Kamiseta Kid: Your update on Sta. Ana entices me to go there this coming Saturday. I'll take pictures and post it here.

Hawayano: I was in a pensive mood after taking pictures of the scale models. It dawned on me that the glory and charm of old Manila are now enclosed in scale models and old photos. Even riding a replica of the Meralco tranvia last Saturday was too depressing. I felt like a fool feeling nostalgic about an era that I only knew in pictures and history books.

@ Kamiseta Kid--thanks for your thoughts. I'm hoping that someday Manila will attain the political and financial stability to fuel the cultural projects that will make our city shine once more.

@ Wonderboy: Di bale na--cheer up--if it's any consolation, there are a bunch of us like-minded folks here in this forum. Perhaps it is our awareness of what was and what could be that makes us so passionate! Di ka magiisa.

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I really enjoyed your scale model pics, Wonderboy! Thanks a lot! :cheers:
I love the red-tiled roofs of Old Manila - very Mediterranean.

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I really enjoyed your scale model pics, Wonderboy! Thanks a lot! :cheers:
I love the red-tiled roofs of Old Manila - very Mediterranean.

I'm glad you like the scale model photos Drfeelgood! :)

Thank you Kamiseta_Kid and Hawayano. :)

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I really enjoyed your scale model pics, Wonderboy! Thanks a lot! :cheers:
I love the red-tiled roofs of Old Manila - very Mediterranean.

I know right. It looks like Florence, Italy.

Muchas Gracias Sr. Jeff. Me encantan :okay:
btw is this the late 19th cen. Manila or early 1900s?

Im not sure where to put this but seeing the scale models of old Manila posted by Sr. Wonderboy and other pics sent in by Animo & Hawayano make me want to reminisce on the good old days of Jose Rizal's Manila as he described it in his novel Noli Me Tangere (1890?). You can ask Dr.Feelgood for translations. :lol:

A Tour of Golden Age Manila by Jose Rizal (a.k.a. Crisostomo Ibarra)

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Capítulo 8
RECUERDOS

EL COCHE DE IBARRA recorría parte del más animado arrabal de Manila; lo que la noche anterior le ponía triste, a la luz del día le hacía sonreír a pesar suyo.
La animación que bullía de todas partes, tantos coches que iban y venían a escape, los carromatos, las calesas, los europeos, los chinos, los naturales, cada cual con su traje, las vendedoras de frutas, los corredores, el desnudo cargador, los puestos de comestibles, las fondas, restaurantes, tiendas, hasta los carros tirados por el impasible e indiferente carabao que parece entretenerse en arrastrar bultos mientras filosofa, todo, el ruido, el traqueteo, hasta el sol mismo, un cierto olor particular, los abigarrados colores, despertaban en su memoria un mundo de recuerdos adormecidos.
Aquellas calles no tenían aún adoquinado. Brillaba el sol dos días seguidos y se convertía en polvo, que todo cubría, hacía toser y cegaba a los transeúntes: llovía un día y se formaba un pantano, que a la noche reflejaba los faroles de los coches, salpicando desde cinco metros de distancia a los peatones en las angostas aceras. ¡Cuántas mujeres no habían dejado en aquellas olas de lodo sus chinelas bordadas!. Entonces veíanse apisonando las calles presidiarios en fila, la cabeza rapada, vistiendo una camisa de mangas cortas y un calzón hasta las rodillas con números y letras azules; en las piernas, cadenas medio envueltas entre trapos sucios para moderar el roce o quizás el frío del hierro; unidos de dos en dos, tostados por el sol, reunidos por el calor y el cansancio, hostigados y azotados con una vara por otro presidiario, que se consolaría tal vez en poder a su vez maltratar a otros. Eran hombres altos, de sombrías fisonomías, que él no había visto jamás serenarse con la luz de una sonrisa; sus pupilas, sin embargo, brillaban, cuando la vara, silbando, caía sobre los hombros, o cuando un transeúnte les arrojaba la cola de un cigarro, medio mojado y deshecho: lo cogía el que estaba más cerca y lo escondía en su salakot; los demás se quedaban mirando con una expresión rara a los otros transeúntes. Le parecía oír aún el ruido que hacían desmenuzando la piedra para cubrir los baches y el sonido alegre de los pesados grillos en sus tobillos hinchados. Ibarra recordaba estremeciéndose aún una escena que habían herido su imaginación de niño: era una siesta y el sol dejaba caer a plomo sus más calurosos rayos. A la sombra de un carretón de madera yacía uno de aquellos hombres, exánime, los ojos entreabiertos; otros dos, silenciosos, arreglaban una camilla de caña sin ira, sin dolor, sin impaciencia, tal como creen el carácter de los naturales. Hoy tú mañana nosotros, dirían entre sí. La gente circulaba sin cuidarse de ello, aprisa; las mujeres pasaban, lo miraban y continuaban su camino; el espectáculo era común, habían encallecido los corazones; los coches corrían reflejando en su barnizado cuerpo los rayos de aquel sol brillante en un cielo sin nubes; a él sólo, niño de once años, acabado de llegar del pueblo, le conmovía, a él sólo le dio una pesadilla la noche siguiente.

Ya no estaba el bueno y honrado Puente de Barcas, aquel puente buen filipino, que hacía todo lo posible por servir a pesar de sus naturales imperfecciones, que se elevaba y se deprimía según el capricho del Pásig y que éste más de una vez había maltratado y destrozado.
Los almendros de la plaza de S. Gabriel no habían crecido, continuaban raquíticos.

La Escolta le pareció menos hermosa a pesar de que un gran edificio con cariátides ocupaba el sitio de los antiguos camarines. El nuevo Puente de España llamó su atención; las casas de la orilla derecha del río entre cañaverales y árboles, allá donde la Escolta termina y la Isla del Romero comienza, le recordaron las frescas mañanas, cuando en banca pasaban por allí para ir a los baños de Uli.

Encontraba muchos coches tirados por magníficos troncos de caballos enanos: dentro de los coches, empleados que medio dormidos aún se dirigían acaso a sus oficinas, militares, chinos en una postura fatua y ridícula, frailes graves, canónigos, etc. En una elegante victoria creyó reconocer al P. Dámaso, serio y con las cejas fruncidas, pero ya había pasado y ahora le saluda alegremente desde su carretela Capitán Tinong, que iba con su señora y sus dos hijas.

A la bajada del puente los caballos tomaron al trote dirigiéndose hacia el paseo de la Sabana. A la izquierda, la Fábrica de Tabacos de Arroceros dejaba oír el estruendo que hacen las cigarreras golpeando las hojas. Ibarra no pudo menos de sonreír acordándose de aquel fuerte olor que a las cinco de la tarde saturaba el Puente de Barcas y le mareaba cuando niño. Las animadas conversaciones, los chistes llevaron maquinalmente su imaginación al barrio de Lavapiés en Madrid con sus motines de cigarreras, tan fatales para los desgraciados guindillas, etc.

El jardín botánico ahuyentó sus risueños recuerdos: el demonio de las comparaciones le puso delante los jardines botánicos de Europa, en los países donde se necesita mucha voluntad y mucho oro para que brote una hoja y abra su cáliz una flor, aún más, hasta los de las colonias, ricos y bien cuidados y abiertos todos al público. Ibarra apartó la vista, miró a su derecha y allí vio a la antigua Manila, rodeada aún de sus murallas y fosos, como una joven anémica envuelta en un vestido de los buenos tiempos de su abuela.

¡La vista del mar que se pierde a lo lejos... !.

- ¡A la otra ribera está Europa! –pensaba el joven-. ¡Europa con sus hermosas naciones agitándose continuamente, buscando la felicidad, soñando todas las mañanas y desengañándose al ocultarse el sol... ¡. ¡Feliz en medio de sus catástrofes!. Sí, a la otra orilla del infinito mar están las naciones espirituales, a pesar de que no condenan la materia, ¡más espirituales aún que las que se precian de adorar el espíritu... ¡.

Pero estos pensamientos huyen de su imaginación a la vista de la pequeña colina en el campo de Bagumbayan. El montecillo, aislado, al lado del paseo de la Luneta, llamaba ahora su atención y le ponía meditabundo.
Pensaba en el hombre que le había abierto los ojos de su inteligencia, hecho comprender lo bueno y lo justo. Las ideas que le habían infundido eran pocas, sí, pero no eran vanas repeticiones: eran convicciones que no palidecieron a la luz de los mayores focos del Progreso. Aquel hombre era un anciano sacerdote, y las palabras que le había dicho al despedirse de él, resonaban aún en sus oídos. “No olvides que si el saber es patrimonio de la humanidad, sólo lo heredan los que tienen corazón”, le había recordado. “He procurado transmitirte lo que de mis maestros he recibido; el caudal aquél lo he procurado aumentar en lo que he podido y lo transmito a la generación que viene: tú harás lo mismo con la que te suceda y puedes triplicarlo, pues vas a muy ricos países”. Y añadía sonriendo: “Ellos vienen buscando oro, ¡id vosotros también a su país a buscar otro oro que nos hace falta!. Recuerda, sin embargo, que no es oro todo lo que reluce”. Aquel hombre había muerto allí.

A estos recuerdos contestaba él murmurando en voz baja: -¡No, a pesar de todo, primero la Patria, primero Filipinas, hija de España, primero la patria española!. ¡No, eso que es fatalidad no empaña a la Patria, no!.

