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| Established | 2025 |
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| Coordinates | 14°40′59.7″N121°02′44.0″E / 14.683250°N 121.045556°E |
| Curator | Sandra Torrijos (2025) |
Building details | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Architectural style | Bahay na bato |
| Town or city | Quezon City, Metro Manila |
| Country | Philippines |
| Construction started | 2024 |
| Opening | 2025 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Gerard Lico |
| Architecture firm | Arc Lico |
The Tandang Sora Women's Museum is a museum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Sandra Torrijos, a feminist who was active in the 1980s, has aspired for the establishment of a dedicated women's museum in the Philippines. In April 2023, Torrijos presented a concept paper for a museum to Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte who approved of the plan. Torrijos coordinated with other women-led organizations to help realize the plan. [1]
In January 2024, construction of the facility, which was later named the Tandang Sora Women's Museum began. [1]
The Tandang Sora Women's Museum had a soft opening on January 6, 2025 coinciding with the 213rd birth anniversary of its namesake Melchora Aquino. It was later inaugurated on February 19, 2025. [2] Torrijos became the first curator of the facility which is considered as the first women's museum in the Philippines. [3]
The museum is housed inside a two-storey bahay na bato-inspired structure and was designed by Arc Lico which is led by architect Gerard Lico. It is located beside the Tandang Sora National Shrine, which is likewise dedicated to Melchora Aquino an important figure in the Philippine Revolution. [4] The museum features Aquino, as well as other women from Philippine history such as the babaylan and suffragettes. [2]