Negros Museum
{{Short description|Museum in Bacolod, Philippines}}
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| name = Negros Museum
| native_name = {{native name|hil|Museo sang Negros}}
| logo = Negros Museum logo.png
| logo_size = 125px
| image = Negros Museum front (Gatuslao, Bacolod, Negros Occidental; 10-24-2022).jpg
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| established = {{start date|1996|03|16}}
| type = Local museum
| location = Provincial Capitol
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Provincial Agriculture Building
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| owner = Joe Bartolozzi
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| website = {{URL|http://negrosmuseum.blogspot.com/}}
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| alternate_names = Provincial Agriculture Building
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| status = Complete
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| architectural_style = Neoclassical, Art Deco
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| address = Gatuslao St., Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex
| location_city = Bacolod
| location_country = Philippines
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| current_tenants = Negros Cultural Foundation
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| start_date = 1925
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| renovation_date = 2003
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| architect = Juan Arellano
| architecture_firm = Bureau of Public Works
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| owner = Provincial Government of Negros Occidental (building)
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Negros Museum is a privately owned provincial museum situated in the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex in Bacolod, Philippines. The structure was built in 1925 as the Provincial Agriculture Building.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.choosephilippines.com/do/history-and-culture/465/negros-museum/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604230747/http://www.choosephilippines.com/do/history-and-culture/465/negros-museum/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 4, 2015 |title=The Negros Museum: A Quick Way to Get to Know the Island of Negros - Choose Philippines. Find. Discover. Share |website=Choosephilippines.com |date= |accessdate=2017-01-06}}
History
Opened on March 17, 1996,{{cite web|title=About - The Negros Museum|url=http://negrosmuseum.blogspot.com/p/about.html|website=Negrosmuseum.blogspot.com|accessdate=19 July 2016}} 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 {{Philippine peso|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.{{cite web|url=http://thenegrosmuseum.org.ph/ |title=The Negros Museum |publisher=The Negros Museum |date= |accessdate=2017-01-06}} It also includes art exhibits and expositions from different local artists and foreign artists resident in Negros Island Region.{{cite web|url=http://www.negros-occ.gov.ph/current-events/press-release/capitol-news/negros-museum-to-unveil-mural-painting-on-marine-life-conservation.html |title=Negros Museum to Unveil Mural Painting on Marine Life Conservation - Negros Occidental Provincial Government |website=Negros-occ.gov.ph |date=2016-05-17 |accessdate=2017-01-06}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ndb-online.com/september1714/negros-museum-exhibit-winning-artworks-vmc-competition |title=Negros Museum to Exhibit Winning Artworks from VMC Competition | Negros Daily Bulletin |website=www.ndb-online.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204011206/http://www.ndb-online.com/september1714/negros-museum-exhibit-winning-artworks-vmc-competition |archive-date=4 February 2017 |url-status=usurped}} Art training and seminars are also conducted inside the museum.{{cite web|author= |url=https://pisyo.com/2016/02/05/learning-art-the-negros-museum-pisyo/ |title=Learning Art: The Negros Museum | Pisyo – Pisyo |website=Pisyo.com |date=2016-02-05 |accessdate=2017-01-06}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/173364/angpinaka/ang-pinaka-yummy-in-bacolod-no-1-negros-museum-cafe |title=Ang Pinaka: Yummy in Bacolod no. 1: Negros Museum Cafe | Video | GMA News Online |website=Gmanetwork.com |date= |accessdate=2017-01-06}}