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Inauguration of the National Museum of the Philippines – Cebu 07/28/2023

Plaza Independencia, Cebu City July 28, 2023 President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graces the inauguration of the National Museum of the Philippines – Cebu, also known as the Central Visayas Regional Museum, at the Old Customs House located within Plaza Independencia, Cebu City on July 28, 2023. The President leads the ribbon cutting ceremony and unveiling of marker before touring the various exhibitions displayed in the museum featuring the rich artistic, cultural and natural heritage of Cebu Province. There are five (5) galleries in the museum highlighting Cebu’s unique geological features and publicly unfamiliar plant and animal species endemic to the place; significant archaeological finds about the Cebuanos and Filipinos’ history and prehistory; and, sustained ethnographic traditions inculcated in maritime history and industry. Gallery 4 is a special part of the inaugural exhibitions, bringing the collection of the Philippine Center in New York to Cebu to share the artworks of leading Filipino artists in the early 1970s. Former First Lady Imelda Marcos requested for the acquisition and curation of the collection of the Philippine Center in New York, thus bringing 120 artworks from Manila to New York. These masterpieces are an embodiment in art of the Filipino identity as a nation. Meanwhile, Gallery 5 features a selection of Martino ‘Tinong’ Abellana’s works, recognized as the ‘Dean of Cebuano Painters’, such as his creative rendering of sketches, portraits, abstract paintings and landscapes. Originally established as the Cebu Customs House in 1910 to facilitate trade between Cebu Island and other neighboring communities, it was converted into the Malacañan sa Sugbo in 2004 to bring the Presidency closer to the Visayas. In October 2013, it was affected by the 7.1-magnitude earthquake and had to be closed. Last December 2019, the Cebu Port Authority and National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) signed a usufruct agreement giving the latter the right to use the Old Customs House and former Malacañan sa Sugbo as NMP Cebu for 25 years. From 2020 to 2023, the building was restored and adaptively converted to museum purposes through funding support from the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA). Connect with RTVM Website: http://rtvm.gov.ph Facebook: www.facebook.com/presidentialcom and www.facebook.com/rtvmalacanang Twitter: @RTVMalacanang YouTube: @RTVMalacanang Tiktok: @RTVMalacanang