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VIGAN CITY: Crisologo Museum

VIGAN CITY, ILOCOS SUR - Crisologo Museum

CRISOLOGO MUSEUM, VIGAN CITY - This ancestral mansion was turned into a museum to honor FLORO CRISOLOGO, the patriarch of the clan,  a former congressman, and a World War II veteran. He also worked for the establishment of the Social Security System (SSS). This museum  housed a lot of memorabilias of the late congressman so that people would remember him. He was assasinated inside the Vigan Cathedral and even up to this day, the murder has not been solved yet. They believed that it was politically motivated.
Facade of Crisologo Museum

Entrance of the museum

Unlike other museums, you don't have to pay an enrtrance fee when you got inside Crisologo museum. 
(Note: There is a donation box provided near the entrance. If you are a kind-hearted person, you can donate any amount.)

FIRST FLOOR DISPLAYS
Starting with the displays in the first floor, visitors will find an antique calesa that is still being used as film props and as a wedding carriage. There is also an old car where Floro Crisologo’s wife survived an attempt on her life while she was pregnant and serving as governor of the province. Her child was given the name of bullet because of that incident.
The first floor also houses the library and study, where visitors can view the book collection and numerous news clippings about this political family, especially about their patriarch’s death. There is a central exhibit in the house that shows the bloodied clothing of the late congressman.
(SOURCE: http://www.vigan.ph/)


Antique wooden furnitures


Clothes used by Floro Crisologo, a World War II veteran.
















SECOND FLOOR DISPLAYS
The museum is managed by the Crisologo family and is well-maintained. This is evident in the polished floors of the second floor as well as the well-kept details of the various rooms. One may enter the master’s bedroom and view private possessions and clothing as if one just intruded into an everyday scene and a member of the family might catch you looking at any time.
It is interesting to know that before he was killed, the congressman was in the process of having a bill approved to abolish the death penalty because he believed that death was not the solution to stopping crime.
(SOURCE: http://www.vigan.ph/)











Joel

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2 comments:

  1. WeirdKimJune 16, 2015 at 3:43 PM

    This is interisting... makes you wonder how the people once lived in that house.

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    1. JoelJune 16, 2015 at 5:51 PM

      Their pig system toilet is interesting. People in the old times sat on the holes to defecate where there were some pigs down below the ground and they would just eat the waste.

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