May 24 2008
Gabii sa Kabilin (A Night of Heritage)
This coming Friday May 30, 2008 from 6 p.m. until 12 midnight, one will be able to visit five museums in Cebu City for just a single ticket worth P100. Aside from that, there will be tartanillas stationed at each museum that will bring you to all the participating museums for just a one time fee of P50. The event dubbed as “Gabii sa Kabilin (A Night of Heritage)” aims to boost the public’s awareness about the museums in Cebu City in order for them to be able to appreciate history and heritage. It also coincides with the Heritage Month celebrated throughout the month of May. Security assistance at the museums will be handled by the City Tourist Police (CTP) while traffic order for the tartanillas along the route will be taken cared of by CITOM.
One may buy the tickets at any of the participating museums on the day of the event itself. Tickets are free for children seven years old and below.
Below are the museums that will be participting in the Gabii sa Kabilin:
1.) Fort San Pedro
- A tri-bastion Spanish military fort that is the smallest in the country. This structure will soon be inscribed in the National Museum’s list of national cultural treasures according to Engineer Abinion of the National Museum. The National Museum itself operates a museum there showcasing some artifacts from the San Diego wreck which was found off Manila Bay. The San Diego was a galleon that was built in Cebu and was used for the Manila galleon trade which once plied between Manila and Acapulco in Mexico during the Spanish colonial times.
2.) Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Museum
- Features past vestments of the image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu mostly dating back to the Spanish era. Other displays include old documents and books, history of the Basilica and the finding of the image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu and its devotion, church accouterments, religious icons, archaeological finds, etc.
3.) The Cathedral Museum of Cebu
- An ecclesiastical museum of the Archdiocese of Cebu that contains some memorabilia of Julio Cardinal Rosales and some items from the present archbishop of Cebu, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal. The museum also features text panels detailing the history of Christianity in the Philippines, an old panoramic photo of the cathedral and its environs, old books and documents, religious icons made of wood and ivory, church accouterments, etc.
4.) Yap-Sandiego House
- Though not yet officially open as a museum on ordinary days, the house is open during special events and occasions. It is basically a lifestyle museum that features old furnitures, chinaware, and other fixtures that gives one a picture of what a typical Pari-an household was during the Spanish era. The house is located in Pari-an, a district where Chinese-Filipinos and other prominent personalities of the city once lived.
5.) Casa Gorordo
- A house built by Alejandro Reynes and bought by the Gorordo Family in the 19th century. A scion of the family, Juan Gorordo, became the first Filipino Bishop of Cebu. The house is now a lifestyle museum showcasing the Gorordo household.
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