No llama su atención la Ermita, Fénix de nipa, que se levanta de sus cenizas bajo la forma de casas pintadas de blanco y azul, techadas de zinc pintado de rojo. No atraen sus miradas ni Malate, ni el cuartel de caballería con sus árboles enfrente, ni los habitantes, ni las casitas de nipa de techo más o menos piramidal o prismático, ocultas entre plátanos y bongas, construidas, como los nidos, por cada padre de familia.

El coche seguía rodando: se encontraba con un carromato tirado por uno o dos caballos, cuyos arneses de abacá delataban su origen provinciano. El carromatero procuraba ver al viajero del brillante coche y pasaba sin cambiar palabra, sin un solo saludo. A veces un carretón, tirado por un carabao de paso lento e indiferente, animaba las anchas y polvorosas calzadas por el brillante sol de los trópicos. Al melancólico y monótono canto del guía, montado sobre el búfalo, acompaña el estridente rechinar de la seca rueda con el descomunal eje del pesado vehículo; a veces es el sonido sordo de los gastados patines o plantas de un paragos, ese trineo de Filipinas, que se arrastra pesadamente sobre el polvo o los charcos del camino. En los campos, en las tendidas eras pasta el ganado, mezclado con las blancas garzas, tranquilamente posadas sobre el lomo del buey, que rumia y saborea medio cerrando los ojos la hierba de la pradera; a lo lejos yeguadas triscan, saltan y corren, perseguidas por un potro de genio vivo, cola larga y abundantes crines; el potro relincha y salta la tierra a los golpes de sus poderosos cascos.

Dejemos al joven viajar meditando o dormitando: la poesía melancólica o animada del campo no llama su atención; aquel sol que hace relucir las copas de los árboles y correr a los campesinos, cuyos pies quema el candente suelo a pesar de un almendro o cañaveral y le hace pensar en cosas vagas e inexplicables, aquel sol no tiene encantos para nuestro joven.
Volvamos a Manila mientras el coche rueda tambaleando, como un borracho, por el accidentado terreno, mientras pasa un puente de caña, sube elevada cuesta o baja rápida pendiente.

Jose Rizal's Manila as he described it in his novel Noli Me Tangere (1890?). You can ask Dr.Feelgood for translations. :lol:



Jaja, you can real Rizals books and other Filipino authors who wrote their classics in Spanish in this website: http://www.gutenberg.org/

Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. It has both the Spanish and an English translation of the Philippine Spanish Literature. :)

^Pahamak ka talaga, Juan. :)
Lo hare cuando tenga tiempo, ¿vale?

Jaja, you can real Rizals books and other Filipino authors who wrote their classics in Spanish in this website: http://www.gutenberg.org/

Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. It has both the Spanish and an English translation of the Philippine Spanish Literature. :)


Muchas Gracias D. Animo. busque por libros de Jose Rizal y solo me daba estos:

Rizal, José, 1861-1896
José Rizal website in the Philippines
Wikipedia
Ang Liham ni Dr. Jose Rizal sa mga Kadalagahan sa Malolos, Bulakan (Tagalog)
El Consejo de los Dioses (Spanish)
Filipinas Dentro De Cien Años (Estudio Politico-Social) (Spanish)
The Indolence of the Filipino (English)
Junto Al Pasig (Spanish)
The Reign of Greed (English)
The Social Cancer (English)

Tengo el "Noli Me Tangere" en español (la edicion original) que lo saque de otro pagina. lo de S. Perdigon :)

^Pahamak ka talaga, Juan. :)
Lo hare cuando tenga tiempo, ¿vale?



hahaha pues. tu y yo lo entendemos claro. a veces es bueno dejarlo asi. :okay:

Muchas Gracias D. Animo. busque por libros de Jose Rizal y solo me daba estos:



De nada manileño. :righton:

De acuerdo, Sr Manila
¿Qué tal? ha nevado ultimamente a Toronto, como a Nueva York?

De acuerdo, Sr Manila
¿Qué tal? ha nevado ultimamente a Toronto, como a Nueva York?

OMG. i missed having convo with this genio. QUE ONDA, MI PARE? :lol:
por que no juegas en el Samahan? que te paso? jajajaja... OT: this should be in Foro.. a proposito, la ultima vez que ha nevado fuerte aqui es como 2 semanas pasadas. antes de que ha viajado a Nueva York y EE.UU :lol:

^^ Vaya al Foro Filipino. Jajaja, necesita tener conversaciones. :drunk:

anda tio. postea mas temas interesantes, Animo :cheers:

OMG. i missed having convo with this genio. QUE ONDA, MI PARE? :lol:
por que no juegas en el Samahan? que te paso? jajajaja... OT: this should be in Foro.. a proposito, la ultima vez que ha nevado fuerte aqui es como 2 semanas pasadas. antes de que ha viajado a Nueva York y EE.UU :lol:

Las fotos de Nueva York tan nevada y blanca eran alucinantes :eek2:

Imagina....casi 70cm de nieve en pocas horas...y aqui nada desde diciembre :bash:
en japon, es peor...hay 3 a 4 metros de nieve :runaway:

Las fotos de Nueva York tan nevada y blanca eran alucinantes :eek2:

Imagina....casi 70cm de nieve en pocas horas...y aqui nada desde diciembre :bash:
en japon, es peor...hay 3 a 4 metros de nieve :runaway:

si es verdad. se llama blizzard. :hahaha:
pues da gracias a Dios por disfrutar invierno menos frio en Londres, Esteban. ;) lo echo de menos sabes.

¿Está lloviendo siempre en Londres durante este mes?

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¿Está lloviendo siempre en Londres durante este mes?

Hasta esta semana no ha llovido mucho este invierno en Londres...efectivamente hay una sequia, el peor caso desde hace un buen rato. Pero, como de costummbre, no hace mucho sol.

Hasta esta semana no ha llovido mucho este invierno en Londres...efectivamente hay una sequia, el peor caso desde hace un buen rato. Pero, como de costummbre, no hace mucho sol.

OK, ¿ninguna nieve durante el invierno?

Senor Manileno,

How are you? I would say the displays depict the early 1900s through the early 1920s judging from the lack of any modern buildings in the Escolta display. A number of the modern buildings in Escolta (that were eventually destroyed during the liberation of Manila) came up in the late 1920s and through the 1930s.

Regards,
Raul


Hi Señor Camisetero.

Im good. What's up in Summit? :) Thanks yea i noticed it too. It's definitely not during the American Boom era of Manila. Although can it be from earlier than that? Like late 19th Century? Rizal and Katipunan days?

Manileño

OK, ¿ninguna nieve durante el invierno?

Solamente unas rafagas en diciembre, y un poquito tambien el mes pasado...claro no se trata de unos 70cm como a Nueva York. :)

oops

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Muchas Gracias Sr. Jeff. Me encantan :okay:
btw is this the late 19th cen. Manila or early 1900s?

Hello Manileño! Scale model shows early 1900s old Manila. :)

Hidden Ortigas treasures now open to public
First posted 04:04am (Mla time) Feb 16, 2006
By Tina Arceo-Dumlao
Inquirer

THE TREASURE had been hidden away for many years, known only to a handful of intrepid researchers, academics and intellectuals.

Now, with the Ortigas Foundation’s formal opening yesterday of the Ortigas Foundation Library, the trove of over 16,000 books, periodicals and documents is giving Filipinos a glimpse of their storied past.

The library, housed in the Ortigas Building in Pasig City, has one of the most comprehensive Filipiniana collections in the country, assembling the collection of Morton Netzorg (for decades the foremost dealer in Filipiniana books in the United States) with the personal reference library of historian Dr. Gregorio F. Zaide.

Among the highlights of the collection are the 1666 translation of Melchisdec Thevenot’s “Relations de Divers Voyages Curieux,” an account of early European expeditions, and the 1767 edition of George Anson’s “Voyage Round the World,” with 42 copper-plate engravings and maps, including an account of the capture of a Manila galleon by British troops.

Also notable are a 1698 publication in Spanish -- documenting the activities of Catholic friars in the country, particularly evangelization efforts and administration of land, and submitted to the Vatican -- and a complete 14-volume set of “Historia General de Filipinas,” published from 1788 to 1792 by Juan de la Concepcion.

Then there are the 1860 Spanish-Tagalog and 1885 Bisaya-Español dictionaries prepared by the Augustinian priests as part of their own evangelization activities in colonial Philippines. (In those days, the friars spelled tao, or person, as tauo, kapayatan, or thinness, as capayatan, and nagmamakaawa, or begging for mercy, as nagmamacaaua.)

Like Elizabethan English, the Spanish in the dictionaries is no longer used.

Rare book room

A potentially controversial book is one published in 1904 by one Capt. Nick Givens, who was stationed in the Philippines, about the alleged crimes of Catholic priests.

The crimes detailed in the book include rape and torture. There is one cartoon showing a parishioner kissing a friar’s feet.

The Givens book is part of some 500 other books, documents, photographs and maps, including one of the Philippines that accompanied the signing of the Treaty of Paris, that are housed in the special rare book room in the library.

Researchers will not fail to notice that an original map of the Philippines dated 1760, and the one that accompanied the Treaty of Paris done by Harry Knepper, include northern Borneo among the islands.

