Museo Valenzuela
{{Short description|Museum in Valenzuela, Philippines}}
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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.{{cite news|last=de la Rama|first=Cher|title='City with a Heart' Turns 4 Years Old|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vlo1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=933,3332260&dq=museo+valenzuela&hl=en|accessdate=23 April 2011|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=9 February 2002}}{{cite news|last=Barona|first=Franco|title=Valenzuela Museum Launched|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l58VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1881,2774329&dq=fatima+valenzuela+shrine&hl=en|accessdate=23 April 2011|newspaper=Manila Standard|date=18 March 1996}}
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
File:MuseoValenzuelajf4368 15.JPG|Frontage
File:MuseoValenzuelajf4368 11.JPG|Pío Valenzuela
File:MuseoValenzuelajf4368 13.JPG|Side facade
File:MuseoValenzuelajf4368 08.JPG|Entrance portrait
File:MuseoValenzuelajf 4353 12.JPG|Interior, second floor
File:MuseoValenzuelajf 4336 15.JPG|One of the dioramas
File:GrandMarianExhibitjf9943 10.JPG|[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Grand_Marian_Exhibit,_National_Shrine_of_Our_Lady_of_Fatima 15th Grand Marian Exhibit, National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima]
File:GrandMarianExhibitjf9976 01.JPG|Entrance arch
File:GrandMarianExhibitjf9943 13.JPG|Front facade
File:GrandMarianExhibitjf9957 04.JPG|The Marian Statues of the Exhibit, 2013
File:MuseoValenzuelajf4368 05.JPG|Valenzuela City creation documents
File:Dr._Pio_Valenzuela_Ancestral_House_January_2023.jpg|Museo ni Dr. Pio Valenzuela in Barangay Pariancillo Villa was inaugurated on February 14, 2023.
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.valenzuela.gov.ph Official website of Valenzuela City]
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{{Manila museums}}
Category:Museums in Metro Manila
Category:Buildings and structures in Valenzuela, Metro Manila
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