| BenCab Museum Town/City: Baguio City Province: Benguet 16.410767° N 120.550467° E | Listed in Gallery: Field Trip Destination Artist's Workshop Like this destination? |
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(As written on the museum brochure:)
The BenCab Museum is on Km. 6 Asin Road, a brief 15-minute drive from the center of Baguio City. Built on a promontory, the museum commands a breathtaking view of the adjacent garden, farm, hill and mini-forest, the surrounding mountains, and the South China sea in the distant west.
With its vision of bringing arts closer to the people, the museum houses the artist's collections of his own works, as well as those of acknowledged Filipino masters and rising contemporary artists. The granary gods, lime containers, native implements, weapons and other outstanding examples of indigenous arts and crafts of the Cordilleras are also highlighted - a reminder of the rich material culture and traditions of the northern Philippine highlands that has fascinated BenCab since the 1960s, and part of the reason why he has made Baguio home since the mid-80s.
The Bencab Museum is committed to the promotion of the arts, and the preservation, conservation and protection of the environment, as well as the culture and traditions of the Cordilleras, as an expression of the artist's gratitude to the country that nurtured and inspired an artistic career that continues to grow, mature and fascinate.
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