Museo de Oro is a folkloric, historical, and ethnological museum of Xavier University. It was founded by Fr Francisco R Demetrio SJ on August 27, 1967. It started as a folk life museum that highlighted the way of life of both rural and urban Filipinos. Fr Demetrio was a Philippine Studies scholar whose work and collections covered folklore, anthropology, sociology, culture, and the arts. The museum takes pride in being the second museum established in Mindanao and the first folk life museum in the country. Today, Museo de Oro houses a wide range of collections. These include artifacts on Mindanao ethno history and material culture, archival documents on ecumenism and local history, folk literature, and contemporary artworks. Museo de Oro is a key program of the Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts. It supports the mission of Xavier University as a Filipino University.
