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Monday 9am - 12pm 1:30pm - 5pm Tuesday 9am - 12pm 1:30pm - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 12pm 1:30pm - 5pm Thursday 9am - 12pm 1:30pm - 5pm Friday 9am - 12pm 1:30pm - 5pm Saturday 9am - 12pm

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The official page of the University of San Carlos Museum. USC Museum was formally inaugurated by its founder, Fr. Heinrich Schoenig and their students.

Rudolf Rahmann, SVD, together with First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos on April 23, 1967, during the official visit of Pres. Ferdinand Marcos at University of San Carlos as commencement speaker during graduation rites that same day. Before this, however, a biological and archaeological exhibition room was already in existence in the 1950s, courtesy of Father Rudolf Rahmann, SVD, Dr. Marcelino Maceda and Fr. In 1908, the Vincentian Fathers who used to run USC until 1935, opened a museum of curiosities at the old campus of the Seminario-Colegio de San Carlos beside Plaza Independencia but this was destroyed, along with the whole campus buildings, during WWII bombings.

18/08/2026

HAPPENING NOW

Suli-Suli brought together Sama-Bajau youth and USC Anthropology students for an impact storytelling masterclass with storyteller and filmmaker Pia Duran.

The group will explore ways to tell their own stories and use their smartphones as tools to capture and share them.

14/08/2026

This year, there’s a seat waiting for you.

The USC Museum Student Volunteer Program is returning for AY 2026-2027.

Recruitment opens soon.

12/08/2026

The Future Post is here! The USC Museum invites students and other members of our community to write letters to their future selves.

Look for the sleeping cat, and take a moment to write a letter about anything that you’ll want to remember a year or more from now.

11/08/2026

Ssshhh… A cat is sleeping. Read this later.

08/08/2026

Remembering our best girl, DD.
Happy International Cat Day!

29/05/2026

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥. 🖼️🎨🖌️

Today marks a meaningful chapter as the logo embodying the core museum collections became reimagined on a grander canvas by volunteer artists, Rogelene Cometa, Nixie Lebosada, Kiara Perez, Saiyenne Soliano, and Zara Bellen from the USC Department of Fine Arts, Advertising Arts Program!

𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛!

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Photos | Mary Jahleel Auman
Layout | Jay-vee Ligan
Caption | Andrea Barillo

18/05/2026

Celebrate International Museum Day and National Heritage Month with a week of activities at the museum! Meet our student artists at the Artist Alley and enjoy our exhibitions at your own pace throughout the week.

USC Museum also brings you, Found in Cebu, our first curated tour featuring objects discovered in Cebu and the stories they hold. The tour also highlights the history of the university and its enduring role in preserving and studying the heritage of Cebu.

🕚 Tour schedules: 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM
📍 Open to the public
🎟️ Free of charge
📅 May 18 - 23, 2026 (available by request after the launch)

Discover Cebu and the university’s story through the objects found and cared for in the museum.

📩 For tour requests and inquiries, contact the museum through its official email, phone number, or social media pages.

29/04/2026

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭! 🔎

GSK may be cancelled but we have plenty more in store for you as seen 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟰. Originally signing up as GSK volunteers, our lovely museum applicants heeded the call to become USC Museum volunteers instead!

Starting with an orientation of the museum’s history and operations followed by a Tour Guiding and Object Handling workshop, our museum applicants took their first steps into the world of museum work.

𝙒𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢 𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢!

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Photos and Layout | Jay-vee Ligan
Caption | Martin Manguiob

23/04/2026

This year's GSK has been rescheduled, but we're still excited to welcome our student volunteers!

Get to know the museum's history and operations, build your tour guiding skills, and learn the basics of museum housekeeping and object handling. See you tomorrow!

Address

University Of San Carlos/Downtown Campus, P. Del Rosario Street
Cebu City
6000

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 12pm
	1:30pm - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 12pm
	1:30pm - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 12pm
	1:30pm - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 12pm
	1:30pm - 5pm
Friday	9am - 12pm
	1:30pm - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 12pm

Website

http://www.usc.edu.ph/

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