Lamitan Museum

Lamitan Museum, also known as Lamitan City Museum, is a local museum located within the Lamitan City Hall Complex in Lamitan City, Basilan, Philippines. It serves as a repository of the city's history and Yakan cultural heritage. The museum displays traditional Yakan textiles, weaving tools, artifacts, historical photographs and documents that illustrate Lamitan's development from a municipality to a city and the traditions of its indigenous communities.

Visitors can expect a small indoor museum with curated exhibits on Yakan culture and Lamitan history. Displays typically include Yakan woven fabrics, traditional clothing, handicrafts, agricultural and household tools, and archival photos and documents. The setting is within the city hall compound, offering a quiet, educational environment where visitors can view artifacts at close range and learn about local heritage through labeled exhibits.

The museum preserves and presents the history of Lamitan, from its early settlement to its establishment as a municipality and later as a city in Basilan, through archival photographs, documents and artifacts documenting local development and community history.

The museum highlights the cultural heritage of the Yakan people, the indigenous group of Basilan, showcasing their traditional weaving, textiles, clothing, crafts and customs as a central part of Lamitan's identity.