Museo ni Jose Rizal Calamba - National Historical Commission of the Philippines (nhcp.gov.

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Rizal Shrine (Calamba) - Wikipedia

Rizal's father, Francisco Rizal Mercado, took 2 years to build the original Rizal ancestral house. The
Spanish authorities confiscated the house in 1891. Paciano Rizal, brother of José Rizal, reoccupied
the house during the Philippine Revolution, but lost it again to the friars. It was subsequently sold,
destroyed in World War II and eventually demolished. The government bought what remained of the
Rizal House for ₱ 24,000.
In 1949, President Elpidio Quirino passed Executive Order no.145, facilitating reconstruction of the
house. On June 19, 1950, the newly built home was inaugurated and now serves as a repository for
Rizal's memorabilia.
During the Centenary of the Philippine Independence in 1998, the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts in cooperation with the National Centennial Commission, decided that Rizal's Shrine
should focus specifically on his childhood.