Philippine Normal University

National Center for Teacher Education

The Indigenous People’s Education Hub
North Luzon Campus
Alicia, Isabela

DE GUZMAN JASON MARK P. II-BSSE

Virtual Museum Visit: Museum of Rizal in Dapitan

Dr. Jose Rizal was exiled in Dapitan, in northwestern Mindanao on 17 July 1892, Jose
Rizal used his time and skills productively to share his knowledge and skills to his fellow
Filipinos. For four years (1892-1896), Rizal kept himself busy using his skills and knowledge as
an educator, doctor, farmer, artist, architect and engineer, entrepreneur, archaeologist, and
naturalist.
Rizal truly executed a well-done work during his stay in Dapitan. With engineering and
architectural skills, he built a dam and waterworks in Talisay and set up the town plaza of
Dapitan with street lighting. Rizal also put up a school and dormitory for boys in Talisay as well
as a clinic where he treated ailments and performed eye surgery. Rizal cultivated a 34-hectare
farm in Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte, some 38 kilometers south of Talisay and it is where
the Dapitan museum of Rizal stands today.
The Museo ni Jose Rizal, Dapitan reflects Rizal’s life in exile through his personal
memorabilia Including some of his letters written in Dapitan. His nipa hut residence, clinic,
school, dormitory, dam and waterworks these are living testaments to Rizal’s talents and his
commitment to serve the country he loved.
The Museo ni Jose Rizal Dapitan has four galleries:
 Gallery 1. Exile to Dapitan
  Gallery 2. Rizal’s Scientific and Artistic Pursuits
 Gallery 3. Memories of Dapitan
 Gallery 4. Road to Martyrdom
In this museum, historians used archival basis by means of the things, works, written
documents that were left by Dr. Jose Rizal in his stay in Dapitan. Including his original sleeping
clothes, coat and his vest, letters, passports, tables and chairs, blackboard, tools in operation,
pictures of some people who wrote to Rizal, his nipa hut, and even the glasses of Teodora
Alonzo was there.
In this Museum we will learn more about the life of Dr. Jose Rizal by means of his simple yet
amazing stay in Dapitan, and I hope in the future I can also go to the other museums that portrays
other exemplary life and works of Dr. Jose Rizal.

Translation in Mother-tongue (Iloco)

Idi Hunyo 17,1892 impaiyalis dagiti Espanyol ni Dr. Jose Rizal paapan idjay Dapitan.
Inusar nga nalaeng ni Dr. Jose Rizal iti oras ken rumbeng na a mangisuro kadagiti kinalaeng ken
ti kabaelan na kadagiti kapadpada na a Pilipino. Iti uppat a tawen (1892-1896) inkari ni Jose rizal
iti sarili na a kas maysa a mangisursuro, mangngagas,mannalon,artista,arkitekto,enhinyero,
negosyante,achaeologista, ken maysa a naturalista.
Inusar a talaga ni Dr. Jose Rizal iti rumbeng na idi napan ni isuna idjay Dapitan. Inusar na iti
ammo na a kas inhinyero ken arkitekto iti panagkabil dagiti dam ken nagadu pay a pagayusan iti
danum idjay Talisay ken panagikabil dagiti silsilaw idjay plaza iti Dapitan. Nangipatakder met
lang ni Rizal iti eskuwela ken dormitoryo para dagiti lallake iti Talisay ken adda met lang iti
impatakder na a clinica nga pangiop-operaan ken pangiag-agasan na kadagiti sakit ken naduma
duma pay nga operasyon iti mata. Nagtalon met lang ni Rizal iti trenta’y-quatro nga ectarya nga
talon idjay Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte ket dyay sabali nga talon na ket trenta’y-otso nga
kilometro a agpabagatan iti Talisay ket ita a panawen isu iti nangikabilan da iti maikuna a museo
ni Rizal.
Iti museo ni Rizal idjay Dapitan ket maysa a maipakpakita iti biyag na idjay, mangrugi
kadagiti sursurat nga insurat na idjay Dapitan. Iti nagbalayan na a kubo,nangitagasan na a
clinica, eskwela, dormitory, dam ken pag ayusan ti danum nga mangipakpakita ti kinalaeng ken
ti pannakaikari ni Jose Rizal iti bagi na tapno mapagserbiyan iti pada na a Pilipino.
Iti museo ni Rizal ket adda iti uppat na a galeriya:
 Umuna a Galeriya: Pannakabilling na idjay Dapitan
 Pangduwwa a Galeriya: Scientipiko ken artistiko nga Aramid Ni Rizal
 Pangtallo nga Galeriya: Memorya ni Rizal idjay Dapitan
 Pang-uppat nga Galeriya: Dalan ti a paapan iti panagkamartir ni Jose Rizal
Ittoy a museo inusar da dagiti naibati nga gamgamit ni Rizal idi napan idjay Dapitan.kadwa
na ditoy dagiti panturog na, bado na a coat ken vest,surat,pasaporte,lamesaan ket tug-
tugaw,blackboard,gamit na a pang opera,litrato dagiti nagisuratan na nagbalayan na a kubo pati
inchocos ni Teodora Alonzo.
Ittoy a museo maamuan tayo a nalaeng iti panagbiyag ni Dr. Jose Rizal idjay Dapitan
gapu
iti simple ngem napintas nga panagbiyag na. Sa pay kuma ta maka apan nak met lang iti sabali
pay nga museo nga mangipakpakita met lang iti panagbiyag a napistas ni Dr. Jose Rizal.