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Pasig City reopens renovated museum after 8-year closure
Manila Bulletin
|March 28, 2025
After eight years of closure, the Pasig City government reopened the newly renovated Pasig City Museum to the public on Wednesday, March 26, marking a milestone in preserving the city’s rich history and cultural heritage.
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The renovated museum offers enhanced exhibits and guided tour to give Pasigueños and visitors a deeper appreciation of the city’s diverse and renovated past. It also has a dedicated room for the Concepcion Family, the founders of the mansion-turned museum, for their photographs and artifacts.
Pasig City Museum OIC Ana Katrina Trinah San Mateo shared the upgrades and renovations of the museum, which include various exhibits showcasing Pasig’s colorful history from the 1800s to the present. It also shows indigenous communities that have preserved their traditions and cultures.
Mayor Vico Sotto expressed excitement over the museum’s reopening, recalling the city’s efforts to preserve and enhance the museum from 2019 and how it was halted during the pandemic with the renovation works resumed in 2022.
This story is from the March 28, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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