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The entrance to the Museum.

This is the courtyard of the museum. This used to be the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center hence the high walls and railings on top and heavy duty flood lights. The CPDRC was later relocated and this place was then renovated into a museum. Note: This facility was home to the famous CPDRC prisoners who danced the Thriller, see their video here.

The Museo Sugbo is a window to Cebu’s past, back in time even before the Spanish colonization. At the time of our visit, the Museo Sugbo had 4 galleries 1.) Before Spanish 2.) Spanish Colonization 3.) Japanese Occupation 4.) US and Philippine Independence. The most interesting for me was the 1st gallery. The 1st gallery shows you the life of native Cebuanos before Spanish occupation, when they were still nomads of the land. Cebu was the center for trading with the rest of the Asian countries back then. Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysians and other neighboring countries dock in Cebu to trade. What really caught my attention was the presence of so many gold. The curator said that back then, Cebuanos treat gold as regular metal and they just adorn their stuff with gold. That’s what the neighboring countries were particularly interested to trade with. Wow! Gold! I wonder where they are now?

I don’t want to be a spoiler and give you the rest of the details. I suggest you visit Museo Sugbo. Entrance fee to the Museum is only P10.00 for Filipino Citizens and P50.00 for non Filipino Citizens.

Cameras are not allowed inside the galleries. I was only able to take photos of the following pictures displayed along the hallway. Here are some interesting pictures of the past.

Mango Avenue – It’s actually lined with mango trees.

Carbon Market

The Fuente Osmeña Circle and Fountain

The Cebu Capitol

How to get to Museo Sugbo.

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