The BenCab Museum is an

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, Benguet,

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Background

The construction of the BenCab Museum's building began in 2006. The museum institution itself was established in 2009 by National Artist Benedicto Cabrera with the BenCab Art Foundation managing the facility. Cabrera intended to establish a

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to host his personal art collection consisting his own works, Cordilleran indigenous art which he considers as underappreciated,

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, and works of other artists that appealed to him.

Facilities

The BenCab Museum is hosted within a four-storey building. Different sections of the museum include: the BenCab Gallery, Cordillera Gallery, Erotica Gallery, Philippine Contemporary Art Gallery, Sepia Gallery, Maestro Gallery, Print Gallery, Patio Salvador, and Larawan Hall. The museum complex also has the BenCab Farm & Garden, a leisure area featuring the Ecotrail – which showcases Igorot huts which are an example of Ifugao, Kalinga and Bontoc architecture. Its farm is used to cultivate coffee and other crops and the garden has bonsai trees. The area also has a restaurant-cafe known as the Café Sabel.

References

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