A mobile museum documenting the killings linked to the Philippines’ anti-drug campaign will be launched at the Senate of the Philippines on Jan. 26.
The Lakbay Museo ng Paghilom, a traveling exhibit focused on memory, truth, and justice for victims of extrajudicial killings, is now open at the 2F Hallway of the Senate, GSIS Building in Pasay City.
The project was envisioned by 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Fr. Flaviano Antonio “Flavie” L. Villanueva, SVD, and is supported by Senator Risa Hontiveros.
According to organizers, the exhibit will feature updated displays highlighting recent developments related to the case of Kian delos Santos, including the Supreme Court’s final decision.
The mobile museum will also include featured interviews with forensic pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun.
The exhibit highlights an architectural scale model of the Dambana ng Paghilom, designed by Nazareno Architecture + Design.
The memorial, which provides a dignified and final resting place for the urns of victims of the killings, was a finalist at the World Architecture Festival held in Miami, Florida, in the Civic and Community – Completed Buildings category and was shortlisted for the Small Project of the Year Prize.
The Lakbay Museo ng Paghilom will be open to the public for three days, from Jan. 26 to 28, coinciding with the opening of the Senate’s session.
Visitors are encouraged to wear white in solidarity with widows, orphans, and survivors of the killings.
Fr. Villanueva, together with Cardinal Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” Siongco David and other Church and civil society leaders, has called for the establishment of a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate what happened during the so-called war on drugs.
Organizers said that, in line with Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms protocols, all guests and members of the media must be endorsed prior to entry.
