XAVIER UNIVERSITY – ATENEO DE CAGAYAN

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY/INTERNATIONAL STUDIES/POLITICAL SCIENCE

CLASS OF MR. KRISTIAN IAN SULMAYOR

HISTORY 1: READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

MUSEUM VISIT ACTIVITY

NAME OF MUSEUM: _______________________________________________________________ Date of Visit: ________________________

Museum Curator / In-charge: ____________________________________________________ Time of Visit: _______________________

Student’s name: ________________________________________________________ Section: _____________________________

Direction:
Encode your answers in long bondpaper.
You may form a group. Maximum of 5 members. Single submission would also do.
Prepare for a possible presentation of output.
Attach a photo gallery to your Submitted output.

I. Your Observation
a. What are the items found inside the museum have you noticed?
b. How are the items arranged/organized?

II. Exhibition Items: Looking closely

Choose one exhibit item that interest you. Attach a photo of this item. Then answer the following questions:
a. Why did the item catch your eye?
b. Did you know anything about that item before you saw it there? If so, what?
c. Describe the piece.
d.What are your initial thoughts about the item? Do you think there is a particularly interesting story behind its
creation? Can you imagine one?
e. Is it connected to any other item in the exhibit? How?
f. What other questions do you have after seeing the item?

III. Museum Design

Take a quick walk through the entire exhibition. Look for the main ideas and most important features. Pay
attention to the things that the museum curators have emphasized with lighting, large texts, and prominent
placement.
a. Describe the layout of the exhibition. Why do you think it was designed that way?
b.What are the central ideas that the museum curator(s) mean to convey?

IV. Source
Choose 5 Museum Artifacts which you believe are the most relevant artifacts in the museum.
Insert photos
You may ask the following questions from the Museum curator or the Museum In-charge.

a. What are the Names/Labels of the 5 Artifacts you chose?

b.Where did the artifacts come from?
c. How did the artifacts arrive in the museum for exhibit? How were they taken? Who were the people involved?
d.Were those artifacts taken directly from the owner of such items? Or taken from another’s possession?
e.How did the Museum identify the authenticity of the 5 artifacts?