Museo ni Emilio Aguinaldo 5.18

National Historical Commission of the Philippines
Commemoration and Museums Division
T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila
Tel : 524-9952
museoniemilioaguinaldo@gmail.com



Museo ni Emilio Aguinaldo
Kaingen, Kawit, Cavite
Telefax: (046) 484-7643
Open Tuesday to Sunday
8 AM to 4 PM


The Museo ni Emilio Aguinaldo is the birthplace of our nation. From one of its windows Philippine Independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898.
The house started out in 1845 as a nipa thatched structure. In 1849 it was reconstructed as a bahay-na-bato built with limestone, hardwood and panels of capiz windows lining the second floor. In the 1920’s the house was renovated to include the famous balcony, the tower and the family wing. The entire ground floor has been converted into a museum with an exhibit on Cavite’s role in the revolution leading to the proclamation of independence. The second floor contains original period furniture and ornate wood carvings on the ceilings and walls. Secret passages and symbolic wood carvings personally designed by Emilio Aguinaldo remind the visitors of the events that transpired in our history. The exterior also contains stone carvings that evoke stately grandeur and elegance. The house is also the final resting place of General Emilio Aguinaldo, his tomb lies in the backyard overlooking the river. The Aguinaldo shrine has a floor area of about one thousand three hundred square meters and is seven-stories high.
In 1963, a year before he died, Emilio Aguinaldo donated the house and a portion of the surrounding lot to the government. On June 18, 1964 it was declared a national shrine.