Sights in Negros
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Victorias Milling Company
There’s historic paraphernalia on display at the huge Victorias Milling Company, in the town of Victorias, north of Silay. Victorias was the world’s biggest mill during the ’60s and ’70s and is the site of the Church of St Joseph the Worker, which features a claustrophobically dense liturgical mural by Alfonso Ossorio, a contemporary of Jackson Pollock. Jeepneys run all day to Victorias from Silay (P20, 45 minutes). No shorts, sandals or cameras are allowed at Victorias.
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Dizon Ramos Museum
If you’re interested in getting a sense of how the upper-middle class lived in Bacolod in the 1950s, you could go to the oddball Dizon Ramos Museum. Among the artefacts deemed worthy to preserve for posterity are immense collections of naff ceramics, glassware and religious knick-knacks. The real treat is upstairs, where the dining table set for Sunday dinner, phonograph, brown fridge, waterbed and cheesy family photos appear undisturbed since Elvis left the building.
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Negros Museum
The lovingly curated Negros Museum houses displays that focus on the island’s rich history, from Spanish missions to cane plantations and revolution. Dominating the main exhibition hall are the sugar-hauling Iron Dinosaur steam engine and a replica of a batil (cargo boat), laden with bananas, bags of sugar and a few anachronistic items such as San Miguel beer and Tanduay rum. The museum also has a small art gallery and cafe.
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Negros Forests & Ecological Foundation
A zoo with a difference, the Negros Forests & Ecological Foundation is a ‘wildlife rescue and captive breeding centre’ that seeks to preserve endangered animals endemic to Negros. Staffed by volunteers, it houses about 15 different species, including deer, wildcats and birds of prey. Now that only 3% of the island’s original forest cover remains, this could well be one of the most precious pieces of land in the Philippines.
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Anthropology Museum & Centre for the Study of Philippine Living Culture
The Anthropology Museum & Centre for the Study of Philippine Living Culture has displays including artefacts from Siquijor and ancient Chinese bits and pieces dug up on various Philippine islands. It’s in the central campus area. Enter from Hibbard Ave, the extension of Perdices St, and head to the old building with the staircase at front.
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Centrop
Centrop is a small zoo and research centre housing 16 species of indigenous mammals, reptiles and birds, including the endangered Philippine spotted deer and the Visayan warty pig. If you’re planning a hike at Twin Lakes or Mt Kanlaon, come here first to familiarise yourself with the fauna.
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