Museo ng Tarlac occupies a colonial-era building on Romulo Boulevard in the centre of Tarlac City and covers the province's story from its pre-Spanish origins to the political upheavals of the twentieth century. Admission is free, and the staff are genuinely pleased to have visitors. The collection is modest but well-curated: artefacts from the Aeta highlanders, Spanish-period religious objects, documents from the American colonial administration, and photographs from the Japanese occupation and the Bataan Death March.
The Aquino family features heavily in the recent-history rooms — Ninoy's imprisonment under martial law, Cory's election campaign, and the People Power revolution of 1986. There are also rotating exhibitions of contemporary Tarlac artists. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, 8:30am to 5pm, and closed on Mondays and public holidays.