Bataan World War II Museum — Attraction in Balanga

Very interesting despite many of the pictures being quite blurry. I was shocked by many of the atrocities attributed to the Japanese. The main thing is that it houses the actual location where Major General King surrendered to the Japanese, and there is a memorial of these events in the garden. The donation box is perhaps a bit much considering you have to buy a ticket (still cheap at 50 PHP per person), and also the slightly loud hostess was persistent in getting us to purchase merchandise. To be fair the screen-printed t-shirt was nice (let's see how long it lasts) for about 10 USD and she did give us some free stickers (free...

The museum is small and busy, but informative. As others have mentioned, the museum is located in the center of the elementary school grounds. This is significant because it was at this elementary school in 1942 that the American/Filipino surrender to the invading Japanese forces occurred. The statues in the courtyard of the museum represent the exact spot where the surrender occurred. If you go to the top of nearby Mt. Samat, to the National Shrine, you will hear more about the battles that took place in the area, and the Bataan Death March that occurred in the wake of the...

An eye-opening museum of the Philippine perspective of WWII. A good selection of artefacts and storytelling which is really enlightening - many of us in the West don’t hear of the horrors faced in the Pacific theatre of the war, especially things like the Bataan Death March.

This museum benefits from being located at the place where the Americans surrendered the Philippine Commonwealth to the Empire of Japan, and is surrounded by a school, which keeps the memory of war and sacrifice alive for the younger generations.

Definitely...