the old town of Polo was renamed, was born and saw the best years of his life. This same house was burned recently.

Gallery

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  Frontage
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  Pío Valenzuela
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  Side facade
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  Entrance portrait
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  Interior, second floor
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  One of the dioramas
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  15th Grand Marian Exhibit, National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima
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  Entrance arch
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  Front facade
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  The Marian Statues of the Exhibit, 2013
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  Valenzuela City creation documents
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  Museo ni Dr. Pio Valenzuela in Barangay Pariancillo Villa was inaugurated on February 14, 2023.

See also

• Valenzuela, Philippines
• Pío Valenzuela

References

1. de la Rama, Cher (9 February 2002). "'City with a Heart' Turns 4 Years Old". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
2. Barona, Franco (18 March 1996). "Valenzuela Museum Launched". Manila Standard. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

External links

• Media related to Museo Valenzuela at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website of Valenzuela City