butuan national museum

old chunks of boat parts to view, just a bit of history. quite interesting to know that it was preserved. the road leading to it is of concrete.

The museum is very simple but ask a guide to walk you through the place and you will learn about how rich Butuan's history is and you'll find yourself eager to learn more. The discovery of balangay boats here show how the city played a central role in trade many years ago. Visit other places like the bonbon bequibel shell midden and the bood promontory to know more about their rich history

Museum dedicated to the History of Butuan and it's surrounding province. The Museum is well maintained, clean and organized. It has entrance fee of 20pesos for maintenance and facilitation of the Museum managed under National Museum.They have collections of artifacts, photos and Diorama of early people who lived in Butuan.Gain historical knowledge while travelling.A Must See to visit while in Butuan. Don't Miss it!

It was open but only a few pieces in display. It was already renovated pretty decently - close to what a museum is supposed to look like now. (Relieved!) I tried to read all those narrations in pictures to learn as much about Butuan. (According to Mario from Balangay Shrine Museum, there used to be more but since the museum is under renovation, you can only see less than before. There are 2 curators on site who can help guide but we knew this too late since we went here before Balangay Shrine. Should have asked the guard for this guide/s.). Worthy to go there to learn about rituals (like how they force-shape heads as early as baby years due to socioeconomic standing, rituals in building boats), proofs of how mature/structured their economic network was, how Butuan became Butuan geographically, and ....Lolong.Warning: Next is a bit morbid but it is what it is........ :(Lolong, world's largest crocodile, was cut into pieces to fit into 2 freezers :( Upto this date, it is still being disputed on what to do with him ever since his death last Feb 2013! Am so speechless with this :( The great one has now become a forgotten one. Really feel bad on how we treat things like this and hope there comes a resolution on what to do with him. Give him the appropriate respect.

If you love to see museum and artifacts then you must visit this museum in Butuan City. Only 2.5 kms. from Almont City hotel by tricycle ( P8.00 / pax ).

Closed till December 2013 or January 2014. The only thing to see now will be the frozen remains of the largest crocodile in captivity whilst alive, Lolong.The annoying thing was that the tourism supervisor in the arrival area of Butuan airport did not advise me of this. In fact he told me to go to the Butuan National Museum before going to see other attractions.

Open daily, but not in weekends. See the history of soutern Philippines, and the interesting items collected here

the museum is a 5minute walk from the city hall of butuan city. it has a man-made lake infront of it and around it are trees, rattan, and assorted plants. upon entering the museum, one has to register. it is divided into two-wing area. in these areas, we can find the unearthed accessories, kitchen and dining items which reflects the history of trading in the early days.

it is a kind of museum scenographs stopped designing 30 years ago but you can still have a dusty representation of the first inhabitant of the area

The curator was very helpful and she explained the history if butuan with gusto. Interesting and informative for those who wish to know the history of butuan

I like the museum because it has plenty of facts about Butuan city.

An excellent museum with extensive displays highlighting the history of Butuan and Mindanao. It gives you a much better insite to the people and the place. I would highly recommend visiting here first as it will place in perspective the other area highlights you may vsit.

Butuan soll die aelteste Siedlung der Philippinen sein. Das Museum ist recht interessant. In zwei grossen Ausstellungsraeumen werden viele Exponate, gut sortiert und beschrieben gezeigt. Im Empfangssaal sind umfangreiche geschichtliche Beschreibungen angeschlagen. Es gibt auch einige Schaukaesten und einen Bildschirm mit abrufbaren Informationen. Mit etwas Glueck bekommt man gute Infos von den Angestellten. Das Museum liegt in einem Park in dem viele Baeume und Straeucher mit Beschreibungen versehen sind. Es liegt in der Naehe der "City Hall". Etwas versteckt findet man dort auch das "Tourist Office".

This is the second museum we visited in Butuan. The curator is really enthusiastic in explaining the history of Butuan and the whole of Mindanao and even acted like a tourist guide because of her suggestions on where to go around Mindanao to see beautiful places and eat local foods. A favorite topic about history buffs in Butuan is the site where really navigator Ferdinand Magellan celebrated the first Philippine mass in March 1521. Butuan is claiming to be the rightful place to earn part of history but up to now you can't really read it in history books. More than the exhibit I enjoyed more the air-conditioning because we visited in a very humid day.