The rare book room has a separate temperature control facility, which keeps temperature at below 23 degrees Centigrade and humidity at below 65 percent, to preserve the precious but now brittle book pages.

Crown jewel

For Ortigas Library consultant Jonathan Best, the crown jewel is the World War II collection.

Per Best’s reckoning, the library probably has the most comprehensive collection of material on World War II, mostly books by American and Filipino authors as well as newspapers published from 1941 to 1945.

The library has, for example, one of only five copies in the world of John R.M. Taylor’s “Insurgent Records,” said to be among the most extensive archives of captured Filipino revolutionary documents.

For another example, all the writings of Emilio Aguinaldo are included, primarily written in Spanish with a few in his native Tagalog, from 1898 to 1901.

The writings are mostly reports and marching orders sent by Aguinaldo to his generals.

The library also has a complete record of the Japanese war crimes trials, as well as original newspapers, magazines and photographs, which give the readers an idea of the extent of the crimes committed by the Japanese occupiers against Filipinos during the war.

Trial records

These trial records, edited by Zaide’s daughter, Sonia, is part of the Zaide collection that totals about 7,000 books, including his personal notes and research as well as books and articles written by and on Dr. Jose P. Rizal.

One of the more lively reads in the Ortigas Library is a Manila travel guide printed in the 1920s. It shows places of interest that were unfortunately destroyed during World War II.

Among these are the original site of the Ateneo de Manila University on Arzobispo Street, the Ayuntamiento near the Manila Cathedral, and Tom’s Dixie Kitchen.

The restaurant was run by a US military man stationed in Manila, and had the cuisine of the American South on the menu.

Also listed is Escolta, which was the principal retail business district at that time.

To sponsor lectures, exhibits

According to program development officer Sylvan John M. Monzan, the Ortigas Foundation started the library in 1996 following the purchase of the Hertzog collection.

But the collection was merely stashed in one of the rooms and all but forgotten.

It was only two years ago that the foundation officers decided to invest in a library to give justice to the collection, and to provide researchers and interested Filipinos a quiet and conducive venue for a study of the past.

The foundation hopes to soon publish a book on churches built during the Spanish era and to sponsor exhibits, lectures and events on Philippine history.

Best pointed out that it was important for more Filipinos to learn more about their past.

It is only by studying the past that Filipinos can better understand the present, enabling them to make the right decisions for the future, he said.

©2006 www.inq7.net all rights reserved

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Wonderboy, thanks for this info. You can add this to the list of museums to go to. Salamat uli.

You're welcome Raul! :) I have already posted the anouncement in the Museum thread a few minutes ago. :)

Any news here?

^^ nice work pero parang sydney opera house...


that is a curse of many cultural centers, they look nice but many say it's like the opera house here..I think it looks great, the whole redevelopment is superb though financially I'm worried.

Hidden Ortigas treasures now open to public
First posted 04:04am (Mla time) Feb 16, 2006
By Tina Arceo-Dumlao
Inquirer

It is only by studying the past that Filipinos can better understand the present, enabling them to make the right decisions for the future, he said.

©2006 www.inq7.net all rights reserved

Thank you for the article Sr. Wonderboy! I hope they would be able to do an online archive in the future that is free. :) This is what I have been trying to project in my postings whenever a discussion ensues in some threads here. I tried to show people different views aside from the sometimes biased or misunderstood views. :yes:

^^^I read that article this morning, Asian Journal. 16,000 Filipiniana documents, books.... must be an interesting place to check out.

they say that the entire redevelopment of the CCP would span in 20 years, so i think it is financially possible.

Yeah, I'll go to the Ortigas library sometime soon. :)

I guess it'd be powered by the private sector helping (CCP Museum, Powered by Jollibee)


ps love the models

Nice info.

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Wonderboy--thanks for posting the article; I read it on the Inquirer site when it first came out. I remember when the Netzorgs were still selling Philippine books via mail-order back in the early 1990s. They had some very rare titles, and at just a few hundred dollars (which I couldn't afford back then). It's good to hear that what I assume is the bulk of the collection has been opened to Philippine researchers.

Tom's Dixie Kitchen has been mentioned quite frequently in oral histories of old-timers from the heydey of the Commonwealth. I think it was owned and run by an African-American. I wonder what stands there today--I think it was on Plaza Goiti (is that now Lacson?).

And yes, please be cautious when sneaking around with the camera! We don't want you getting first-hand shots of Bilibid Viejo against your own will! Just in case, I'll be sure to keep Amnesty International on my favorites list :jk: !

hehe, i really like the first design, galing... i also like the semi-circular structure of the second design.

Raul and Hawayano:

I went inside Bilibid Viejo around 1999 when our Theology professor asked us to donate clothes, food, etc. Don't worry guys, one of my innate gifts is that I can get away with anything. He he...

By the way, Plaza Goiti is now called Plaza Lacson and Arsenio's monument stands in the middle of what used to be the terminal of the Meralco tranvia.

they say that the entire redevelopment of the CCP would span in 20 years, so i think it is financially possible.

20 years? By the time it gets finished, our neighbors had already built a more aesthetically pleasing cultural center. We really need people with a vision.
These days I think were merely trying to keep up. Madalas sablay pa due to corruption, red tape etc. haaaaayyy!

agree, dapat bilis bilisan ang kilos ng konte. Kagaya ng vietnam at china pag sinabeng gagawen gagawen at all cost. i noticed medyo mabagal tayong kumilos sa lahat ng bagay. Mga saleslady sa malls mga govt. employees sa mga public services. medyo lang ,puro siesta ata.
at kailan kaya yung tayo ang mag pipioneer ng idea at hindi lang tayo follower sa mga mokong na kapitbahay naten.

Hehehe..Oo nga..mabilis lang tayo pag may PADULAS....Cguro wala silang mapala dyan kaya mabagal

By the way, Plaza Goiti is now called Plaza Lacson and Arsenio's monument stands in the middle of what used to be the terminal of the Meralco tranvia.


Ewwwww! :puke:

He's the guy who "modernized" much of Manila in the 1960s, including the bulldozing of remaining structures in Intramuros. While he did get rid of the squatters' barong-barong and gave us the wet/dry canal known as Lagusnilad, here's another case of confusion caused by ever-changing nomenclature of the streets and plazas of Philippine cities. Almost as frequent as Baskin-Robbins' flavor of the month...

Replace the honky-tonk trolley stands in the middle again, so we can see the Santa Cruz cupola from the colonnade of the former Monte de Piedad with fewer anachronisms!

Hehehe..Oo nga..mabilis lang tayo pag may PADULAS....Cguro wala silang mapala dyan kaya mabagal

Pero ang bilis silang mag breed ng crocodile sa crocodile park. :lol:

is that glass material of the model just for the model or for reality? kasi i cant imagine those glass structures being made. i earthquake....... brsshhshs. basag. (jowk)

i like that sydney opera house looking structure. its a bit more realistic. :)

^^That model is not one of the winning models.

I also read that France has a great deal of Filipiniana documents. I hope with Manileño's Alliance Française knowledge can help us find some really good stuff. :) How about it Manileño? Try to search Philippine related photos, paintings, documents from the French archives. :okay:

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Meralco tranvia traversing in front of Binondo Church

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Rizal Avenue

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Calle Echague (now Carlos Palanca St.) in Quiapo

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Meralco advertisement

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Meralco ‘truck’

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Bonifacio Drive

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Natividad Building in Escolta used to be Meralco's head office

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Natividad Building still stands

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Escolta

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My latest craze…Bagumbayan Drive!

So this post ends the Meralco Museum series. Thanks for all your comments. I will post more museum photos sometime soon. :)

Thank you for the Meralco Museum tour, Jeffrey. I'm glad that the Natividad Building remains in good shape.

I've been asking forever what that logo "Tansan" is and now I see in the ad poster there that it is for the "choicest table water", so even before, there was bottled water already and not just tap water? It will be interesting to find out when tap water became potable in the Philippines. If anybody can please check the water systems in the Philippines via NAWASA or MWSS archives then that will be very interesting.

Thank you for the Meralco Museum tour, Jeffrey. I'm glad that the Natividad Building remains in good shape.

I've been asking forever what that logo "Tansan" is and now I see in the ad poster there that it is for the "choicest table water", so even before, there was bottled water already and not just tap water? It will be interesting to find out when tap water became potable in the Philippines. If anybody can please check the water systems in the Philippines via NAWASA or MWSS archives then that will be very interesting.

Hi everyone,

Sana the following would be of help:

Water: Tap, Bottled, Refilled, and Delivered(1) (Philippines)


Senen U. Reyes
Senior Management Specialist
Center for Food and Agri Business
University of Asia and the Pacific

Not too long ago, it was common especially in the rural areas to see a man fetch water from an open well or river and carry it to the house of a woman being wooed. Fetching water was a sign of the love and service a man was willing to give to his beloved. Being a natural resource, water was free and clean.



A Generic Natural Resource No More
A lot has changed since then. Water has become more and more a commodity than just a basic necessity. From being a generic natural resource, water has been processed, packed, labeled, and branded. Thus, water has become more expensive and more precious than ever with potable water becoming a scarce resource. Even in the highly urbanized area of Metro Manila, water supply is inadequate with only 60% of the population being served by the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) with a daily output of 4,000 million liters water shared by the population and industry.



