At the end of heritage area of Crisologo street, is the ancestral home of the former congressman Floro Crisologo. The Crisologo’s are one of Vigan’s most prominent political families. Now, their home has been converted into a family shrine and a museum housing all sorts of memorabilia.
I’m not very fond of museums like these but since we were already there I might as well have a look. Interestingly, it is okay to be taking pictures inside this particular musuem. The rooms house everything Crisologo. Governor Carmeling Crisologo was ambushed in 1961, the car she was ambushed in was even displayed in the museum. Fortunately, she survived. However, it seems the family has a lot of enemies, her husband Congressman Floro Crisologo was killed in church at 1970.
There were rooms where the Crisologo’s worked complete with all the books and papers they used back then. There is even a bedroom and living room with colonial era furniture. The walls all display photographs of everything Crisologo. This gives it that shrine feel. However, some of the rooms display much older stuff like a dugout canoe, a tool for grinding rice and some native hats. That is the museum part of it.
The Crisologo Museum offers an insight into how people lived back in the colonial era. It surely will interest history buffs. Even for those who never heard of the Crisologo family, like me, will find the place fascinating.
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How much is the entrance fee to the museum?
it is free, but donations to the maintenance of the museum will be appreciated
whom can i ask about the history of the crisologo museum? the head maybe?
whom will i addressed my letter sir/madam.?
this is inline with my thesis study. hope you could help me.
thank you.
unfortunately, i do not have any names. you can visit the museum itself. there is a caretaker there who can tell you all about the museum.
i’m proud that i belong to Crisologo Family..i wanna go back where my ancestrals came from..
~avie crisologo~
thank you…..
wow, it seems like a lot of people are interested in the crisologo family/museum. i would be great to visit vigan again to see how it has changed over the years. as more and more tourists visit the country, there is no better time to visit that now.
thanks for visiting!
Whenever I go to Vigan, this is one of the places I will never miss to drop by. Good to stroll the whole house and imagine how the Crisologos and our old folks lived their lives. I bet it’s less complicated than what we have right now. I’m here in dubai and looking forward to visit your humble town on my next holiday.
the museum is indeed one of the treasures of vigan. not only does vigan showcase centuries old history, but it shows more contemporary history in the form of this museum. it is amusing to see how much the world has changed since then.
Governor Carmeling Crisologo will be the addressee, if you want to know more of the history to her family. She is highly educated and highly respected. I would like to make a comment on what I read on some of the comments of the people, the Crisologos did not have a lot of enemies as what many people who do not really know the Crisologo family first-hand. They are sincere and great people person. Nana Carmeling and my Aunt Elsing Yang of Vigan and Candon, Ilocos Sur were friends and both had been to the remotest barrios of the neighboring provinces of Ilocos and reached out to people who were the poorest of the poor and the neediest of the needy. Most of what former Governor Carmeling P. Crisologo did or still doing with the people in Vigan and neighboring towns and provinces are not usually published as most politicians do. I do believe that she is a true and honest and devoted christian. Thank you and God Bless the Crisologo family and Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines!
what time do they open?we’re planning to go there on wedenesday…thanks
unfortunately i have no idea, however just be careful not to get there during lunch hours as some of the museums there close.
thanks for visiting!
Hi admin, can i have your contact number? I’ll be sending a request to shoot in the museum.. I would want to talk to whoever is in charge so we could do the request already.. Thank you.. you may contact me @ 09062824332-camille
hi Camille,
my apologies, i do not have the contact number of the crisologo museum. unfortunately, doing a google search doesn’t turn up anything either. you can probably try to get in touch with accomodations the and they might be able to help you get the phone number.
thanks for visiting!