Museo Iloilo

{{Infobox museum

| name = Museo Iloilo

| image = Museo Iloilo, Aug 2024 (1).jpg

| caption = Museo Iloilo with Iloilo Provincial Capitol in the background

| former_name = Chairman Handumanan Juan Pablo II Museo Iloilo

| established = {{start date|1971}}

| location = Iloilo Provincial Capitol Complex, Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City, Philippines

| coordinates = {{Coord|10.702787|122.568498|dim:350_region:PH_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| 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.{{Cite web |title=Museo Iloilo |url=https://guidetothephilippines.ph/destinations-and-attractions/museo-iloilo |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=Guide to the Philippines |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |last=newmoretransportservices |date=September 20, 2018 |title=MUSEO ILOILO |url=https://newmoretransportservices.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/museo-iloilo/ |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=NEWMORE TRANSPORT SERVICES |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Museo Iloilo |url=https://guidetothephilippines.ph/destinations-and-attractions/museo-iloilo |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=Guide to the Philippines |language=en}}

File:Museu Iloilo - 8768852626.jpg|Inside the Museo Iloilo

File:Museo Iloilo, Aug 2024 (8).jpg|Didactic panel that explains Iloilo's history

File:Museo Iloilo, Aug 2024 (10).jpg|Statues of Ati people

References

Category:Museums in Iloilo City

Category:Buildings and structures in Iloilo City Proper

Category:History museums in the Philippines

Category:Art museums and galleries in the Philippines

Category:1971 establishments in the Philippines