LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—The Provincial Government of Pangasinan, headed by Governor Ramon V. Guico III and through the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO), conducted the blessing ceremony of the Banáan Pangasinan Provincial Museum at the Casa Real earlier today, August 25, 2023.
The ceremony was led by Fr. Allan Abuan from the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. “As we open this museum, let it be a spiritual exercise for us that we are able to connect, we become more compassionate, to feel, especially with the past, and that it allows us to contemplate and to be more prayerful,” Fr. Abuan said in his sermon. Fr. Abuan likewise shared how Governor Guico expressed his passionate advocacy for Pangasinan cultural heritage when they first met, noting how this passion manifested in the form of the Banáan Pangasinan Provincial Museum.
With assistance from PTCAO staff, Fr. Abuan and guests, which consisted mostly of Governor Guico’s executive assistants, and department heads and chiefs of hospitals of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan, were guided around the Casa Real premises, through the museum’s eleven (11) galleries, and administrative offices. The Banáan museum guides also provided the guests with a preview tour after the ceremony.
The formal inauguration of the Banáan Pangasinan Provincial Museum is scheduled on September 8 and its doors will be officially open to the public on September 11. Visits to the museum during Pangasinan Tourism Month in September will be free but strictly by online reservation. Updates regarding how to book tours at the museum will be posted on the official Pangasinan Tourism Facebook Page.
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