The Guam Museum had an all-day celebration to close out the last day of Mes CHamoru.

"The island’s opening back up, and people are coming back to the Guam Museum, and we’re very happy about that," Musuem Curator Dr. Michael Bevaqua says. "It was a day filled with a cultural celebration at the Hagatna cultural facility. The final day of Mes CHamoru kicked off with several tours, and we were lucky to walk in on one with the Guam Adventist Academy."

"It’s my first time going to a museum," says Summer, a happy attendee. Another participant, Annabell, says, "I think it’s a really awesome place because you learn more about the CHamorus, and what they thought."

The day continued with coconut weaving, and coconut oil and candy-making demonstrations from artisans from the Valley of the Latte, with the festivities continuing into the night. Bevacqua says they’re excited to welcome the community back through their doors to go on a 4,000-year journey through the island’s history. He also gave a sneak peek of the museum’s upcoming projects.

"Towards the summer, we have in the rotating gallery there’ll be a new exhibit celebrating the 70th anniversary of the University of Guam," he said. "So we look forward to working with them to put an exhibit together. At the end of the year, we hope to have something dealing with the 500th anniversary of Magellan and his visit to Guam."

"The Guam Preservation Trust got some great young CHamoru writers and scholars to create an exhibit, and we look forward to putting it up there. One thing, and we really hope to do for next year is work with the Catholic Church because the Catholic Church has an amazing collection of artifacts, and we’re in initial talks about bringing their artifacts over here to put them on display at the Guam Museum, too," he explained.

The museum is welcoming the community to come and see their latest exhibit “Fanohge CHamoru Put i Tano-ta’,” and as we were walking around, we happened to run into one of the designers, Odessa San Nicolas.

"I know Dominica through Guampedia.com and she needed an artist to help bring their narrative to life, her and Dr. Kevin Escuedero. We just came together, and we’ve been working on it for over a year. So between Guampedia, and also the artist Kie Susuico we collaborated and this is what we came up with. Something beautiful and I think everyone is very proud of," she explained.

If you weren’t able to make any of the daytime activities, not to worry. The night continues until 9 p.m. with crafts, food trucks, and performances from the Guam Territorial Band and Pa’a Taotao Tano.