Purified for Commercial Use
The business of purifying water started as early as the 1920s when bottled water was developed in the West. In the country, purification started with water treatment plants and public utilities like the National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA). This later became the MWSS for Metropolitan Manila and the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) for the provinces. The MWSS was later privatized into the Maynilad Water and Manila Water. However it was probably only in the last 20 years when intensive campaigns were started to clean wastewater and provide safer drinking water.

The 1980s saw the proliferation of gadgets and equipment to purify water. This was largely due to the inability of public water utilities to service a considerable part of urban areas much less the rural areas. The deteriorating condition of water distribution lines also contributed to the popularity of water purifiers.

Water purifier brands such as Homemaster, Sanyo, Imarflex, Aquagard, and Tupuro entered the market. Purification was done at home with the simple process of passing tap water through a filter element containing different layers like sand and activated carbon. There are models which use ultraviolet light to kill harmful bacteria. Currently, Waters Philippines with its Waters Bio Mineral Pot is the reputed leader in water purification products in the Philippines. Another product currently in the market is Megafresh Mineral Water Pot and X Green Ceramic Water Filter from Korea.

The 1990s added to the sophistication of water purification technology with the introduction of bottled water from different processes and sources including imports. Raw water is passed through a series of six to eight processes of filtration, adsorptive refinement, reverse osmosis, ultra violet irradiation, and ozonation to get the final product.

Wilkins is reputedly the number one bottled water brand and together with Viva and First comprises a considerable share of the market. These three brands were formerly under La Tondeña which has been in the process of restructuring into a fully liquor-based company.

Table 1. Partial List of Bottled Water Manufacturers Manufacturer Brand Water Type
Local Brands
Archipelago Water Products International Inc. Rainforest Mineral
Asia Brewery Incorporated (Phils.) Absolute Distilled
Summit Spring
Filipinas Water Bottling Company Aqua Prima Spring
Hidden Spring and Perrier Inc. Hidden Spring Spring
Pure Life Purified
La Tondeña Distillers Inc. First Distilled
LKD & E Inc. St. John Purified
Metro Bottled Water Corporation Wilkins Distilled
Philippine Beverage Partners Inc. Viva Mineral
Philippine Spring Water Resources Ind. Nature's Spring Spring; Flavored
SM Bonus Distilled
Sta. Rosa Bottling Corporation Everest Purified
Waters Unlimited, Inc. Manila Pure Distilled
H2O - 4U
Chowking Purified
In House Brands Burger Machine
7 Eleven
Pancake House
Pink Patio
Paris Deli
Smokey's
Imported Brands
Alaska Glacier Refreshments Alaska Glacier Glacier (Alaska)
Winning Touch Int'l Mktg. Inc. (importer) Evian Mineral (France)
Foreign Brands
Danone Group Volvic Spring (France)
Nestle Waters Aquarel (Europe)
Contrex Mineral (France)
Perrier Mineral (France)
Powwow (Europe)
S. Pellegrino Spring (Italy)
Vittel Mineral (France)
Minere (Thailand)
La Vie (Vietnam)
Kon Kon Yu Sui (Japan)
PepsiCo, Inc. Aquafina

Source: CFA Databank and research

The sophistication of the water purification process, its packaging, branding, and marketing costs all the more made water expensive. Evian, an imported brand from France, cost almost four times as much as most other brands in the market. Correspondingly, it has the richest source of minerals. Wilkins is the most expensive local brand probably because of its reputation as suited for infant formulation even without boiling. On the other hand, SM Bonus is the cheapest brand. One brand, Nature's Spring, came up with a flavored water variant that costs P16.50 for a 600-ml bottle available in four flavors: apple, grape, honey dew, and lemon.

Bottled water is available in various sizes. The 5-gallon container is usually available through the refilling stations. Sizes readily available in retail outlets and supermarkets are the 6000 ml, 5000 ml, 4000 ml, 2000 ml, 1500 ml, 1000 ml, 600 ml, 550 ml, 500 ml, 350 ml, 330 ml, 325 ml, and 320 ml bottles.

Table 2. Price and Composition of Bottled Water Particulars Evian Pure Life Hidden Spring Viva Summit
Price (P) 42.50 11.00 10.50 10.25 8.75
Contents (ml) 500 500 500 500 500
Mineral Compo sition (mg/l)
Calcium 78 50.1 25 35 15
Magne sium 24 5 35 12 5
Sodium 5 10 - 28 -
Potassium 1 - 6 - -
Bicarbo nates 357 25.4 265 242 80
Sulphates 10 20 80 14 2
Chlorides 4.5 89 10 7 5
Nitrates 1 - - - -
Silica 13.5 - - - -
Fluoride - 0.5 - - -
Dissolved Solids 309 - - - 110
pH 7.3 - - 7 7



Table 2. Price and Composition of Bottled Water Particulars Nature's Spring Wilkins Absolute SM Bonus
Price (P) 8.75 14.00 9.75 7.50
Contents (ml) 550 600 500 500
Mineral Compo sition (mg/l)
Calcium 5 - - -
Magne sium 2 - - -
Sodium - - - -
Potassium - - - -
Bicarbo nates - - - -
Sulphates - - - -
Chlorides 10 - - -
Nitrates 1 - - -
Silica - - - -
Fluoride - - - -
Dissolved Solids 24 - - -
pH 7 - - -

SOURCE: Leading supermarkets



A Closer, Cheaper Source
The advent of bottled water created another business phenomena in water refilling stations which dotted the country like the hot pan de sal, lechon manok, shawarma, and pearl shakes. There is an estimated 3,000 water stores in the country, a good number of which are located inside villages and subdivisions.

The initial concept was for customers to come with their own containers and have it filled on a per gallon basis costing around P8.00 - 10.00. However, the services of these refilling stations have extended to free delivery of 5-gallon containers with free use of a hot and cold dispenser provided a minimum weekly consumption is met. Some stations also sell different types of dispensers and smaller sizes of bottled water.

The popularity of bottled water and refilling stations prompted the National Statistics Office to separate bottled water as another food category from other non-alcoholic beverages. Based on the Family Income and Expenditures Survey in 2000, household spending for bottled water reached P2.4 billion with the National Capital Region accounting for over 50% of the total expenditure with each family consuming roughly one 5-gallon bottle a month.

Table 3. Partial List of Water Refilling Stations

Agua de Camarin
Aqua King
Crystal Clear
Pure and Fresh
Agua Mia
Aqualeen
Crystal Geyser
Purifil
Agua Siempre
Aqualite
Danum
Quench
Agua Ultima
Aqua Mary
Forest Spring
Rain Mist
Agua Vida
Aqua Q
Grotto Spring
Royal Star
Agua Wide
Aqua Road
Heaven Pure
Snow Drift
Alaskan Spring
Aqua Safe
Highland Mist Too
Snow Valley Crystals
Alex's Wateria
Aqua Supreme
Island Stream
Spring Fresh
Anchor
Aqua Sweet
Jennssell
Spring Mist
Alps
Aqua Tree
Life Flo
Top Notch
Aqua 2000
Aqua Trust
Life Line
Water bin
Aquabest
Aqua Zone
Ligtasna
Water Care
Aqua Cool
Arvsons
Microwater
Water Club
Aquafil
Bavesco
Mountain King
Water Depot
Aqua Grande
Bugis
Mr. H2O
Water 4 U
Aqua Health
Cordon Spring
Nature's Flow
Water Mart

Source: CFA databank and research

Another development in the water industry is water delivery through mobile water tanks. This is particularly true in areas not served by Maynilad Water and Manila Water although this is practiced even in the heart of the Ortigas business district in Pasig City. This is also happening in other parts of the country e.g. Baguio City where water is a problem.

Under this scheme, 30 drum capacity tanks mounted on trucks deliver water for all-purpose use to homes and small business establishments. Orders are taken by the drum (40 gal/drum) which cost P20-25 per drum in Baguio City and P30 per drum in Metro Manila. Monthly expenditure for water can run from P1,900 up to P2,800 given an average household size of five members and average daily consumption of 100 liters per person.

Table 4. Partial List of Water Delivery Services

Abagatan Water Delivery
Mat-an's Water Delivery
Begeo Water Delivery
Mega Joy Water Supply
Cordillera Water Delivery
Noel & Joel Water Supply
Dickman's Water Delivery
Pines City Water Delivery
Drop By Jo Water Supply
R.S. Garcia Water Supply
Gesca Enterprises
Sendero Water Delivery
Grandma's Water Delivery
Water of Recca Water Delivery Services
Japson Water Supply
WCG Water Supply
Lily of the Valley Water Delivery
Willwood Water Delivery
Llore Water Supply
Wood Spring Water Delivery
Mark Water Delivery

Source: Newspapers, CFA Research



Safe Water vs. Safe Environment
In a 1995 book by Peter F. Drucker entitled "Managing in a Time of Great Change," he discusses that one of the new markets in the expanding world economy is the market for equipment to purify water and air. He goes on by saying that in the United States, purification of water and effluents is proceeding apace. He continues that municipal sewage is the worst offender when it comes to water pollution. While Mr. Drucker clearly points to the purification of wastewater or sewage water, it is essential that it be purified before it eventually find its way to the sources of potable water.

