00:00The National Museum will be returning pulpit panels taken from the Heritage Church of Bolhoon
00:07in southern Cebu in the late 1980s. Members of the National Museum Board of Trustees on
00:12Wednesday, May 8, approved a proposal to restore the artifacts to their original location and
00:18to immediately start discussing plans with the Archdiocese of Cebu. The four panels used
00:23to adorn the pulpit of the Archdiocesan Shrine of Patrocinio de Maria Santissima. Officials
00:28from Bolhoon and heritage agencies said there were a total of six panels. Besides the four
00:34currently at the National Museum, one is on display in the Bolhoon Parish Museum and one
00:39remains missing. Five of the panels were long believed to have been lost until the four
00:44resurfaced as a donation to the National Museum by collectors Edwin and Aileen Bautista and
00:50put on exhibit on February 13, 2024.
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