Philippines Ethnographic Weapons Museum

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by vampire

hai
i am new on this thing
but let me try
i did think why no start a philippine weapon museum on line ?
some of the members could put photos of there best examples
on it ,this whit there info on the weapon
i like to see what other members of this forum think
please let me know
a grt to all
jan

jan, that's a great idea.

in a way, this forum has been serving already as a virtual museum.

but a dedicated website for philippine sandata (ethnic weapons) is surely nice to have (or websites of any other country's weapons for that matter).

as for the physical museum, that's also good to have of course, as nothing beats appreciating an object in 'person'.

in any case, your comments are much appreciated.

dear all --

as for the care of donated weapons to this proposed museum, i think it's a matter of housing the weapons in an appropriate museum.

obviously a typical museum uses a "shotgun" approach, that is, it tries to cover every ethnic object.

thus the museum being proposed by nonoy has to have focus on ethnic weaponry, for the proper care of the objects to be had.

alternatively, it can be a 'museum' that's part of an existing institution (e.g., the philippine national museum), but with a dedicated staff and financial grant ...