History of National Museum in Butuan

The history of  National Museum in Butuan...According to the Balangai Museum Or there Website;"http://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph/nationalmuseumbeta/ASBMD/Balanghai.html.
The Balanghai Shrine is about 5 kilometers from Butuan City proper. The shrine was established to ensure the proper protection and preservation of the balanghai boats also known as Butuan Boats, declared National Cultural Treasure on March 9, 1987 by then President Corazon C. Aquino. Felix A. Luna, a resident in the area, made the establishment of the shrine possible with his donation of land in 1979."

"To date, there are nine balanghais known to exist. Three have been excavated and conserved by the National Museum, one totally destroyed by gold panners and five are “in situE The prohibitive costs of conservation prevented the Museum from retrieving the other balanghais. Giving recognition to such a rare cultural heritage, one is at the site while another is on exhibit at the National Museum in Manila."

Basically, the Museum was founded on the left of Butuan City Hall now ... If you want to visit there, you can see any old thing / that the material used in our ancestors from centuries old, you can see oldest wood used for making boats com, now this time is moderate ... it can give us an idea of ​​what they do before we are born. Using ancient material that the modern century will remember.