Summer is just around the corner. It’s time to experience all the interesting places with your kids in tow. They will learn a lot on just short, enriching trips that explore our heritage.Pack up the family and take them out for a great day of travel and exploration. For once, don’t let it be just to the mall or the moviehouse. There’s a whole world out there for them — and you — to discover.
So, why not check out the Aquino Center Museum in Hacienda Luisita, San Miguel, Tarlac City. Tarlac’s most famous son, Ninoy Aquino, is honored in his home province town with a museum that details his life, death and legacy.
How to go there:
Board any provincial bus headed for Dagupan or Baguio and get off at Luisita Mall in Trlac City.You can take a leisurely five-minute walk under the shade of trees to the Aquino Center building. If you’re going by private vehicle, take the highway to Baguio via Mabalacat, Pampanga. Turn right on the street immediately after Luisita Mall. The Aquino Center will be around 250 meters to your left from there.
What you’ll see:
The Aquino Center’s main attraction is its museum — a provocative visual experience that tells the story of the late former Philippine President Corazon Aquino and the hometown hero, slain senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. Their teenage days, their marriage, their political history and struggle against the late tyrant Ferdinand Marcos, Ninoy’s assassination and the nation’s upheaval against dictatorship, and the eventual return of freedom led by Cory and her party: these are well-documented by photos, personal belongings, and other memorabilia. Poignant pictures of catalytic events grace the walls of the vast museum, and diaries and letters of both Cory and Ninoy to various people are displayed in glass cases. The bloodied suit that he was wearing when he was murdered is also preserved for people to see. There’s even a facsimile of his cell in Fort Bonifacio where he was detained for seven years. The visual unfolding of the Aquino legacy ends at the former president’s turnover of power to her successor.
The Aquino Center is located near the Luisita Mall, so dining places are easily accessible.
Fees: Php100 (US$2) for adults, and Php50 (US$1) for students (school ID must be presented). For bookings, you can call +63 45 985-0968 or +63 45 985-1770.
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my hubby loves history and visiting museums is one of the stuff he finds fun. his interest in history kinda rubbed off on me so i've been visiting museums with him in our travels and im surprised coz i actually enjoyed it.
if we were there that would have been one of our travel destination. the fee was cheap and there's a lot about the aquino family that i find interesting.