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A massive fire on Sunday ripped through Rio de Janeiro’s treasured National Museum, one of Brazil’s oldest, in what the nation’s president said was a “tragic” loss of knowledge and heritage. The majestic edifice stood engulfed…
Rescuers who pulled a young Thai football team from deep inside a flooded cave were dismantling their worksite Thursday, as plans emerged to turn the spot into a museum in tribute to the daring operation. At least…
After a nude yoga class in a Paris park and a “no clothes day” at the city’s trendiest art museum, hundreds of naturists are due to descend on a theme park near the French capital Sunday for…
How does one keep a museum and library relevant to millennials these days? For the people behind the Cebu City Museum, the answer came from a group of artists who suggested an activity that would spark the…
THE remains of the late Bishop Teofilo Camomot will be exhumed and transferred to his museum, the Domus Teofilo (House of Teofilo) in Valladolid, Carcar City in southern Cebu. Fr. Mhar Balili and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma…
I recently started a museum-hopping campaign for my blog to get our three mutants out of the house and visit museums and galleries in Cebu which showcase part of their Filipino culture and heritage. We conquered Fort…
We used to celebrate Children’s Month every October, which is also Holy Rosary Month for Roman Catholics. But two years ago, Republic Act No. 10661 declared the month of November of every year as National Children’s Month.…
FOLLOWING the recent reconstruction of the Gotiaco building, the Sugbu Chinese Heritage Museum Foundation Inc. (SCHMFI) held a special opening of the Sugbu Chinese Heritage Museum in support of Gabii sa Kabilin. The 100-year-old pre-Hispanic building is…
Gabii sa Kabilin 2017 brought me to a sneak preview of the forthcoming Sugbu Chinese Heritage Museum thanks to the invitation of Dr. Joy Gerra. The museum is still undergoing restoration, but we have a view of…
Nearly two weeks and 50 years ago, at around 3:45 in the afternoon of April 23, 1967, first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos and USC president Fr. Rudolf Rahmann, SVD, formally inaugurated the University of San Carlos Museum.…
An exhibit of sacred images and a tableau depicting Jesus’ suffering and death are on display at the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu located beside the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. Renowned iconographer Clodoveo “Louie” Nacorda said the Lenten exhibit…
NOTE: In the aftermath of a well-meaning travel advisory against the South of Cebu, I’m publishing this belated Halloween-themed, impromptu trip to just that area in question. I acknowledge that the threat is always present, always real,…
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