The BenCab Museum is an
art museum
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Tuba
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Benguet
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Philippines
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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 National Artist is an honorary title issued by some states as the highest recognition of artists for their significant contributions to the cultural heritage of the nation.
An equivalent title, People's Artist, has been known in countries of the ...
Benedicto Cabrera with the BenCab Art Foundation managing the facility.
Cabrera intended to establish a
private museum
A private museum is a collection, usually on a very limited topic and operated by individual enthusiasts, collectors, clubs or companies.
Overview
Unlike a public or governmental museum, a scientific monitoring and systematic documentation is n ...
to host his personal art collection consisting his own works, Cordilleran indigenous art which he considers as underappreciated,
erotica
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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.]bonsai
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trees. The area also has a restaurant-cafe known as the Café Sabel.[
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See also
* List of single-artist museums
This is a list of single-artist museum, single–artist museums, which are museums displaying the work, or bearing the name, of a single visual artist.
See also
* :Museums devoted to one artist
* List of art museums
* List of most visited art mu ...
References
Buildings and structures in Benguet
Art museums and galleries in the Philippines
Museums established in 2009
2009 establishments in the Philippines
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