The establishment of the University Museum in 1990, during the time of the former Chancellor Moner Bajunaid, was initiated by Mrs. Emeberta Nazareth, was then the Manager of the Cultural Affairs Office, with a strong support of Dr. Virginia Buhisan, a then senior faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences and the then Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance, Prof. It was ideally establis
hed due to the need of the university for the depository of artifacts that are relevant to the cultural heritage of the institution and its vicinity. Sources of collections were from various local residents in the form of donations, loan out and some items were purchased by the university. Collections vary from garments and ornaments of the Maguindanao (the dominant Moro group in Socksargen), T’blolis and B’laans (the Indigenous group in the area) and photo collection in the gallery of some historical sites of Sarangani Province, paintings and art works of local artists and students. There are few tablewares that were collected from the IPs in the area that reflects the history of dynamic economic interaction between Chinese and remnants from Japanese occupation. 40% of the collections were garnered by Prof. In mid 90s, Dr. Buhisan went on schooling so that the museum management were assigned under Mrs. Emeberta Nazareth. At present, the Museum is directly under the auspices of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance under the direct supervision of Ms. Alma Celesthia Dumalag-Aguja, the Acting Curator.
