The Quezon City Museum Complex,[2] more commonly known as the QCX Museum or the Quezon City Experience Museum, is an interactive and socio-cultural green building-compliant city museum which was inaugurated on November 9, 2015, within the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. QCX primarily displays the history and culture of Quezon City. It is touted as the first interactive museum of the city.[3][4] The museum's concept was conceived in 2006.[5]
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| Established | November 9, 2015 |
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| Location | Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City |
| Coordinates | 14°39′05″N 121°03′04″E / 14.6514516°N 121.0511559°E |
| Type | Interactive museum |
| Owner | Quezon City Government |
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| Status | Completed |
| Groundbreaking | January 2, 2012 |
| Inaugurated | November 9, 2015 |
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| Floor area | 6,229.21 m2 (67,050.7 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation |
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Facilities
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The museum allows its visitors to have interactions with the display, take selfies on each of the museum's galleries and shoot and watch themselves on videotape. The museum complex composes of five pods, and had plans to add coffee shop and a small cafeteria and memorabilia store at the lobby. The museum hosts a small theater which has a seating capacity of 80-90 people and a 60-seat lecture room, both which is available for rent.[3][6]
The following five buildings form part of the museum complex:[2]
- Gallery A – 335.46 m2 (3,610.9 sq ft)
- Gallery B – 2,382.28 m2 (25,642.6 sq ft)
- Gallery C – 609.9 m2 (6,565 sq ft)
- Administrative Building – 640.31 m2 (6,892.2 sq ft)
- Business Center – 1,265.25 m2 (13,619.0 sq ft)
Closure
editThe museum was indefinitely closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and its building was converted into a COVID testing center.[7] In March 2023, the museum building was converted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and converted into a field site for cash aid applications.[8]
References
edit- ^ "On-Going Projects - QC Museum". Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation. Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ a b "Ordinance No. SP-2459, S-2015: An Ordinance Prescribing Fees and Charges for the Use of Units, Spaces and Other Facilities Within the Quezon City Museum Complex Located inside the Quezon Memorial Circle" (PDF). Quezon City Council. December 29, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ a b "Quezon City to unveil interactive museum". Rappler. November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ^ Mateo, Janvic (November 7, 2015). "Quezon City to unveil interactive museum". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ^ Sembrano, Edgar Allan (November 23, 2015). "'Experiential' museum opens in Quezon City". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ "Bistek offers preview of QCX". Journal Online. December 2, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ Gutierrez, Dennis (January 21, 2022). "Belmonte: QC expands free COVID-19 testing program to 17 city locations". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- ^ Manahan, Jervis (March 13, 2023). "DSWD opens field site for cash aid in QC Circle". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
External links
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