ILOILO CITY — The country’s first museum of economic history opened here on Monday, the third museum to open in Iloilo in less than a year. The opening of the Museum of Philippine Economic History culminates the transformation of the 19th century Elizalde building, a former trading house, into a repository of items, documents, images and other facts depicting the economic history of Iloilo and other regions of the country. “It is the first of its kind in the country, the first ever museum that is solely dedicated to the economic history of our country. The Museum of Philippine Economic History is the third museum to open in Iloilo since 2018. The two others are the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Arts, which opened at the Iloilo Business Park in March 2018, and the National Museum Western Visayas Regional Museum, which is located at the old provincial jail.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 11, 2019 12:33 UTC