The rise in bottled water use is not only a local development but is actually led by developed nations. The United States is the largest market for bottled water with annual consumption of 11.2 billion liters but Italians consume more per person at 138 liters closely trailed by the French.

Table 5. Leading Global Consumers of Bottled Water Country Annual Consumption Ave Annual
5-Year Per Capita Consumption
(billion liters) Growth (%) (liters)
United States 11.2 7.0 44
Germany 8.3 11.2 100
Italy 7.9 4.0 138
France 7.7 2.3 134
Spain 3.1 13.3 89

Source: www.asiabwa.org

In the light of providing safe water for man, there lurks a dark side which needs to be managed. Dr. Biksham Gijja, head of Freshwater Program of the World Wide Fund International, estimates that there are 1.5 million tons of plastics needed for the production of water bottles. He warns that toxic chemicals are released during their manufacture and later on in their disposal. This will contribute to environmental pollution and climate change. Already, water bottles are left anywhere and these will likely end up in waterways and drainage systems. This will cause clogging and flooding.

The proliferation of bottled water and refilling stations suggests numerous deep well diggings which may not be regulated by any government authority. Usually the regulation focuses on the finished product not on the source of raw material. There are also a considerable number of households not serviced by public water utilities which built their own deep wells. These drillings and water withdrawals if left unabated may lead to environmental problems.

Business is right in addressing an immediate basic need in providing safe purified drinking water. But this must be done in an environment-friendly and sustainable manner. Business must educate consumers on the proper disposal of the non-biodegradable containers and not draw from this scarce natural resource more than the replenishment rate.

CONSERVE WATER BEFORE IT RUNS OUT!!!


References:
Business World January-February 2003

Family Income and Expenditures Survey 2000

www.adb.org

www.asiabwa.org

www.bottledwaterweb.com

www.clickthecity.com

www.dti.gov.ph

www.inq7.net

www.nestle.com.ph

www.Philstar.com

www.rfm.com.ph

www.wgasupercommerce.com


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1. * This industry brief was published by the Manila-based University of Asia & the Pacific, Center for Food & Agribusiness in the February 2003 issue of the Food & Agribusiness Monitor, primarily for a Philippine audience. This industry brief is being made available to Canadian businesspeople in order to provide basic market information should there be export interest in relevant agrifood commodities.

^ Thank you Julio for that indepth research on the water purification system in the Philippines. So, it all started in the 1920s. Prior to that, I wonder how potable water was delivered to the folks. Perhaps the water from the wells, springs and river were clean enough to drink directly. For those who can afford it, then that Tansan tabled water is served.

In postings past, I mentioned that my great grandfather met my great grandmother (mother's side) while she was nag-iigib ng tubig in a public well in Manila. She had a cataract on one of her eyes and my great grandfather was a doctor. He inspected it and they fell in love. It all started by the water well in Manila.

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is that glass material of the model just for the model or for reality? kasi i cant imagine those glass structures being made. i earthquake....... brsshhshs. basag. (jowk)

i like that sydney opera house looking structure. its a bit more realistic. :)

they just presented their model out of that, but i don't think that the structure will be like that...

^^That model is not one of the winning models.

what??? the one that looks like sydney opera house??? kasama sya sa winning models.

20 years? By the time it gets finished, our neighbors had already built a more aesthetically pleasing cultural center. We really need people with a vision.
These days I think were merely trying to keep up. Madalas sablay pa due to corruption, red tape etc. haaaaayyy!

if we built it now in a quick span of 5 years... we'd be broke, or even more broke ie in the deep end of red ie dirt poor. sigh.

wow.. those were great models... I hope they get built... and the top prize winners hailed from UST... naks!... iba talaga ang mga Tomasino.. hehehe :D

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Meralco tranvia traversing in front of Binondo Church

:eek2: :master:

I guess it'd be powered by the private sector helping (CCP Museum, Powered by Jollibee)
OMG, ang laki naman ng pagtitisti ni PAMIE! :bash:

the winning designs:
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I like this design

if we built it now in a quick span of 5 years... we'd be broke, or even more broke ie in the deep end of red ie dirt poor. sigh.

di po ba private entities naman ang gagawa ng bagong CCP?
ay mali yata ako.

hmm...I don't really know I haven't kept in touch with these things. But as far as I know the designs were from a contest, but no contractor yet has been assigned to build this.

Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery Historical Landmark
Nagarlan, Laguna
Curator: Mrs. Agatona Bugia
Open Hours: 8:00am.-5:00pm. (Monday to Sunday)
Admission: FREE

The only underground cemetery in the Philippines which served as meeting place for the revolutionary leaders in Laguna. The baroque structure is being converted into a cultural enter where cultural, historical and religious presentation can be held.



National Food Authority Grains Industry Museum
Central Luzon Regional Office
McArthur Highway, Cabanatuan Office
Nueva Ecija
Tel: 463-1233/463-1167
Fax: 044-463-1167
Proprietor: Administrator: Romeo G. David
Open Hours: 8:00am.-5:00pm. (Mon-Fri)
1pm-5pm (Mon-Fri)

The NFA Grains Industry Museum was established in September 1983 under the supervision of former Extension Director, Mr. Abe Rotor. The museum showcases a modest collection of period pieces and dioramas depicting the various stages of development of the grains industry. It traces the evolution of the industry and its development through various artifacts focusing on production, post harvest, processing, storage and marketing of rice and other cereals, with their geographical, historical and cultural variations. The museum serves as the Agency's valuable contribution to the rich cultural heritage of the country. It is dedicated to the Filipino farmer whose labor and toils we wish to thank and honor.



National Food Authority Grains Industry Museum
Central Luzon Regional Office
McArthur Highway, Cabanatuan Office, Nueva Ecija
Tel: 463-1233/463-1167
Fax: 044-463-1167
Curator: Romeo G. David
Open Hours: 8:00am -5:00pm (Mondays-Fridays)

The NFA Grains Industry Museum was established in September 1983 under the supervision of former Extension Director, Mr. Abe Rotor. The museum showcases as modest collection of period pieces and dioramas depicting the various stages of development of the grains industry.



National Historical Institute (Historical Shrines)
TM Kalaw Street, Ermita,
Manila
Tel: 50-99-52
Fax: 50-06-46


National Museum of The Philippines (Pambansang Museo Ng Pilipinas)
Padre Burgos St., Ermita 1000
Manila
Tel: (632)494450, 494440, 481427
Fax: (632)5300229
Email: nmuseum@webquest.com
Proprietor: Director Father Gabriel S. Casal
Curator: Mrs. Rosario B. Tantoco (Chief, Education Div.)
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays & Holidays

State museum founded in 1910, containing extensive botanical, geological, zoological, archaeological, historical, ethnological and art collections. The museum has branches throughout the country, and is also responsible for the operation of the Planetarium at the Rizal Park in Manila



Natural Science Museum
2nd Floor Aga Khan Museum Bldg.
Mindanao State University, Marawi City
Proprietor: Director: Dr. Macmod Maguindanao
Curator: Mr. Apolinario A. Alicante
Open Hours: Open Daily except Holidays
9am-11:30am; 2:00pm-4:30pm

University museum containing biological specimens.



Nayong Pilipino (Philippine Village)
NAIA Rd., Pasay City
Metro Manila
Tel: (632)8314373, 832-3760/3, 8310303, 8310328/9
Fax: (632)832-0593
Proprietor: Nayong Pilipino Foundation (attached to the DOT)
Curator: Exec. Dir. Bai Moniera Pendatun
Open Hours: 9am-6pm (Tues-Sun)
Closed: Mondays

Government-operated 46-hectare park containing replica buildings and landmarks from six different Philippine regions- Cordillera, Ilocos, Mindanao, the Visayas, Bicol and Tagalog - together with regional arts and crafts displays. The park also includes an Orchidarium, a Cultural Performance pavilion (in which the resident Nayong Pilipino Dance Troupe gives daily performances), plus the following museums.



Negros Cultural Foundation, Inc.
Pronvincial Capitol Bldg., Bacolod City
Negros Occidental, Western Visayas
Tel: (6334)29065
Proprietor: Negros Occidental Provincial Government
Curator: Officer-in-charge Ms. Lyn Gamboa
Open Hours: By appointment only

Currently in store, the Foundation's historical collection will be transferred to a permanent home in the old Capitol Bldg. once current renovations are complete.



Negros Provincial Museum
Provincial Capitol Bldg., Bacolod City
Negros Occidental
Western Visayas
Proprietor: Negros Occidental Provincial Government
Curator: President: Ms. Marilyn Gamboa

New provincial museum currently under construction.



Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center
Quezon Avenue, Diliman
Quezon City
Tel: 924-60-31 to 35
Open Hours: 7am - 6pm (Mon-Sun)

Consists of Philippine species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians open air amphitheater, cottages available used for conferences, meetings, seminar, etc.



Normisist Folk Inventions
Ampayon, Butuan CIty
Curator: Ms. Sonia Solivar
Open Hours: by appointment
Admission: FREE

Ethnographic and Historical materials of the schools and athe community



Notre Dame College Museum
Capitol Site, Jolo Island, Sulu
Western Mindanao
Proprietor: Notre Dame of Jolo College
Open Hours: 7:30am-11:30pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sun and Public Holidays

College museum established in 1969, containing 18th and 19th century jars, vases and other artifacts from the far south Western Sulu Islands group.





