A local museum or local history museum is a type of museum that shows the historical development of a place/region ( local history ) using exhibits. These museums usually maintain a collection of historic three-dimensional objects which are exhibited in displays. Such museums are often small in nature and generally have a low budget for their running costs. As such, many of the collections are compiled, cataloged, and interpreted by amateur historians as well as professionals.
8-583: The Subangan Davao Oriental Provincial Museum , simply known as the Subangan Museum , is a local museum in Mati , Davao Oriental , Philippines . It showcase exhibits related to the province of Davao Oriental. The Subangan Museum was inaugurated on January 8, 2014. It was built and conceptualized by the Davao Oriental provincial government under Governor Corazon Malanyaon. Malanyaon has already planned to build
16-683: A museum as early as 2010, when a sperm whale got stranded in the town of Governor Generoso in 2010 with the provincial executive suggesting that the remains of the cetacean be hosted in a museum. "Subangon" came from the Cebuano term for "east" or "sunrise", even the word "Subangan" comes from the Bicolano term for "east". The Subangan Museum is situated at the Provincial Tourism Complex in barangay Datu Martin Marundan in Mati, Davao Oriental . It
24-472: Is hosted inside a two-storey building which covers a floor area of 1,000 m (11,000 sq ft). The building's lead architect is Edmundo Viacrucis who was supported by architects Cesar Rey Gamalong and Lachelle Marie Ravelo. The museum project costed ₱25 million . The Subangan Museum features themed exhibitions related to Davao Oriental 's natural, cultural and historical heritage. The museum has three dedicated section devoted to these three aspects of
32-401: The area such as a bank or a railroad depot. Many local museums are also open-air museums in which several historical buildings from the area have been collected in some museum villages and rebuilt in a new location. In some cases the character of the local history museum is superimposed with the representation of a famous or well-known person from the area, or focuses on a single branch of
40-400: The economy that was or is particularly formative for the region. Local history museums offer the interpretation of the everyday lives of ordinary people and the unique histories that locale may offer. These museums also offer a more in-depth look into the details of how national and international events affected the locale represented by the museum. In Germany, a specific type of local museum
48-632: The museum's opening. Local museum These museums can cover a governmental defined unit such as a town , city , county , or parish or they can cover an area defined within the museum's mission. In the United States while some museums may be part of the local government or receive funding from them in some way. However, most local history museums are usually self-funded. These museums can also run as independent organizations or they can managed by an accompanying local historical society which also will maintain an archive of local records in addition to
56-483: The museum's three-dimensional object collection. Local history museums are frequently housed in a historically significant or thematically typical building; it is often a former public building such as a school building, a former courthouse, or city/town hall since the structure, which was already owned by the municipality and can continue its use as a in the public realm as a museum. Other times museums are located in repurposed commercial buildings that had significance for
64-678: The province heritage. The skeleton of a 16.15 m (53.0 ft) sperm whale, named Davor, serves as the centerpiece of the Subangan. The skeleton, sourced from a whale that beached in Governor Generoso , is reportedly the largest in the Philippines . The culture of the Mandaya and Kalagan ethnic groups are also showcased. The museum also has a memorial dedicated to the victims of Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) which struck Mindanao in 2012, two years prior to
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