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for "Museum of Angeles") is a museum in

Angeles City Angeles (), officially the City of Angeles (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 462,928 people. A ...

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. It is run by the Kuliat Foundation.

History

The site of the current Museo ning Angeles in Barangay Santo Rosario was formerly occupied by Angeles' ''casa tribunal'' or court house during the Spanish colonial era which was burned down in 1860. The present building was constructed in 1922 and served as Angeles' town hall until 1998. The building was then repurposed as a museum in 1999 with the city jail and a police station converted to a museum office and souvenir shop respectively.

Layout and exhibits

Among the permanent exhibits of the Museo ning Angeles, are sections dedicated to the history of Angeles and the former

Clark Air Base Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base in Luzon, located west of Angeles City, and about northwest of Metro Manila. It was previously operated by the U.S. Air Force and, before that, the U.S. Army, from 1903 to 1991. The base cov ...

, as well as clothing articles designed by Angeles native Patis Pamintuan-Tesoro. Known as the "Grand Dame of Philippine Fashion", Pamintuan-Tesoro is noted for using indigenous materials such as '' abaca'' and ''

piña Piña ( ) is a traditional Philippine fiber made from the leaves of the pineapple plant. Pineapples are indigenous to South America but have been widely cultivated in the Philippines since the 17th century, and used for weaving lustrous lace- ...

'' for her works. The museum also hosts the Culinarium, a section dedicated to

Kapampangan cuisine Kapampangan cuisine () differed noticeably from other groups in the Philippines. The Kapampangan kitchen is the biggest and most widely used room in the traditional Kapampangan household. When the Philippines was under Spanish rule, Spanish fr ...

and cooking methods as well as an art gallery. A statue of

José Abad Santos José Abad Santos y Basco (, ; February 19, 1886 – May 1, 1942) was the fifth chief justice of the Philippines, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He briefly served as the acting president of the Philippines, president of ...

also fronts the museum building.

Administration

The Kuliat Foundation, a privately owned non-profit organization is responsible for the administration of the museum including the preservation of the historic museum building. It largely relies on donations for the museum's expenses.

Cultural significance

The museum building was recognized as an Important Cultural Property by the

National Museum of the Philippines The National Museum of the Philippines () is an umbrella government organization that oversees a number of national museums in the Philippines, including Ethnography, ethnographic, Anthropology, anthropological, Archaeology, archaeological, an ...

on June 12, 2012.

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* {{Commons category-inline Buildings and structures in Angeles City History museums in the Philippines Art museums and galleries in the Philippines Food museums in the Philippines Important Cultural Properties of the Philippines Buildings and structures completed in 1922 1999 establishments in the Philippines 20th-century architecture in the Philippines