P. Jacinto Zamora Historical Landmark
Paco, Manila
Curator: Mrs. Asuncion Pido
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm. (Monday to Sunday )
Admission: FREE

Birthsite of Father Jacinto Zamora, one of th martyred priests garroted in February 1872 in Bagumbayan Field. The site is a venue for a historic-cultural activities.



Padre Burgos National Museum Branch
Padre Burgos House, Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Northern Luzon
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Officer-in-Charge: Ms. Teresita Ponsoy
Open Hours: 9am-5om (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat-Sun

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing archaeological, ethnographical and historical collections from Ilocos Sur, including the memorabilia of Philippine national hero Padre Jose Burgos.



Palawan Museum
Old City Hall Building, Mendoza Park, Puerto Princesa City
Tel: (045) 433-29-63
Fax: 045-212-732
Proprietor: Natural & Historical Foundation of Palawan
Curator: Mrs. Princilla M. Yap
Open Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm.
Closed: Wednesdays
Admission: Adults-P5.00 Children-P2.00

Contains archaeological, ethnographical, and historical collections of the province of Palawan.



Palawan National Museum Branch
Quezon, Palawan, Southern Tagalog
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Ms. Vivian A. Brown
Open Hours: 8:00am.-5:00pm. (Mon-Sat.)
Closed: Sundays
Admission: FREE

Provincial branch of ;the National Museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, geological and zoological collectios, including artifacts relating to Palawan Povince.



Palawan State University Museum
PSU Complex, Tiniguiban Heights, Puerto Princesa City,
Palawan, Southern Tagalog
Tel: 433-23-79
Proprietor: Palawan Teacher's College
Curator: Mr. Evangelista Jagmis
Open Hours: 9:00am-5pm. (Mon-Fri.)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

University museum containing ethnographical materials from the different ethnic groups in Palawan with min zoo and orchadarium.



Palawan Teacher's College Museum
Tiniguiban Heights, Puerto Princesa City
Palawan, Southern Tagalog
Proprietor: Palawan Teacher's College
Curator: Officer-in-charge Ms. Priscilla Yap
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat - Sun

College museum containing ethnographical materials from the different ethnic groups in Palawan.



Panaddaman (Cagayan State University Museum)
Cagayan State University
College of Medicine & Surgery Bldg.
Tel: 844-4740/844-1949
Fax: 844-1949
Proprietor: Director : Prof. Erlinda S. Cortes
Curator: Admin. Officer Ms. Martina L. Villanueva
Open Hours: 9am-4:30pm (Mon-Fri)
Sat & Sun (by appointment)
Admission: P5 (Adult); P3 (Students/Pupils)

University museum containing Ibanag customs and traditions (Ethnographic presentation)



Philippine Air Force Museum
Villamor Air Base, Pasay City
Tel: 832-34-98
Proprietor: Director Col Malikil Abdulgapul
Open Hours: 8am-12pm (Mon - Fri)
8am - 12pm (Saturday)
Admission: FREE

Replicas of artifacts used by the PAF or its predecessor from 1917 to the present, different military uniform and vintage guns, locally made bombs and photos of PAF heroes and past commanding generals and artifacts used by Lt. Hiroo Onoda while hiding in the jungle of Lubang, Mindoro



Philippine Army Museum & Library
Mc Arthur Drive, Fort Bonifacio, 1201 Manila
Tel: 815-28-99
Curator: Major Normando Dallego
Open Hours: 8:00am. - 5:00pm. (Mon - Sat.)
Admission: P5:00 Gen. Public P2.00 Military Personnel; Free for retired Military Personnel

Military museum depicting various episodes of the Army's evolution pictures of revolutionary heroes medal for the AFP; Weaponry of the army.



Philippine Crafts Museum
Nayong Pilipino, NAIA Rd., Pasay City
Tel: (632)8310128, 8323760/3, 8310303, 8310328/9
Fax: (932)832-0593
Proprietor: Operations Manager Ms Lydia Samaniego
Open Hours: 7am-6pm (Mon-Sun)
Closed: Holidays

Housed in the bahay na tisa, the museum mounts changing exhibits of handicrafts from many different ethnic groups in the country.



Philippine Museum of Ethnology
Nayong Pilipino, NAIA Rd., Pasay City
Tel: (632)8310128, 8323760/3, 8310303, 8310328/9
Fax: (932)832-0593
Proprietor: Operations Manager Ms Lydia Samaniego
Open Hours: 7am-6pm (Tues-Sun)
Closed: Holidays

Ethnological museum containing displays of ethnic costumes from many different regions, together with artifacts connected with woodcarving, weaving, weaponry and the making of personal ornaments.



Philippine National Police Museum
Camp Crame
Tel: 721-85-77/722-06-80


Philippine Navy Museum
Fort San Felipe Naval Base Cavite
Cavite City
Tel: 50-20-61 ask for Sangley Operator loc. 6670
Proprietor: Naval Historian Commander Cesar P. Estrada, PM
Open Hours: 9am-4pm (Mon-Fri)
Sat-Sun - on special arrangement
Closed: Holidays
Admission: FREE

A government museum containing naval relics such as naval uniforms weapons, plaques, uniforms, anchors, etc.



Philippine Navy Museum
Fort San Felipe Naval Base Cavite, Cavite CIty
Tel: 50-20-61 loc. 6670
Open Hours: 9:00am-4:00pm. (Mon-Fri.)
Closed: Holidays
Admission: FREE

Agovernment museum containing naval relcs such as naval uniforms weapons, plaques, uniforms, anchors, etc.



Philippine Science Centrum
U.P. Manila Compound
Pedro Gil Street, Ermita, Manila
Tel: 525-87-52
Fax: 525-84-18
Curator: Ms. Leticia M. Zerda
Open Hours: 9:00am.-4:00pm. (Mon-Sat.)
Closed: Sundays & Holidays
Admission: Adult P25.00/Children P20.00/Teachers-Free

Science museum which provides as venue for learning science and technology principles through interactive experiential and participatory exhibits and activities.



Pila Museum
Rizal St., Pila Laguna
Southern Tagalog
Proprietor: Pila Municipal Government
Curator: Officer-in-charge Ms. Felicidad Laquindanum
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays - Sundays

Municipal museum containing archaeological artifacts from the municipality of Pila and some historical collections relating to Southern Tagalog.



Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine
San Juan, Metro Manila
Curator: Mr. Danta Oquendo
Open Hours: 8:00am. - 5:00pm. (Mon. to Sun.)
Admission: FREE

A fitting memorial commemorating the first battle for political emancipation of the Filipino people from Spain. The Battle of San Juan del Norte which took place between midnight of August 29 and dawn of August 30, 1896 was the major armed clash between the Katipunan Revolutionary group and the Spanish forces during the Philippine Revolution.



Postal Museum and Philatelic Library
Philippine Post Building, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila
Tel: 48-47-88
Fax: 530-11-69
Curator: Ms. Elena Cuevas


Price Mansion and Cap Art Center
Justice Romualdez cor. Sto. Niño St., Tacloban City
Leyte, Eastern Visayas
Proprietor: College Assurance Plan (CAP) Inc.
Open Hours: 8-12am; 1-5:30pm (Mon-Fri)
8-12am (Saturday)
Closed: Sundays

Private museum containing the memorabilia of Commonwealth President Sergio Osmeña and General Douglas Mac Arthur who used the house during the American Period; mansion built on 1908 is named after its original owners Walter Scott Price and his Filipino wife Semeona Kalingag Price.



Puerta De Isabel Ii Gallery
5/F Palacio del Gobernador Bldg.
Intramuros, Manila
Tel: (632)461194, 461240, 487759
Fax: (632)487412
Proprietor: Intramuros Administration, Ms. Edda V. Henson
Curator: Architect Rene Luis S. Mata
Open Hours: 9am-12pm, 1pm-6pm (Tues-Sun)
Closed: Mon and 4 January
Admission: FREE

Government museum containing ecclesiastical collections.



Puerto Galera National Museum Branch
Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro
Proprietor: National Museum
Curator: Mamerto Contreras
Open Hours: 8:00am.-5:00 pm.
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays
Admission: FREE

Regional Branch of Museum of National Museum, showcases assosrted 15th to 16th century porcelains from the local parishioners collections.





Quest - Center of Earth Science and Discovery
Golderest Bldg. Quad II, Ayala Center
Makati, Metro Manila
Tel: 812-09-13/894-42-78; Easy Call 8102111
Fax: Units No. 239362
Proprietor: Mr. Eduardo Legarda; Ms Rosalita R. Legarda
Open Hours: 10am-8pm (Mon-Sun)

Showcases the most vibrant and colorful array of living creatures mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles and amphibians.





Ramon Magsaysay Memorabilia
Ramon Magsaysay Centre, Roxas Blvd.
Manila
Tel: (632)504484, (632)521-3166 ext 139
Fax: (632)521-8105
Proprietor: Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation
Curator: Ms. Angie dela Torre
Open Hours: 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat-Sun & Public Holidays

Private museum containing the memorabilia of President Ramon Magsaysay, has an Asian Library.



Resurreccion Memorial Museum (Ilocos Museum of Music & Fine Arts)
21 El Calle Real, Luna, La Union
Northern Luzon
PO Box 3016 Manila
Proprietor: Teodoro R. Resurreccion Family
Curator: Teodoro R. Resurreccion, Jr.
Open Hours: 10-12pm, 2pm-5pm (Wed - Sun)
Closed: Mon. & Tues.

