It has been City Mayor Pedro P. Zayco, Jr.'s dream to have a museum in the city. This dream is now turning into reality.

The city is lucky to have already an existing building suitable for this proposed museum. It's not actually a new building but the former city hall ideally located in front of the city plaza. This building built in 1933 had been vacant for quite sometime when all the offices were transferred to the new city hall in Brgy. Talubangi.
 

But life has again been lately restored in the temporarily abandoned building after Mayor Zayco decided for the Information and Tourism office to occupy the building. The mayor wants the museum to be under the supervision of tourism. The transfer was an initial step towards this plan.

The former city hall is now a landmark in the city with its American colonial design and was built with durable hard wood. It's wide windows of Capiz shell and ornate ceiling

designs will be restored to its original state. The second floor of this building will be converted into a display area and will be provided by dividers and display racks while the ground floor will house the information office.

What is encouraging for this proposed museum according to tourism chief Vir Gerongani is the positive and spontaneous response from the public especially the young people.
 

When the people learned that a museum will be set up in the city many express a desire to donate their art pieces. Even the artists in the city are encouraged to form an organization confident the museum can give them assistance in their projects.

This early, the tourism office is already getting art donations from some of the residents and surprisingly the first donors are from the younger

generation. Our big thanks to Dave Zayco Tajanlangit, a young artist, who donated his abstract oil painting of Madonna and Child and oil on canvas painting of old jars.

Dave also donated three sculpted figures. A life-size clay sculpture of a squatting native in tribal attire and a terra-cotta figures of a sweepstakes vendor and a “katutubo” in ethnic attire.
 

Our thanks too to Keeney Jose Tañez of this city for his religious paintings which now adorn the walls of the tourism lobby.

President of Kabankalan Senior Citizen Association Rodolfo Garaygay also donated an antique mortar and pestle more than half-a-century old and a primitive corn grinder rarely seen these days.

These gestures from the city residents are good signs of their willingness to be a part of this art center that

will showcase the rich cutural heritage of Kabankalan. Our tourism office is now ready to accept donations of old art pieces, heirlooms, old pictures, etc. from the residents that can be displayed in our museum. These items will be properly labeled to identify donors.