“Ang taong hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan hindi makakarating sa paroroonan”. These are the words uttered by Jose ‘Joe’ Clemente when asked why he choose to collect artifacts.
Joe Clemente who was a former labor operation officer and the owner of Ciudad Clemente in San Isidro Bulacan said this is the first ancestral house.
Clemente said that the materials are from knickknacks from other ancestral houses so the wood like mahogany, narra and other old woods.
There are buyers who took interest in the place but Clemente refuse to entertain them.
“Because I want this as the repository of the future” Clemente reasoned out.
There are already thousands of artworks are there in the Visual Museum. Most of them are works by Bulakenyos.
“This is something na you as a Bulakenyo would be proud of” Clemente said. There are works from Bulacan artist, senior and award winners.
Although there are people who pay attention to go and visit the place Clemente said it is still not open for public viewing for security reason.
“After two years baka ready na saka yung catalogue ko” Clemente said.
He also planning to document all the
“Security (reason). Kulang pa sa CCTV, lie detector, guide sa direction” Clemente explained.
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