The Aquino Center museum is reopening on Feb. 24
The Aquino Center is set to reopen its museum on Feb. 24 in time for the 39th EDSA People Power anniversary, the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation announced.
The museum honors the legacy of Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., his wife former president Corazon "Cory" Aquino, and their son former president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. It will be open from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
In 2023, the exhibit was closed for renovations to refurbish its section on the 1987 Constitution. Museumgoers can expect a new area for Cory's life post-presidency and a new wing on the life and administration of Noynoy.
To coincide with the 39th EDSA People Power anniversary, the Aquino Center is also launching a photobook on the younger Aquino titled PNoy: Filipino on his presidency.
The Aquino Center museum is located along Luisita Industrial Park Road in Barangay San Miguel, Tarlac City.
A leader in the opposition, Ninoy was arrested when Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law in 1972 and spent eight years behind bars. He was assassinated on Aug. 21, 1983 on the tarmac of the Manila International Airport (later renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport) as he arrived from the US to be transported to his detention cell in Fort Bonifacio.
A snap poll was held in February 1986 wherein Marcos was declared president by the Commission on Elections while widow Cory was named winner by poll watcher National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL). She was president from 1986 to 1992 and returned to civilian life.
Their son, Noynoy, won the 2010 elections and served as the country's 15th president following Cory's death of colorectal cancer in 2009. He died at the age of 61 of renal failure in 2021.
