Oriental Mindoro Heritage Museum

Oriental Mindoro Heritage Museum Oriental Mindoro Heritage Museum is the official repository of the provinceโ€™s rich cultural history.

Happy Labor Day!!In celebration of Labor Day our museum will be closed today May 1,2026. Regular operations will resume ...
01/05/2026

Happy Labor Day!!

In celebration of Labor Day our museum will be closed today May 1,2026. Regular operations will resume on May 2,2026.






Araw ng Kagitingan ๐Ÿ’šWe commemorate the 1942 surrender of 76,000 Filipino and American soldiers to Japanese forces during...
08/04/2026

Araw ng Kagitingan ๐Ÿ’š

We commemorate the 1942 surrender of 76,000 Filipino and American soldiers to Japanese forces during World War II. It honors the heroism of those who fought and endured the Bataan Death March.
This will remind us that even in our darkest hours, Filipino courage never falters.

In observance of Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) our museum will be closed today April 9,2026. Regular operations will resume on April 10,2026.






Lt. Jose C. G***r Local Hero (April 8, 1918 โ€“ 1942)On December 10, 1941, a Japanese bomber formation flying over Zablan ...
07/04/2026

Lt. Jose C. G***r
Local Hero
(April 8, 1918 โ€“ 1942)

On December 10, 1941, a Japanese bomber formation flying over Zablan field, Manila, was intercepted by the Philippine Army Air Corps flying obsolete Boeing P-26 (Peashooter) pursuit aircraft. During the attack, 3rd Lieutenant Jose P. G***r, United States Army Air Forces, and from Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, attempted to ram Japanese aircraft when his guns jammed. After a series of such maneuvers, it is reported that he forced the Japanese plane to fly away without further attacks on the air field. Lt. G***r was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism. United States President Roosevelt ordered the decoration in reply to reports from the battlefields by General Douglas MacArthur. G***r died later in the war.

On October 26, 1955, the US Bureau of Posts honored Lt. G***r with the issue of a set of two airmail stamps engraved by Waterlow and Sons of England. (Source: Andrew J. Liptak)

On September 5, 2017, the Sangguniang Panglungod of Calapan City passed a resolution proclaiming Lt. Jose C. G***r as the Cityโ€™s local hero in time with the commemoration of his centennial birth.





๐™Š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ค ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข is open ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ. Brgy. Ibaba East, Calapan City, Orient...
02/04/2026

๐™Š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ค ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข is open ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ.

Brgy. Ibaba East, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro
Come visit us and explore everything about the Province of Oriental Mindoro. From its rich history to its abundant culture.

๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข:
โ€ข ๐™’๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ก๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ
โ€ข ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™„.๐˜ฟ. ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™˜๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™–.
โ€ข ๐™‹๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™.
โ€ข ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ค๐™จ.

For groups of fifty (50) or more kindly coordinate with our office with contact details: ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿด-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ | (๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ
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Our Schedule this Holy Week!!!๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“ฃLet this sacred time be one of reflection, peace, and renewal.โ›ช๐Ÿ™๐Ÿซถ
31/03/2026

Our Schedule this Holy Week!!!๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“ฃ
Let this sacred time be one of reflection, peace, and renewal.โ›ช๐Ÿ™๐Ÿซถ






24/03/2026

ยกHola!

ยฟQuieres conocer nuestra ciudad pero en โœจespaรฑolโœจ? รšnete a Paseo por la Ciudad de Calapan y sรฉ guiado/a en un recorrido por la plaza, catedral, ayuntamiento viejo y museo provincial.

๐Ÿ—“ Fecha: viernes, el 27 de marzo de 2026
โฐ Hora: 09:00โ€“10:30
๐Ÿ”— Inscripciรณn: https://forms.gle/pjBL39CnBuDfqeK27
Tambiรฉn puedes escanear el cรณdigo QR en el cartel para inscribirte.

ยกNos vemos el viernes! ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ

Colaboradores:
๐Ÿค Calapan City Tourism, Culture and Arts
๐Ÿค City Public Library of Calapan
๐Ÿค Sto. Niรฑo Cathedral, Calapan City
๐Ÿค Oriental Mindoro Heritage Museum

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Hello!

Do you want to learn about our city, but in โœจSpanishโœจ? Join Paseo por la Ciudad de Calapan, and be guided on a tour around the cityโ€™s plaza complex: plaza, cathedral, old city hall, and provincial museum.

