Negros Museum

Negros Museum

Museo sang Negros (Hiligaynon)
Established	March 16, 1996 (1996-03-16)
Location	Provincial Capitol (1996-2003) Provincial Agriculture Building (2003-present)
Coordinates	10°40′36″N 122°57′03″E / 10.676760°N 122.950880°E / 10.676760; 122.950880Coordinates: 10°40′36″N 122°57′03″E / 10.676760°N 122.950880°E / 10.676760; 122.950880
Type	Local museum
Website	http://negrosmuseum.blogspot.com/
Building details
Alternative names	Provincial Agriculture Building (building occupied by the museum)
General information
Status	Complete
Architectural style	Neoclassical, Art Deco
Address	Gatuslao St., Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex
Town or city	Bacolod
Country	Philippines
Current tenants	Negros Cultural Foundation (museum management; since 2003)
Construction started	1925
Renovated	2003
Owner	Provincial Government of Negros Occidental
Design and construction
Architect	Juan Arellano
Architecture firm	Bureau of Public Works

Negros Museum is a provincial museum situated in the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex in Bacolod City. The structure was built in 1925 as the Provincial Agriculture Building.^[1]

History

Opened in March 16, 1996,^[2] the museum is formerly housed in the Provincial Capitol, which was reverted for government use 2003. Since then, the exhibits have been transferred to the former Provincial Agriculture Building. As a courtesy payment, Negros Cultural Foundation, the management running the Negros Museum, currently pays the Provincial Government a rent of ₱1 only, for minimum compliance under law.

Exhibits

The museum is the first in its kind to not house precious archaeological artifacts, but rather was designed to display Negrense lifestyle and society, which includes old furnishings and loaned items from ancestral houses.^[3] It also includes art exhibits and expositions from different local artists and foreign artists resident in Negros Island Region.^[4][5] Art training and seminars are also conducated inside the museum.^[6]

Museum Cafe

Negros Museum Cafe serves the needs of museum goers and walk-in guests, situated in the West Annex of the museum. It includes a separate entrance, which includes an open-air and an in-house station occasionally used for small theater plays and art exhibitions. The cafe and the resident chef, Guido Nijssen, serves as the official caterer of the Office of the Governor and the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental for official dignitary functions.^[7]

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