Baguio Museum is a useful first stop if you want the city to be more than pine air and viewpoints. Its collections look at the Cordillera region, local communities, traditional dress and crafts, and the way Baguio grew from an upland settlement into an American colonial hill station and modern university city.
The museum is modest rather than glossy, but it gives context for the markets, festivals, and mountain identity you will meet elsewhere in town. Go before Tam-awan Village, the public market, or a wider Cordillera trip, and the details around textiles, houses, and ritual objects will land better.