{"id":12763,"date":"2019-09-05T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T01:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=12763"},"modified":"2019-09-20T18:13:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T10:13:10","slug":"quezon-city-experience-the-citys-first-interactive-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2019\/09\/05\/quezon-city-experience-the-citys-first-interactive-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Quezon City Experience: The City’s First Interactive Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every city prides itself on its history, and Quezon City\u2014the largest city in Metro Manila\u2014showcases its decades-worth of heritage through a very unique museum.<\/p>\n

Serving as one of the four museums contained within the walls of Quezon Memorial Circle, the Quezon City Experience (QCX)<\/strong> recounts the past, depicts the present, and foretells the future of the city through interactive life-size exhibits and virtual displays.<\/p>\n

Visitors are accompanied by the museum’s knowledgeable guides, ensuring a more enhanced learning experience.<\/p>\n

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As with any other tale, the experience begins with the past. In this case, it’s a preview of Quezon City before it was conceptualized and created by the late President Manuel L. Quezon, characterized by a huge area of lush greens.<\/p>\n

It then takes visitors to a room where a replica of Quezon’s old Malaca\u00f1ang office is situated.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a010 Interactive Museums for a Better Learning Experience<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Re-imagined office of Quezon, with a supposed blueprint of Quezon City on his desk<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The tour continues on with rooms showing developments and difficulties encountered as the city was built, including a room dedicated to the World War II era.<\/p>\n

Quezon was also immensely known for starting the many housing and resettlement projects found in the city. QCX honors this by recreating the common set-up of his housing project.<\/p>\n

According to the museum guide, Quezon was very specific for both the materials of the house and its contents, as it has to have a list of things before turning over to the families.<\/p>\n

\"\"A model of Quezon’s low-cost housing<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Fast forward to the present, QCX shows the everyday scene of people in the\u00a0populous city.<\/p>\n

This includes rooms dedicated to the ever-popular public transportation jeepney<\/em>, as well as a look on the common barangay<\/em> setting, which includes a sari-sari<\/em> store (a small, neighborhood convenience store) and a carinderia<\/em> (a small eatery).<\/p>\n

\"\"Visitors can go inside the jeepney to take a photo!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"A typical sari-sari store and carinderia setting<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Quezon City sees a large number of students everyday, thanks to the many schools and universities the area is laden with.<\/p>\n

QCX then exhibits a typical classroom set-up in the city, and how a typical Quezon City\u00a0student spends their time in campus.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0Quezon Memorial Circle: A National Park Amidst the Bustling City<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Further, Quezon City faces its own set of problems, like any other thriving city.<\/p>\n

It’s a fact that they acknowledged through a room full of exhibits dedicated to addressing some of the city’s (and even the contry’s) top societal issues, including education, poverty, healthcare, and climate change.<\/p>\n

\"\"An exhibit\u00a0that aims to describe the current status of the educational system in the country\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Home to two of the largest broadcasting corporations in the country, ABS-CBN and GMA, Quezon City also finds itself as an entertainment city. QCX provides a sneak peak of what it’s like to be part of the industry through a room with a mini theater and a news studio set-up, among others.<\/p>\n

The tour ends with an audio-visual presentation of how the local government envisions the future of Quezon City.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>A hallway, leading to the doors of the final exhibit, shows all of Quezon City’s towns and barangays\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Quezon City Experience is truly fitting for those who want to traverse through time and watch the large city be built right before their very eyes.<\/p>\n

For those who wish to visit, they are located at the Quezon Memorial Circle<\/strong> and are open from 8 a.m.<\/strong> to 4 p.m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0La Mesa Eco Park in Quezon City: the Metro\u2019s True Forest Recreational Park<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

How to get here<\/strong><\/p>\n