Museo El Deposito

Museo El Deposito (transl. El Deposito Museum) is a history museum in the city of San Juan in Metro Manila, Philippines, which features the Carriedo water system, including the El Deposito underwater reservoir.

Museo El Deposito
EstablishedFebruary 20, 2019 (2019-02-20)
LocationPinaglabanan Shrine, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines
TypeHistory museum
OwnerNational Historical Commission of the Philippines

The museum is situated within the grounds of the Pinaglabanan Shrine.[1] It opened on February 20, 2019.[2]

Features

The Museo El Deposito is housed inside a two-storey building on top of the El Deposito underground reservoir and is beside the Museo ng Katipunan, another museum.[2] It has three galleries namely: the Audio-Visual Room, Resource Center, and the Virtual Reality Room. The audiovisual room narrates the period prior to the establishment of the Carriedo Waterworks in 1882, the Resource Center features artifacts, photographs, prints and scale models, while the virtual reality room provides a re-enactment of the Battle of San Juan del Monte to the museum visitors.[1] A entrance to an aqueduct of the El Deposito itself is also visible in one portion of the museum.[2]

References
  1. Villafuerte, Din (2 March 2019). "Water runs deep at Museo El Deposito". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. De Leon, Susan. "Metro Manila water system and the story of Museo El Deposito". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

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