Quezon City Experience Explained

Quezon City Experience
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Coordinates:14.6515°N 121.0512°W
Location:Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City
Type:Interactive museum
Owner:Quezon City Government
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Status:Complete
Groundbreaking Date:January 2, 2012
Inauguration Date:November 9, 2015
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Floor Area:6229.21m2
Main Contractor:Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation
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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]

Facilities

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]

Closure

The 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: On-Going Projects - QC Museum. Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation. Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation. 8 June 2016.
  2. Web site: 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. . Quezon City Council . 4 January 2020 . 29 December 2015.
  3. News: Quezon City to unveil interactive museum. 7 November 2015. Rappler. 6 November 2015.
  4. News: Mateo. Janvic. Quezon City to unveil interactive museum. 7 November 2015. The Philippine Star. 7 November 2015.
  5. News: Sembrano. Edgar Allan. 'Experiential' museum opens in Quezon City. 10 February 2016. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 23 November 2015.
  6. News: Bistek offers preview of QCX. 26 January 2016. Journal Online. 2 December 2015.
  7. News: Gutierrez. Dennis. Belmonte: QC expands free COVID-19 testing program to 17 city locations. 22 May 2023. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 21 January 2022.
  8. News: Manahan. Jervis. DSWD opens field site for cash aid in QC Circle. 22 May 2023. ABS-CBN News. 13 March 2023.