US gives P7.5M for Baguio museum

By Leander C. Domingo

Sep 08, 2022 12:06 am

TO preserve local cultural treasures, the United States government is giving P7.5 million ($133,526) to rehabilitate the recently relaunched Baguio Museum in Baguio City.

The US Embassy in the Philippines said US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson announced the grant for the rehabilitation of the museum during her first visit to Baguio City from September 1 to 3.

United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson leads the unveiling of a wooden carving illustrating the surrender of Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita at the Baguio Museum on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, with LGU officers and artists including veteran filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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