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Presidential Car Museum

Coordinates: 14°39′0.7″N 121°03′3.8″E / 14.650194°N 121.051056°E / 14.650194; 121.051056
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Presidential Car Museum
Museo ng Pampangulong Sasakyan (Filipino)
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LocationQuezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City
Coordinates14°39′0.7″N 121°03′3.8″E / 14.650194°N 121.051056°E / 14.650194; 121.051056
CuratorRyan Tan
Building details
General information
StatusOpen
Groundbreaking2017
InauguratedAugust 19, 2018

The Presidential Car Museum (Filipino: Museo ng Pampangulong Sasakyan) is a museum within the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The museum displays cars used by the former Philippine Presidents.

History

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The National Historical Commission of the Philippines was planning to open a museum to house the presidential cars of former Philippine Presidents as early as 2013.[1]

The NHCP secured a location for the museum when it signed a memorandum of agreement with the local government of Quezon City. The city provided at least 3,000 square meters (32,000 sq ft) of space for the museum. The land within the Quezon Memorial Circle where the museum was built was formerly occupied by basketball and volleyball courts which was moved to another part of the park at the NHCP's expense.[2]

The museum was formally inaugurated on August 19, 2018.[3]

Collection

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The museum displays the National Historical Commission of the Philippines collection of cars used by former Presidents of the Philippines during their term of office, restored to their original condition.[2] Prior to the opening of the museum, the vehicles were housed in a private warehouse in Pampanga.[4]

Presidential car of Emilio Aguinaldo
Presidential car of Manuel Quezon
Presidential car of Jose Laurel and Sergio Osmeña
Presidential car of Manuel Roxas
Presidential car of Elpidio Quirino
Presidential car of Ramon Magsaysay
Presidential car of Diosdado Macapagal
Presidential car of Ferdinand Marcos
Presidential car of Corazon Aquino
Presidential car of Fidel Ramos
Presidential car of Joseph Estrada
Presidential car of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Other vehicles:

First presidential car of Manuel Quezon turned over to General Douglas MacArthur
Willy's Jeep of Ramon Magsaysay
Rolls-Royce Phantom V of Imelda Marcos

References

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  1. ^ Subido, Paulo Rafael (May 21, 2013). "This is how past Philippine presidents rolled". TopGear. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "NHCP, QC Seal Agreement Establishing Presidential Car Museum". Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  3. ^ Montemayor, Ma. Teresa (August 19, 2018). "Presidential car museum opens in Quezon City". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "A look at presidential cars in Philippine history". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. ABS-CBN News. July 13, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
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