The Madang Cultural Centre is one of 3 established cultural centres in the country, apart from Goroka and Port Moresby.
Since its establishment in 1982, it has contributed a lot to the province’s tourism sector.
The Madang Museum and cultural centre was opened in 1982 and since then, has been contributing in development in the tourism sector.
Acting curator of the museum, Joanne Arek, said the centre boasts a collection of more than 500 traditional artefacts and war relics found in the area and in the neighbouring province of East Sepik.
“In the museum, we have about 500 collections. We provide information on the attraction sights here in Madang, like most of the time we provide marketing for the province,” explains Arek.
“The centre is funded yearly on a quarterly basis by the Madang Provincial Government.
“We are under the provincial government under commerce and tourism branch so our funding comes from the Madang Provincial Government to run the place.
“The PNG Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA) only provides assistance in trainings and product development.”
She further says two international visitors from Denmark and the United States shared their experience about how media portrayed a negative image about Papua New Guinea.
“So angry about everything we’ve read online.
“The people in Papua are open and kind and I really love this country.”
(Madang Museum – Picture: Expedia)