Balay Negrense Museum
Balay Negrense Museum
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Dharzie
Manila53 contributions
Jun 2013 • Solo
Balay Negrense is one of the tourist spot situated in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. This antique house houses different artifacts being used by the Negrense few decades ago. Balay Negrense is a Hiligaynon phrase which means: Negrense refers to the people living in the province of Negros and Balay or a House. It is a century old house in Silay City which was owned by Victor Fernandez Gaston, the eldest son of a prominent sugar baron Yves Leopold Germain Gaston and Prudencia Fernandez. It was built between 1897 to 1901, then abandoned in the mid-1970’s, repaired by the government and was inaugurated on October 6, 1990.
Written August 21, 2013
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TheAdiktus
Silay City, Silay, Philippines219 contributions
Mar 2013 • Friends
Ít's an old and antique house , beautifully built and is still well maintained by the city. One can see the Spanish architecture. There are lots of antiques furnitures and cutleries inside the old house. Like the way it was built big house w/ a big lawn aside from that there's an old acacia tree in the corner it added charmed to the house.
Written August 2, 2013
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Victorianlad
Melbourne, Australia17,467 contributions
Mar 2013 • Friends
This house is probably the grandest in Silay City and dates from 1898.
Restoration work slowly continues, limited by sparse available funding.
The house had separate stairs for each sex to preserve feminine modesty.
The girl guiding us had impeccable English. Most rooms were in good condition but some at the back needed work.
The enhance fee was a very reasonable P50. The grounds are wide rather than deep but well maintained with a semicircular vehicular entrance and some shady native trees.
Worth a visit, as is Silay city generally. The city is very clean with even the back streets well cared for.
Souvenirs may be bought at the back.
Restoration work slowly continues, limited by sparse available funding.
The house had separate stairs for each sex to preserve feminine modesty.
The girl guiding us had impeccable English. Most rooms were in good condition but some at the back needed work.
The enhance fee was a very reasonable P50. The grounds are wide rather than deep but well maintained with a semicircular vehicular entrance and some shady native trees.
Worth a visit, as is Silay city generally. The city is very clean with even the back streets well cared for.
Souvenirs may be bought at the back.
Written March 16, 2013
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Trahtur
Moscow, Russia1,193 contributions
Feb 2012 • Friends
There are 31 ancestral houses in Silay city and Balay Negrense also called the “Victor F. Gaston House” is one of the beautiful ancestral houses in Silay. Having paid 40 pesos I was able to wander inside the house alone because there were not another tourists. Amazing atmosphere of serenity inside the house. The smell of history inside...
Written February 24, 2012
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Andrei John Rara
Davao City, Philippines25 contributions
Nov 2018
The Balay Negrense was one of the places we've visited when we were in Bacolod City. We didn't know much about the house but as we were going there, our van driver was telling a background about that house. when we arrived, it was still closed or maybe it wasn't really opened that day because it was a holiday. The house itself is really old you can really tell. At first glance, it is easy to say that the owners of that house were rich. It was an interesting place to visit in Silay City, just a few minutes away from Bacolod City.
Written May 9, 2019
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r1a2016
Mandaluyong31 contributions
Jun 2017 • Family
Apart from 'The Ruins', the Balay Negrense Museum is also one of the places you can learn a lot from the history of Negros and the local 'royalty' that lived there and then. For a minimal fee, you will have a guide for the entire house (through the gift shop!) and will make you realize some things you may have seen elsewhere and why they came about (read: cage-looking wooden sofas apparently used for storing chickens!). It was an entertaining tour and you could also admire the overall construction of the house and how elitists lived, treated their guests and household help and their families. The culture and life then was described well by the guide and left us with new knowledge bites to take back home :)
Written November 17, 2017
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darrelljava
Bacolod, Philippines320 contributions
Jun 2017
The Balay Negrense Museum in Silay City is one of the many symbols of the rich historic past of the rich and famous of Negros Occidental. It has been a witness over time of the rise and fall and the resurgence of the Negrense economy.
Written June 22, 2017
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csaramir
Mandaue, Philippines738 contributions
Dec 2016 • Friends
One of Silay's landmark is this ancestral house that gave me a glimpse of what life was in the later part of the 19th Century among the elite...a two storey house with plenty of bedrooms, a big receiving area and dining room, a collection of old books and ternos (native gowns) and an art gallery at the back.....for lovers of culture, art and history this is one place to visit
Written December 30, 2016
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OWSI
Luzon, Philippines201 contributions
May 2013 • Solo
The heritage city of Silay is impressive, this should be among our country's prime cultural tourism destinations. Well preserved turn of the century houses with most still occupied by the owners. Walking down the streets of Silay, one cannot help but imagine how it must have been during its glory days. i just wish the city distributes more tourism brochures at the airport. I was in Silay only for less than a day did not know where to go for information, Fortunately I hailed a tricycle with a knowledgeable driver who became my accidental tourist guide. I started my tour with a snack of lomi at the Ideal Cafe, which occupies one of the vintage buildings along the main road and then a slow tricycle tour of the heritage houses. Among the impressive structures are the Balay Negrense, the Hofilena Museum, the RCBC building and the pink Jalandoni Museum. I have to come back to see the museums.
Written May 9, 2013
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jaegdani
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates26 contributions
Jan 2013 • Solo
Very nice place, though need to make sure to preserved all the old items, worth it to see the Balay Negrese, come and visit old houses in Silay City...
Written February 2, 2013
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When we went there we paid only 60 pesos per head. There's a discount for senior citizens (Php 45) and students (Php 30). However, I heard that they're increasing the price to Php 100.
Written January 6, 2019
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