Me Loves Milk: BALER ADVENTURE: VISIT DOÑA AURORA'S HOUSE & MUSEO DE BALER

Ancestral houses and museums are just a few of our means of preserving historical artifacts and mementos that serve as strong proofs of how rich our culture is. Baler, Aurora, for one has sustained its priceless possessions for over many long years.

Everyone who has visited Baler would definitely not overlooked the ancestral house of Aurora Aragon Quezon, wife of Manuel Luis Quezon, the president of the Commonwealth of the Philippine.

Aside from being a close distance from other historical landmarks, the place is one of the tourist spots worth the visit. So, let’s have a look around…

DOÑA AURORA'S HOUSE

Before you can roam around the house, you will be asked to pay a PHP 30 fee per person. Don’t lose the receipt as that serves as your entrance voucher for the museum, which is just a few blocks away.

The Quezon ancestral house was a simple and typical bahay-kubo, with wooden stairs leading up to the living room, huge opened windows where neighbors could see what you’re doing or in movies where men do harana, and different rooms with different functions.

You can tell that the house had gone through a lot of changes and restorations over the years, but they still managed to maintain its original designs.

Since it was a small vicinity, we’ve only spend a few minutes admiring the portraits, paintings and overall design of the house. We then headed on to…

MUSEO DE BALER

Do present the receipt you had from the payment you made in DOÑA AURORA'S HOUSE. The staff in the museum do not accept payments, so they will have to asked you to go back to the house instead.

These were some of fascinating artworks displayed in the museum.

If you remember the Baler Movie of Anne Curtis and Jericho Rosales, one of the MMFF entries of 2008, aside from shooting the movie in Baler, it had also brought home tons of awards. The trophies and other memorabilia were proudly exhibited in the museum.