If you want to know the place your visiting, check the
museum and they will definitely provide you information’s about its people and
of course the historical background, in the Philippines museum is everywhere,
most City or even struggling municipality have museum that showcase their
culture and things that they can be proud of.
In Puerto Princesa City, there are three museum that you
can visit and in this page I’ll bring you to the oldest one that is run by a
foundation, the Palawan museum is house in one of the most powerful house in
the City, its building is the former City Hall of Puerto Princesa located in
the historical Mendoza Park, a tribute to provincial hero name Dr. Higenio
Mendoza.
To be honest, Palawan Museum have gone out of style, it
is still the same since the day one I visit it many-many years ago, its
exhibitions and depiction of Palawan history, culture and even anthropologic
explanations are seemingly old and need to be replace, I didn’t know if there
is such valuable item or precious things that can be best seen inside. When I
was there just this April of 2018, there was no curator or guide explaining
what you will see inside, once you pay the entrance fee they will just let you
go through with exhibits from first floor up to the second floor.
There are many discoveries in Palawan in the past year,
I’ve heard the Pagdanan wreck in San Vicente, the wreck in Balabac, the Elle
Cave of El Nido and many other, but none of this is shown here in Palawan
Museum, or maybe those artifacts belongs now to the National museum or the
research or studies is still on going.
One strong exhibit inside is the Pagdiwata ritual of
Tagbanua people, this piece of exhibit will explain how this full moon dance
became a art tag in terms of dance in Palawan.
But one thing good about Palawan Museum is their library,
if you need thorough research anything about Palawan they have it all, from old
files, manuscripts and books they got it all.
Above all its still a worth a visit, museum is still the
best way to know the roots of one place.
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