Banaue Museum

Banaue Museum is a small ethnographic museum located in Poblacion, Banaue, Ifugao, in the Cordillera region of northern Luzon. It preserves and displays artifacts of Ifugao culture associated with the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Banaue Rice Terraces. The collection includes bulul figures, traditional textiles, woodcarvings, weapons, and everyday tools that illustrate Ifugao heritage, rituals, and agricultural traditions.

Visitors can expect a compact two-storey museum building in the town center displaying Ifugao ethnographic collections in glass cases and on open shelves. Exhibits include wooden bulul rice guardians, traditional clothing and textiles, baskets, weapons, jewelry, and photographs documenting rice terrace life. The setting is indoor and educational, with labeled displays and a small souvenir area. The museum provides context for the surrounding rice terraces and Ifugao cultural practices.

Banaue Museum was established to preserve and document the material culture of the Ifugao people, inhabitants and builders of the Banaue Rice Terraces, which date back over 2,000 years. The museum houses artifacts collected over decades, including ritual objects, agricultural tools, and heirlooms that reflect the history of Ifugao settlement, terrace engineering, and traditional practices.

The museum serves as a cultural repository for Ifugao heritage, showcasing elements central to Ifugao identity such as bulul figures, textiles, and ritual paraphernalia. It helps visitors understand the cultural significance of the rice terraces, traditional beliefs, craftsmanship, and community life of the Cordillera peoples.