Quezon Memorial Shrine

The Museo ni Manuel Quezon is housed in the Shrine. Designed by Federico Ilustre, the shrine
has an equilateral triangular base serving as the mausoleum of President Quezon and his wife,
Aurora Aragon. Surmounting the base are three pylons measuring 66 meters in height, representing
Quezon’s age upon his death and the three major islands of the Philippines. Above the pylons are
Art Deco statues of three angels holding sampaguita funerary wreaths sculpted by Italian artist
Francesco Riccardo Monti.

The Museum features the life and political career of President Quezon and explains the historical
context in which he emerged as leader of the country.

Gallery 1. Quezon’s youth in Baler, his education, role in the revolution and return to civilian life;

Gallery 2. Early political career of Quezon while the Philippines was under American rule;

Gallery 3. Quezon’s presidency of the Commonwealth;

Gallery 4. Quezon’s leadership during the war and his exile to the United States; and

Gallery 5. The death and legacy of Manuel Luis Quezon.

The Museum also has other facilities, such as:

Audio-visual room, which offers a brief documentary about Quezon and the Museum;

Aurora Quezon Gallery, which is devoted to Aurora, Quezon’s wife and a civic leader in her own
right; and

Quezon office as Commonwealth President.

The Museum contains a sizeable collection of President Quezon’s memorabilia, a hologram of the
President delivering his inaugural address, and various interactive booths and terminals that offer
information about Quezon and his time. Visitors are encouraged to avail of the Museum’s
interactive facilities.
The Museo was built in 1979, and in 2015 a project to modernize it was completed. There are interactive
elements now, the exhibits more systematized, and the language used to tell Quezon's story comes in
Tagalog and English.

Besides artifacts and photographs, timelines are all over the museum walls recounting not only
Quezon's history but also providing context to his life by putting it side by side with a nation
transitioning from American rule then being thrown into the fire that is the Second World War.

"I want our people to know that the Philippines is their country, that it is the only country that God has
given them, that they must keep it for themselves and their children, that they must live for it and if
necessary die for it," Quezon said in one wall-posted quote.