Museo de Iloilo

Read my latest trip to Museo Iloilo here…. Starting Summer with Museo Iloilo

One of the places that you can visit when in Iloilo is Museo Iloilo. It is located very close to the Iloilo Capitol and across Atrium (a local department store, same building as Days Hotel) so getting lost is really not a threat. Entrance fee I think is 30 pesos for adults and 20 pesos for children. Kindly correct me if I don’t have the right figures.

Taking some days off from my job as a freelance writer with my folks visiting from Cebu, I brought them to the city’s local museum. First things first, taking photos is strictly prohibited.

I was already taking some photos when one of their staff called my attention. I was a little bit shocked because the last time I visited it ( 10 years ago. haha), taking photos was permitted. Also, most museums even the Louvre now permits photo takings.

Should I post it here or not? Well, I already captured these before the staff stopped me..so better share it right?

This is the scene right in the middle of the museum.  It shows its collection of old religious relics. I was looking for those statues adorned with real diamonds and rubies but they are no longer there. Too bad, they were one of the real treasures of this museum.

I think this is my mom’s favorite spot in the museum. Haha. She was rekindling her childhood memories in Lanao del Norte with her relatives migrating from Bohol staying in my lola‘s house.

My mom is holding the large wooden pestle we call in Cebuano as “alho“. They use it to soften and tenderize banana stems to feed to their pigs. I think they also use it for grains. Mom saw old home tools like square scoops made of steel and rice storage sacks. She is giving like a short lecture to my nephew who obviously is not that interested. haha!

I think this is my favorite piece in Museo Iloilo. Inside this triangular glass casing is a Japanese Money used during the Second World War. Your history teacher may have told you ( I hope you do) that it is called “mickey mouse” money. Why is it called as such? Leave a comment if you don’t know and I’ll answer it. I have a degree in History by the way. 🙂 Locally it is called as kura. Remember the folk song “Si Filemon“? Kura was mentioned.

Museo Iloilo is worth a visit. Just like most museums in our country, I hope that their staff and have a little guided tour even if just for one collection. I hope you get what I mean. Visitors can appreciate and learn more if they will give a short background on what are displayed just like what the curators at an old house in Silay did. Just a suggestion guys!

I hope those from Museo Iloilo will not read this and slash my throat for violating their rules. So please visit this museum when you are in Iloilo and mention my blog or a freelance writer named Valerie featured Museo Iloilo. At least they can forgive me. wink!

Thanks for reading!!

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