Before You Explore
Help us keep Baler's history safe for every visitor. Please follow these rules in the galleries.
- Do not touch the exhibits and artifacts.
- Video recording inside gallery spaces is strictly prohibited.
- No flash photography inside the galleries.
- Keep noise to a minimum; use earphones for audio guides.
- No food or drinks near exhibit areas.
First time here? Tap Create Account to register for your visit.
Enter the email you registered with. We'll send a 6-digit code to it.
We sent a 6-digit code to . It works for 15 minutes.
This info is required for official museum visitor records. It won't be shared publicly.
Present proof of residency at the entrance desk — barangay certificate, PhilSys ID, driver's licence, school or company ID. Museum staff will verify it before you enter.
Show this screen to the staff at the entrance desk — they will find your name in the museum's records.
The exhibits, the map and the scanner work with your phone in hand at the museum. Scan this code and sign in there with the same email.
In Storyline mode, after each scan the map highlights exactly where to go next — just follow the path through the museum.
Stay behind safety barriers, do not touch exhibits, and refrain from video recording.
Stay behind safety barriers, do not touch exhibits, and refrain from video recording.
Scan any exhibit QR code to view its details. No order required — explore freely!
Museo de Baler is the official municipal museum of Baler, Aurora. It preserves and showcases the rich cultural heritage, natural history, and significant historical events of Baler and the surrounding Aurora Province.
The museum houses artifacts, dioramas, and exhibits spanning the pre-colonial era, the Spanish colonial period, the Philippine Revolution, and the modern history of Aurora Province — including the birthplace of President Manuel L. Quezon.
Museo de Baler is operated by the Municipality of Baler, Aurora. When you use this app we collect some information about you, and under the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173) we are the Personal Information Controller responsible for it.
This page explains what we collect, why, who can see it, and what you can ask us to do about it. We have tried to write it plainly rather than legally.
What we collect
When you register — your first, middle and last name, age, sex, and email address. Your password is stored only as a scrambled (hashed) value; nobody at the museum can read it, including us.
Where you are visiting from — your barangay, city or municipality, province and country, and whether you are a local resident, a domestic tourist, or a foreign visitor. This is what the free-admission rule for residents depends on.
Your visit — whether you came alone, with a family, with a group or with a school; the admission fee due and whether it was paid; any admission discount you claimed, such as for senior citizens or persons with disability, and only its name — not your condition or ID number; and, for residents and anyone admitted free on a discount, that a staff member sighted a valid ID. We record that the ID was checked, not a copy of it.
What you do in the app — which exhibits you scan, what you bookmark, your chosen explore mode and language.
Your location, only at check-in — when you check in on arrival, the app reads your coordinates and their accuracy to confirm you are actually at the museum. We do not track your location at any other time, and we do not follow you after you leave.
Feedback you choose to send — your rating and comments, including the client satisfaction survey.
Why we collect it
- To let you in. Admission is free for Aurora residents who show an ID and paid by everyone else, so we need to know which you are.
- To keep the museum's official visitor records and produce the visitor statistics the Municipality and the Tourism Office are required to report.
- To run the guided tour — your scans and bookmarks are what let the app pick up where you left off.
- To improve the museum — which exhibits draw attention, and what visitors tell us in feedback.
Who can see it
Authorised Museo de Baler staff and the Municipal Tourism Office, for the purposes above. Nobody else.
We do not sell your information, we do not use it for advertising, and we do not share it with any outside company for marketing. We will only disclose it where the law requires us to.
How long we keep it
Visitor records form part of the museum's official records and are kept for as long as the Municipality's records retention rules require. You may ask us to delete your account at any time — see your rights below. Deleting your account does not remove anonymous visit counts already included in past statistical reports, because those no longer identify you.
How we protect it
Passwords and sign-in tokens are stored hashed, never in readable form. Access to visitor records requires a staff account, and what staff do with those records is written to an audit log. Sign-in sessions expire automatically.
