Status active Location Intramuros Construction started 1996 Floors 3 Architectural style American Colonial | Type Mansion Town or city Manila Inaugurated 1999 Phone +63 2 527 6083 | |
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Address 32 Anda St, Intramuros, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines Hours Closed now Tuesday1–5PMWednesday1–5PMThursday1–5PMFriday1–5PMSaturday1–5PMSunday1–5PMMondayClosed Similar Museo Pambata, Casa Manila, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, National Museum of the Philip, San Agustin Church | ||
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The Bahay Tsinoy (lit. Chinese-Filipino House) is a museum located in Intramuros, Manila, capital of the Philippines. Housed within the Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center building, the museum documents the history, lives and contributions of the Chinese in the Philippine life and history.
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Overview
The museum was designed by Eva Penamora in collaboration with the late architect Honrado Fernandez in 1996, and completed and inaugurated in 1999. Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, Inc., a non-profit organization co-founded by Teresita Ang-See, envisioned the project to provide another venue for advocating patriotism to the Philippines and promoting cultural identity and understanding between the local Chinese and Filipino communities, after the acclaimed bi-lingual children's educational television program Pinpin in the early 1990s.
Funding for the land and building structure was advanced by Angelo King Foundation and eventually raised through generous contributions from different levels of Filipino-Chinese community, from tai-pans to average wage-earners.
The museum is divided into the following sections:
The museum is fully air-conditioned and housed within the Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center building, which also houses the office of Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, Inc., Chinbin See Memorial Library, the Await Keng Theater Auditorium, the Benito Cu Uy Gam Hall, and the Pao Shi Tien and Madame Limpe seminar rooms, which all constitute the Kaisa Heritage Center.