Manila, June 10 -- Right at the heart of Quezon City, a modest bungalow tells a grand story often overlooked in Philippine heritage, how Filipinos rebuilt, lived, loved, and dreamed in the decades after World War II.

Bahay Modernismo, located at the Quezon City Memorial Circle, is more than just a humble structure. It is a living museum that transports visitors back in time when the Philippines was rebuilding from the war and dreaming of a modern future.

Museum curator and architect Gerard Lico during a media tour on Tuesday explained that the museum is based on the former home of the Aquino family at 25 Times Street, where democracy icons, former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. and the late former president Corazon Aquino once lived...