Davao Museum - Filipinas

In 1976, the Filipinas Foundation, Inc. (now Ayala Foundation, Inc.) posed a challenge to Davaoeños by offering a lot in the Insular Village, Lanang, Davao City, on which to build an ethnic museum. In the same year, the Zonta Club of Davao City, Inc., accepted the challenge and undertook the building of the city’s first ethnographic museum. 

Photos of the Museum's groundbreaking with Don Enrique Zobel, Zontians, and guests, circa 1976.

In August 1977, the Davao Museum of History and Ethnography was opened to the public. Its collections then, included artifacts from the private collections of Zontians and other private collectors. On August 23, 1989, the management of the museum was transferred to the Davao Museum Foundation, Inc.

In the following years, the Museum has managed to expand its collection of artifacts and other cultural materials, as well as its programs by building linkages with various institutions, indigenous groups, organizations, schools, and the general public.

Now, the Davao Museum of History and Ethnography is a growing stronghold of historical and ethnographic information. It has become home to the collective memory and shared diversity of the peoples and cultures of Southern Mindanao.

Mission and Vision

The Davao Museum Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that runs and maintains the Davao Museum of History and Ethnography. In many ways, it seeks to improve people’s understanding and appreciation of Davao and Mindanao’s history and culture.

Vision

We envision a cultural, historical and ethnic research center that preserves Davao and Mindanao heritage.

Mission

We commit ourselves to inculcate pride in the historical heritage of Davaoeños, to preserve and promote the culture and arts of Davao to shape the cultural identity of indigenous people in particular, and Davaoeños in general.

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