in 2014, the iloilo city council approved an ordinance that donated the building to the national museum of the philippines so that the organization can use the building as a regional office. restoration works was done on the building which costed around . in 2017, the national museum moved to the building and established a satellite office for region 6 (western visayas). the national museum also uses the building as a site for its training, conferences, seminars and other services.