๐Ÿ—“ Date: Friday, 27 March 2026
โฐ Time: 9:00โ€“10:30 AM
๐Ÿ”— Registration: https://forms.gle/pjBL39CnBuDfqeK27
You may also scan the QR code on the poster to register.

See you on Friday! ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ

Our Partners:
๐Ÿค Calapan City Tourism, Culture and Arts Office
๐Ÿค Calapan City Public Library
๐Ÿค Sto. Niรฑo Cathedral, Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan
๐Ÿค Oriental Mindoro Heritage Museum

๐™Š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ค ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข is open ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ. Brgy. Ibaba East, Calapan City, Orient...
18/03/2026

๐™Š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ค ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข is open ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ.

Brgy. Ibaba East, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro
Come visit us and explore everything about the Province of Oriental Mindoro. From its rich history to its abundant culture.

๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข:
โ€ข ๐™’๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ก๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ
โ€ข ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™„.๐˜ฟ. ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™˜๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™–.
โ€ข ๐™‹๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™.
โ€ข ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ค๐™จ.

For groups of fifty (50) or more kindly coordinate with our office with contact details: ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿด-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ | (๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ

or register on the link below:
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC!!Please be advised that the Oriental Mindoro Heritage Museum will be CLOSED on March 17,2026 due to...
16/03/2026

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC!!

Please be advised that the Oriental Mindoro Heritage Museum will be CLOSED on March 17,2026 due to necessary maintenance of the gallery .

Regular museum operations will resume on March 18, 2026

๐™Š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ค ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข is open ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ’:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ.๐Ÿ“ Brgy. Ibaba East, Calapan City, Orien...
13/03/2026

๐™Š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ค ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข is open ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ’:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ.

๐Ÿ“ Brgy. Ibaba East, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro
Come visit us and explore everything about the Province of Oriental Mindoro. From its rich history to its abundant culture.

๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข:
โ€ข ๐™’๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ก๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐Ÿ˜
โ€ข ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™„.๐˜ฟ. ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™˜๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™–.
โ€ข ๐™‹๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™.
โ€ข ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ค๐™จ.

For groups of fifty (50) or more kindly coordinate with our office with contact details: ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿด-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ | (๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ
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๐Œ๐š๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐†. ๐€๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐จ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก 10, 1869 - ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ 19, 1919A statesman, na...
10/03/2026

๐Œ๐š๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐†. ๐€๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐จ
๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ
๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก 10, 1869 - ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ 19, 1919

A statesman, nationalist and a man of letters. He was elected as the first representative for Mindoro in the First Philippine Assembly in 1907 and rose to become Majority Floor Leader. He was one of the founding fathers of the Nacionalista Party with Quezon, Osmena, Rafael Palma, the Guerreros and other political luminaries of that time. As a lawyer he was known for his brilliance as an orator and writer both in Spanish and Filipino. His mastery of the language of Cervantes was not only recognized in this country but in Europe as well where he was admitted to the exclusive Royal Academy. It was during his term as Assemblymen that he sponsored the bill making Manila a Charter City. He was honored by having one of the streets in Malate named after him. He died on April 19, 1919 at the age of 50.






09/03/2026

ADVISORY | NEW OPERATING HOURS

In compliance with the Office of the President's Memorandum Circular No. 114 and Governor Bonz Dolor's Executive Order No. 04, Series of 2026, directing government agencies to implement energy conservation measures and adopt a temporary four-day workweek, the following new operating hours will take effect starting March 9, 2026:

๐Ÿ“ Provincial Tourism Office
Provincial Capitol Complex, Calapan City
Monday โ€“ Thursday
7:00 AM โ€“ 6:00 PM

๐Ÿ“ Oriental Mindoro Heritage Museum
Calapan City
Tuesday โ€“ Sunday
7:00 AM โ€“ 6:00 PM

๐Ÿ“ Plaza del Gobernador: Ang Liwasan ng Mamamayan
Nightly Fountain Show (Starting March 17)
Tuesday โ€“ Sunday
7:00 PM โ€“ 7:30 PM

๐Ÿ“ Oriental Mindoro Heritage and Cultural Center
Mansalay
Tuesday โ€“ Sunday
7:00 AM โ€“ 6:00 PM

These adjustments support the government's efforts to reduce electricity and fuel consumption by 10โ€“20% while maintaining public service efficiency.

We encourage everyone to plan their visits accordingly.

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Brgy. Ibaba East, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro
Calapan
5200

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