This is a list of museums located in Philippines provinces in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao regions .
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This is a list of museums located in Philippines provinces in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao regions .
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| Museum Name | Image | Location | Description |
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| Aguinaldo Shrine |  | Kawit, Cavite | Site of the Declaration of Philippine Independence of 1898 |
| Baliwag Museum and Library |  | Baliwag, Bulacan | |
| Capas National Shrine |  | Capas, Tarlac | World War II memorial and museum |
| Casa Santa Museum |  | Antipolo, Rizal | |
| Expo Pilipino | Angeles City | Open-air museum built for the 1998 Philippine Centennial Exposition | |
| Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar |  | Bagac, Bataan | Open-air museum of Filipino cultural history |
| Clark Museum and 4D Theater |  | Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga | Modern museum with 4D Theater highlighting history of Clark from 1902 to present. Highlights Filipino resiliency after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 through 4D technology. |
| Gen. Paciano Rizal Shrine |  | ||
| Marcelo H. Del Pilar National Shrine |  | Bulakan, Bulacan | Birthplace of Marcelo H. del Pilar |
| Marcos Museum and Mausoleum |  | Batac, Ilocos Norte | |
| Mount Samat National Shrine | Pilar, Bataan | World War II memorial and museum | |
| Museo de Iloko |  | Agoo, La Union | Former presidencia (municipal building) of Agoo converted into a museum in 1981, [1] containing locally excavated Ming Dynasty pottery, antique spanish dolls, and some personal effects of former president Elpidio Quirino. [2] |
| Museum of Philippine Political History |  | Casa Real Shrine,Building, Paseo del Congreso, Malolos | |
| Museum of the Women of Malolos |  | Malolos, Bulacan | 20th-century bahay-na-bato. Formerly the residence of Alberta Uitangcoy-Santos and currently a museum for The Women of Malolos. Curated by Carlo Herrera. |
| Rizal Shrine |  | Calamba, Laguna | Birthplace of José Rizal |
| Villa Escudero Museum |  | San Pablo, Laguna | |
| Museum Name | Image | Location | Description |
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| Rizal Shrine |  | Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte | |
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