The branch museum is housed in an old Spanish building that used to be a library and Municipal Trial

Court of Boac, Marinduque. Representative and now Governor Carmencita Reyes, who facilitated the
restoration of the building and construction of showcases, made possible the turnover of the lot and
building to the National Museum by the municipality of Boac. The museum measures 410 square meters
including the mezzanine floor.

The old Casa Real used to be the official residence of the Gobernadorcillo and Gobernador, that, is, the
Spanish Governor who made annual visits when Marinduque was under the 18th to the 19th century
administration of Mindoro province.

Town officials led by the Gobernadorcillo (Boac had its first Gobernadorcillo, town head, in 1735, in the
person of Matias de Belen), would gather at the Port of Laylay to await his arrival, with people lining up
the streets from Santol to the Casa Real for this day of celebration. Houses would display Spanish flags
made of sinamay to greet some 50 horseback-riding uniformed men cuadrilleros, policemen, in gala, as
paso-doble is played by a brass band.

The Casa Real was a two-storey building made of the best available local materials from hardwood as
floorings and walls to sillar, adobe stones, as walls particularly on the ground floor level. It was entirely
roofed with tisa, roof tiles, produced at the 'magapog' plant that the Jesuits set up in Mogpog originally
for the construction of the Boac Church.

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has turned down the reconstruction of one of
eight heritage houses in Boac, Marinduque, destroyed by the fire on July 2.

NCCA, citing the opinion of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), said the house
was privately owned.

The house had belonged to the descendants of Pedro Lardizabal (also known as
Kapitan Piroco), the turn-of-the-20th-century Capitan Municipal of Boac, on
Gov. Reyes Street in the poblacion. It was declared a historic site by the then
National Historical Institute in 1973.
MSC consists of one main campus located at Boac, (capital of Marinduque) and three more
branches located at Sta. Cruz, Torrijos and Gasan. MSC provides a learning resource center
(library and multimedia services), student publication, Office of the Student Affairs (OSA)
student organizations and activities, Guidance and Psychological Testing Services, Health
Services (Medical and Dental), Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program; and Sports,
Physical education and Recreation (SPEAR). It has services like dormitory, internet, canopy and
study sheds, bulletin boards, and speech laboratory.

The capitol building as it looks today. Official LGU seals added. Efforts underway to declare it a
Historical or Heritage Site to help pave the way for its complete rehabilitation. It has seen various
political strifes and was damaged during WW2.

The Port of Cawit that was re-opened in 2008, is situated on the mid-western side of
mainland Marinduque serving as a major port for the towns of Boac, Gasan and
Buenavista. It handles agricultural and trade products, construction materials and
passenger services. Marinduque's other ports are Balanacan Port in Mogpog and
Buyabod Port in Sta. Cruz.