Private museum containing the memorabilia of the Resurreccion family, historical relics, liturgical and musical instruments of the region.



Rizal Memorial Library & Museum
Osmeña Blvd., Metro Cebu
Central Visayas
Tel: (6332) 311-341
Proprietor: Salvador and Pilar Sala Foundation, Inc.
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Ms. Tonette Peñares
Open Hours: 9am-12pm (Mon-Fri)
Other house by appointment only

Private museum containing Mrs. Ingrid Sala Santamaria's extraordinary collection of some 700 miniature pianos made of wood, porcelain, metal, glass and crystal; also various objects with piano designs.



Rizal Technological and Polytechnic Institute Museum and Archives
Morong, Rizal
Tel: 653-10-82
Curator: Dr. Corazon Soriano
Open Hours: 8:30am.-4:30pm. (daily)
Admission: FREE

Ethnographical collections.



Rosendo Mejica Historical Landmark
Molo, Iloilo
Curator: Ms. Socorro Mallorca
Open Hours: 8:00am--5:00pm. (Mon.-Fri.)
Admission: FREE

Birthplace of Rosendo Mejica, pioneer printer-publisher in Hinigaynon, ournalist, educator, labor leader and well known philanthropist in the province of Iloilo. The house exhibits books printed and published by Rosendo Mijica including printing machines and other family memorabilia.





Sala Piano Museum
415 Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City, Central Visayas, Phlippines
Tel: (6332) 311341
Proprietor: Salvador and Pilar Sala Foundation, Inc.
Curator: Ms. Tonette Panares
Open Hours: 9:00am-12:00pm (Mon-Fri.)
Other hours by appointment only

Private museum containing Mrs. Ingrid Sala Santamaria's extraordinary collection of some 700 miniature pianos made of wood, porcelain, metal glass and crystal also various objects with piano designs.



San Agustin Museum
2/F San Agustin Monastery, Gen. Luna St.
cor Real St., Intramuros, Manila
Tel: (632)470917, (632)473679
Proprietor: Orden of Saint Augustine ( Orden de San Agustin)
Curator: Director F. Pedro Galendo, O.S.A.
Open Hours: 9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm (daily)

Monastery museum containing ecclesiastical art and regalia illustrating the history of the monastery and its order. The San Agustin Church, a museum itself, is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a cultural landmark.



Sarrat Museum
Sarrat, Ilocos Norte
Northern Luzon
Proprietor: Marcos Family
Curator: Administrator : Cong. Ferdinand R. Marcos, II
Open Hours: By appointment

Private museum containing memoroabilia of President Ferdinand E. Marcos and the family heirlooms and momentoes.



Science Works
5/L Shangri-La Plaza Complex
Tel: 633-45-25
Fax: 525-84-18
Curator: Ms. Debbie Sangalang
Open Hours: 10:00am-8:00pm. (Mon-Sun.)
Admission: P75.00/head

A hands on science exhibit which involves constructive & creative work.



Silay City Arts Association, Inc.
Balay Negrense, 5 de Noviembre St.
Silay City, Negros Occidental
Western Visays
Proprietor: Silay City Government


Siliman University Anthropology Museum
Siliman University, Dumaguete City
Negros Oriental, Central Visayas
Proprietor: Siliman University
Curator: Director : Rev. Samaon L. Bangcas
Open Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon-Fri); Sat & Holidays
by appointment

University museum containing archaeological and ethnographic materials; paintings done by contemporary Negrense artists.



Southwestern University Museum
Southwestern University, Metro Cebu
Central Visayas
Proprietor: Southwesterm University
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Ms. Tonette Peñares
Open Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturday & Sundays

University museum containing archaeological, ethnographic, ecclesiastical and art objects relating to the Central Visayas.



St. Louis University Museum of Arts and Culture
St. Louis University, PO Box 71
Baguio City 2600, Cordillera Administrative Region
Tel: (6374)442-3043, (6374)442-2793 loc. 260
Proprietor: St. Louis University
Curator: Mr. Isikias T. Picpican
Open Hours: 7:30-11:30am; 1:30-5:00 (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays & Holidays
Admission: FREE

University museum containing ethnological and historical collections, books and documents, folklore, and natural history specimens from the Cordillera Region.



St. Theresa's College Museum
St. Theresa's College, Ramon Aboitiz St.
Cebu City, Central Visayas
Tel: (6332)21637
Proprietor: St. Theresa's College
Curator: Director: Sister Marie Delia Coronel, L.C.M.
Open Hours: By appointment only

College museum containing ecclesiastical artifacts plus ethnographical collections relating to the folklife of the Central Visayas some artifacts of other Asian countries in the Orientalia collection.



Sto. Nino Shrine and Heritage Museum
Real, Tacloban City, Letyte
Eastern Visayas
Proprietor: Family of Mrs. Imelda Romualdez Marcos (lot owner)
Curator: (sequestered bythe Phil. Gov't after the 1986 PR)
Open Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sundays

Museum containing a chapel which enshrines a replica of the Sto. Niño de Leyte, ecclesiastical and art objects from Mrs. Marcos collections; some decorative arts from France, Italy and Germany.



Jolo National Museum Branch
Capitol Site, Jolo Island, Sulu Western Mindanao
Proprietor: Sulu Provincial Government
Curator: Museum Administrator Ms. Oswalda A. Cabel
Open Hours: 8-12pm; 1-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat, Sun & Public Holidays

Provincial museum established in 1982, containing historical and ethnological artifacts (notably in connection with the performing arts) from the South-Western Sulu islands group. NB: plans are currently underway to transfer this museum to the proprietorship of the National Museum of the Philippines, with a view of establishing it as a National Museum branch in Sulu.





Tawi-Tawi Ethnological Museum
Sulu Collge of Technology and Oceanography
Mindanao State University, Bongao
Tawi-Tawi Islands, Sulu, Western Mindanao, Phil.
Proprietor: Mindanao State University
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Julian N. Jumalon
Open Hours: 9-12pm, 1pm-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat, Sun & Public Holidays

Located in the southernmost Tawi-Tawi island group close to the east coast of Borneo, this college museum contains ethnographical artifacts relating to Tawi-Tawi and the wider Sulu islands group.



Tuguegarao National Museum Branch
Tuguegarao, Cagayan
Tel: 4461514
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Office-in-charge Cresencion Oandasan
Open Hours: 8:30-11:30am; 1:30pm-4:30pm (M-F)
Closed: Sat-Sun
Admission: FREE

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing archaeological, ehtnographical, geological and zoological collections, including artifacts relating to Cagayan Valley.





University of Nueva Caceres Museum
Jaime Hernandez Ave., Naga City
Camarines Sur
Bicol
Proprietor: University of Nueva Caceres
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

University museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, historical, and ecclesiastical collections relating to the Bicol Region.



University of San Carlos Anthropology Museum
University of San Carlos, P. del Rosario St.
Cebu City, Central Visayas
Tel: 211-0001 loc. 191
Fax: 54341
Proprietor: University of San Carlos
Curator: Ms. Marilou Delparine
Open Hours: 8:30am-12pm;1:30-5:30pm (M-F)
8:30am-12pm (Saturday)
Closed: Sundays

University museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, historical, ecclesiastical and art objects relating to the Central Visayas, together with natural history specimens from the region.



University of San Carlos Biological Museum
University of San Carlos Biological Museum
Department of Biology, Talamban, Cebu City
Tel: 461-128; 850121-24 (local 508 or 507)
Fax: (63-32)460351/54341
Curator: Ms. Mila M. Mahilum
Open Hours: 8am-12pm;12:45-4:45pm (M-F)
8-12pm (Sat)
Admission: FREE

College Museum containing ethnological, marine and herbarium collection.



University of Santo Tomas Museum of Arts and Sciences
2nd Level, Main Bldg., España Manila
Tel: 73131-01 loc. 269 or 327
Open Hours: 8am-12pm Monday
2pm - 5pm (Tues-Day)

Collection of flora, fauna, rock and mineral specimens. Also contained physics and medico-legal materials as well as pharmaceutical specimens, paintings and sculptured religious images and ceramics, ethnographic artifacts, coins, medals, rare books, and the memorabilia and archives.



UP Los Baños Sining Makiling Gallery
Auditorium Basement, University of the Philippines
Los Baños, Laguna, Southern Tagalog
Tel: 2402,2320 (no IDD available)
Proprietor: University of the Philippines at Los Baños
Curator: Ms. Teresa N. de Vera
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

University art museum containing works for Filipino artists.



UP-Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Centre
University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Tel: (632)9760-61 loc. 407
Proprietor: University of the Philippines
Curator: Prof. Regalado Jose
Open Hours: 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat.-Sun & Public Holidays
Admission: FREE

State university museum containing paintings done by Filipino artists from the Jorge B. Vargas Collection. Changing exhibits of artworks by contemporary Filipino artists.



UPLB Museum of Natural History
Los Banos, Laguna
Tel: (109) 2864
Curator: Dr. Augusto Sumalde
Open Hours: 8:00am.-5pm. (Mon-Sat.)
Admission: Children -P5.00 / Adult -P10.00

A government College Museum consists of preserved biological and zoological specimens, wood samples; by-products of micro-organism, the museum also keeps thousands of living plants/trees in separate location.



