3 Museums to Explore in Western Visayas

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Western Visayas

Western Visayas is a region in the Visayas in the Philippines. It consists of the major island of Panay and the smaller Guimaras, as well as several outlying islands. The region is home to a world-famous beach of Boracay which is off the coast of Malay.

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Museums to Explore in Western Visayas

Bernardino Jalandoni Museum

The Bernardino Jalandoni Museum is located inside the Jalandoni Ancestral House in Silay City. The Museum is owned by one of the prominent citizens of Silay – Don Bernardino Jalandoni. The house commenced its structure in 1908. It turned museum opened doors for public viewing only in 1993. It was the first heritage house of its kind to come up at Silay City.

Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA)

The Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is the first museum in the Visayas and Mindanao dedicated to modern and contemporary art and the first museum in the Visayas exclusively dedicated to Ilonggo visual artists. It houses the largest collections of art in the Visayas. The museum is likewise the first Megaworld built museum in the Philippines.

The Negros Museum

Negros Museum is a privately owned provincial museum situated in the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex in Bacolod, Philippines. 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. It also includes art exhibits and expositions from different local artists and foreign artists resident in Negros Island Region.

Map of Museums to explore in Western Visayas