No system is perfectly secure, but if a breach ever affects your personal information we will notify you and the National Privacy Commission as the law requires.
Your rights
Under the Data Privacy Act you have the right to:
- be informed that we hold your information, and how we use it;
- access a copy of what we hold about you;
- have information that is wrong or out of date corrected;
- object to how we process it, or withdraw consent you gave;
- have it erased or blocked where the law allows;
- receive your data in a portable form (data portability);
- claim damages for a violation of your rights; and
- complain to the National Privacy Commission at privacy.gov.ph.
To exercise any of these, speak to staff at the entrance desk or contact us using the details below. We will respond within the period set by law.
Young visitors
Children usually visit with a school or with their family, and in those cases the school or the accompanying parent or guardian registers the party at the desk. If you are under 18 and registering on your own, please ask a parent, guardian or teacher first.
Changes to this policy
If we change how we handle your information we will update this page and change the date at the top. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Contact us
Questions about your information, or to exercise any right above:
These terms cover your use of the Museo de Baler visitor app, operated by the Municipality of Baler, Aurora. By creating an account and using the app, you agree to them. If you do not agree, you are still very welcome at the museum — just visit without the app.
What the app is
A companion guide for your visit. It lets you scan an exhibit's QR code or point your camera at it to pull up its story, listen to narration, follow a suggested route through the halls, bookmark what you liked, and find your way on the museum map.
It is a guide, not a ticket. Your admission is settled at the entrance desk.
Your account
- Please register with your own, accurate details. The museum's visitor records and the Municipality's statistics are built from them.
- One account per person. Use the same email each time you visit and your history carries over.
- Keep your password to yourself. Anything done with your account is treated as done by you. Tell staff at once if you think someone else has your password.
- You may ask us to delete your account at any time.
Admission and fees
- Local residents enter free, on presenting a valid proof of residency to staff at the entrance desk. Which residents count as local is posted at the entrance and on the About screen.
- Other visitors pay the posted admission fee, collected at the entrance counter, less any posted discount they qualify for — for example as a senior citizen or a person with disability. Staff check the ID that entitles you to it.
- The app unlocks the exhibit content only after a staff member confirms your payment or sights your ID. Until then you will see the waiting screen.
- Admission is charged per visit. Returning on a later day means the fee is due again.
- Group codes given to a party at the desk work only on the day they were issued, and only for as many people as the desk counted and charged for. Please do not pass them to anyone outside your party.
- Refunds and corrections are handled at the desk, not in the app.
While you are in the museum
- Please follow museum rules and the instructions of staff and guides.
- Do not touch the exhibits or displays unless a sign invites you to.
- Mind your surroundings. Please look up from your phone as you walk — you are responsible for your own safety and for the people and objects around you.
- Keep narration at a considerate volume, or use earphones.
Fair use of the app
Please do not:
- try to get around the admission check, or help anyone else to;
- sell, publish or pass on a group code;
- use another visitor's account, or register under someone else's name;
- submit abusive, false or offensive feedback;
- probe, overload, scrape or interfere with the app or the museum's systems.
Accounts used this way may be suspended, and the museum may refuse entry.
Exhibit content
The exhibit descriptions, photographs, audio narration and maps in this app belong to Museo de Baler and the Municipality of Baler, or are used with permission. They are here for your personal, educational use during your visit.
You are welcome to quote or reference them for study, research or schoolwork with credit to the museum. Reproducing them commercially, or republishing them as your own, needs the museum's written permission first.
Availability and accuracy
The app is provided as-is and free of charge. It may be unavailable during maintenance, and features that need a camera, location or an internet connection depend on your own device and signal.
We work to keep exhibit information accurate and may correct or update it at any time. If you spot something wrong, please tell us — the Send Feedback option in Settings reaches the curators.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms as the museum's services change. The date at the top shows when they last changed, and continuing to use the app afterwards means you accept the update.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines. Your privacy is covered separately by our Privacy Policy.