Bahay Tsinoy

Bahay Tsinoy
Kaisa Angelo King Heritage Center
Chinese-Filipino House
General information
Status	active
Type	Mansion
Architectural style	American Colonial
Location	Intramuros
Address	32 Anda Cor. Cabido Sts., Intramuros, Manila, Luzon, Philippines
Town or city	Manila
Construction started	1996
Owner	Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, Inc.
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect	Eva Penamora
Website
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An exhibit inside the museum

The Bahay Tsinoy (literally Chinese-Filipino House) is a museum located in the Intramuros (Old Walled City) section of Manila. 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.

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 90's.

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 taipans to average wage-earners.

The museum is divided into the following sections:

• Early contacts
• The Parian
• Colonial culture
• Emergence of the Chinese community
• In defense of freedom
• Life in the 1800s
• National leaders of Chinese descent
• Gallery of rare prints and photographs
• Martyr's hall
• Ceramics collection
• Rare Philippine shell collection
• Tsinoys in nation-building (inaugurated in 2004)

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.

See also

• Chinese Filipino
• Sangley
• List of museums in the Philippines
• International Council of Museums
• International Museum Day (May 18)
• Museum education
• Virtual Library museums pages

Most visited museums

Main article: List of most visited art museums in the world

External links

• Museums at DMOZ
• List of Museums in the Philippines
• International Council of Museums
• VLmp directory of museums
• Bahay Tsinoy website
• KAISA Heritage Center website