UPLB Museum of Natural History
Los Baños, Laguna
(109)2864
Open Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon-Sat)

Collection of flora and fauna of Mount Makiling in Laguna, Mycological Forestry and botanical Herbarium, Microbiological Cultural Collection & Hortorium.



Urios College Museum
3/F Urios College Bldg., Urios College
San Francisco St., Butuan City, Agusan del Norte
Northern Mindanao
Tel: 41-52-66/52545
Proprietor: Urios College
Curator: Casiana C. Torralba
Open Hours: 8am-11:30am, 2pm-4:30pm (Mon-Fri)
8am-11:30am (Saturday)
Closed: Sundays & Public Holidays

College museum established in 1975 containing ethnographical and archaeological artifacts from Northern Mindanao.





Vicente Manansala Historical Landmark
Binangonan, Rizal
Curator: Mr. Alex Ondevilla
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm. (Mon to Fri.)
Admission: FREE

Houses the relics and memorabilia of the late national artist Vicente Manansala. Features some of ;the original works and painting paraphernalia of the artist. Lectures, guiding services and painting workshop on a regular basis are being organized.



Vigan House (Crisologo House and Memorabilia)
Vigan National Museum Branch
Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Proprietor: National Historical Institute
Open Hours: 9:00am. - 5:00pm. (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays

Contains archaeological, ethnographical, geological, and zoological collections, including artifacts relating to Northern Luzon, memorabilia and household heirlooms of Congressman Floro Crisologo and his wife. Governor Carmeling Crisologo with her private collection of religious statues.



Vinzons Historical Landmark
Vinzons, Camarines Norte
Proprietor: National Historical Institute
Open Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon-Sun
Admission: FREE




Wenceslao Vinzon Historical Landmarks
Vinzons, Camarines Norte
Curator: Mrs. Norma A. Mago
Open Hours: 8:00am.-5:00pm. (Mon - Sun.)
Admission: FREE

Houses relics and memorabilia of the late Wenceslao Q. VInzons, A Wold War II hero. Family mementoes and pictorial exhibits on Philippine history are on display. Municipal library is integrated into the landmark.



Western Mindanao State University Ethnological Museum
Western Mindanao University, San Jose Road,
Zamboanga del Sur, Western Mindanao, Philippines
Proprietor: Western Mindanao State University
Curator: Francis C. Jumala
Open Hours: 9:00am-4:00pm. (school days)

University museum establish in 1972 which contains ethnological, ethnographical and archaeological artifacts from the region.



Western Police District Museum
Gen. Alfredo S. Lim Complex
Felipe II Street, Binondo, Manila
Tel: 210-650
Curator: Chief Inspector Franklin Gacutan
Open Hours: 8:00am.-5:00pm.
Admission: FREE

Showcases the momentos of a police officer consists of old uniforms and paraphernalia.





Xavier University Museum (Museo De Oro)
Xavier University, Corrales Ave.
Cagayan de Oro City 9000, Misamis Oriental
Northern Mindanao
Tel: 723818, 726069 (no IDD available)
Proprietor: Museum de Oro Foundation
Curator: Director: Father Francisco R. Demetrio, SJ, Ph D.
Open Hours: 8:30am-11:30am; 2:30pm-5pm (Tues-F)
8:30am-11:30am (Saturdays)
Closed: Sun, Mon. & Public Holidays

University museum containing collections of ethnological and archaeological materials and other artifacts illustrating the cultural anthropology and folk traditions of Northern Mindanao





Zaldivar Museum
Sto. Rosario cor. Hilario Barte St., Albuera
Leyte, Eastern Visayas
Open Hours: By appointment only

Private museum containing the owner's collections of household objects, furniture, ceramics, coins, stamps, religious articles, souvenir items, and old Spanish books.



Zamboanga National Museum Branch
Fort Pilar, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur
Western Mindanao
Tel: 3029 (no IDD available)
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Ms. Eufemia B. Catolin
Open Hours: 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm (Sun-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, geological and zoological collections,

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Source: National Commission on Culture and the Arts
Posted: 22 June 1998


Thanks for the listing Lili.

The Pasig Museum (took this pic last Dec 2005)

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Here's the Museo before the paint job.

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Here's the Museo now.

Below are a couple of photos during my last visit to Escolta museum located at Calvo Building. The small but packed museum has an array of scale models, artifacts, manuscripts and news clippings. I’d like to commend the owners of Calvo Building for allotting a space to showcase the bygone era of the most elegant district of old Manila:

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Mga babaeng pang-Escolta. Check out their outfits.

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Receipts from boutiques – Syvel’s, Heacocks’s, Hamilton Brown

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Scale model of Monte de Piedad

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Lyric theater

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Crystal Arcade

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Capitol Theater

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There are around 10 scale models of Escolta buildings in the museum

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Prewar Escolta

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Escolta after WWII (Battle for Manila)

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Escolta clippings from old magazines and newspapers

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Old bottles from Botica Boie

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Newspaper advertisements on the establishments along Escolta

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More articles on Escolta

^^That is wonderful

FINALLY!!! THE CRYSTAL ARCADE!!! THE FIRST IN ASIA!!! BEAUTIFUL EVEN THOUGH JUST A SCALE MODEL!!!

mei access ba yung sasakyan sa roof deck ng monte de piedad building o nilagay lang?

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^^ He he...some visitor probably placed the cars on top. :)

^^ just wondering @ wonderboy...is that monte de piedad or prudential bank?
monte de piedad has their building in plaza sta cruz fronting the church while prudential bank is in plaza lacson. :?

^^ Vanoy2000, that's a scale model of Monte de Piedad, which later on became Prudential Bank and now South Supermarket. Below is a pre-war photo for your reference (special thanks to Overtureph for the photo):

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Monte de Piedad also has their building facing Sta. Cruz Church. I took a picure of the building which I posted on the Heritage Watch (Philippines) thread:

Another prewar structure on the ‘endangered’ list is the Monte de Piedad building located at Ongpin Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila. Although, the building is still in use and is now owned by Keppel Bank, this piece of gem in downtown Manila has been neglected through the years.

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Aside from the fact that Monte de Piedad badly needs thorough cleaning and a paint job, proper restoration should also be done to save the building.

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I would also like to encourage everyone to post some photos here or articles related to heritage conservation.

Hope this helps. :)

thanks wonderboy for that info..

sayang naging supermart yon prudential bank.

This might be sacrilegous, but they oughta tear down the CCP - it is so 70's! When I see it I think of Marcos!

sa bagong blueprint, may bagong designs nanaman for CCP.

well pnoyd2tayo, millions of Chinese peasants died constructing the wall of China, should it be torn down? This building is not just a 70s structure, its a pretty dman good 70s minimalist structure. It also represents a very unique time in our history and no matter how bad that time in history was it still merits preservation because of its historical significance.

^^ Here, here!!! You are absolutely correct!!!

I absolutely agree with dancethingy

Please keep CCP as is! It is a Philippine architectural icon of the 70s in the vein of minimalist structures as @dancethingy said. It is one of our very own architect Leandro Locsin's brainchild. I can't believe @pnoyd2tayo should utter such disregard for preservation of architectural and historic structures albeit associated with the Marcos dictatorship. The CCP also brought the Philippines glory and put us in the global limelight for hosting such global events like the first Asian UNCTAD, Justice Conferences, Ms. Universe, concerts of internationally renowned artists such as Van Cliburn, Pavarotti, ballerinas Ana Markova, etc., etc. It made the high arts more accessible to the public eye.

i agree that they shouldnt tear it down, but i would say that they should maintain it better...some new paint would do good...

I also agree that they should not demolish it. They should renovate a little bit of the exterior and interior, add more plants and some wavy effects and colotful lights of the fountain just like in malate or Bellagio in Las Vegas. that looks nice to me.

Yep, no to tearing down CCP, it looks majestic enough for me, it has it own uniqueness and character. I don't see it as the 70's look, more of a timeless structure.

Sayang lang if they tear down CCP, it's known as a Philippine design icon for years and it has done well in that. Maintainance is the problem and the Philippine gov't has proven to be bad at that. CCP just needs to do some fixing, some foliage on the side, and a few added structrures, it would be back in its former glory.

refurbish the present buldings... and build structures that would compliment the present ones. :) wag naman sirain porket 70's... thats the cool thing nga eh.

When i was volunteering at the CHicago architectural foundation our motto was, "the city is your museum." I believe that Manila can be just as amazing a museum as Chicago.

^^ That is a really good motto. We should adopt this thinking and attitude in Manila.

^Actually, I remember Ernie Barong said that Manila is one big museum in one episode of his Knowldge Power program... I really miss him you know. Great loss for our country.
Aside from that, I also don't really want the authorities to tear down Manila Film Center and the Folk Arts Theater because aside from architectural and cultural value, it is also historically important. I really love those buildings they all compliment each other. I can't even find other buildings in the world that is the same as those in CCP Complex.

What's the crystal arcade anyway? Can you give details about it?

Di ba revived na ang Manila Film Center? Am I wrong?

Yep, no to tearing down CCP, it looks majestic enough for me, it has it own uniqueness and character. I don't see it as the 70's look, more of a timeless structure.

I second the motion. The film center actually looks like Licoln Memorial from the bay...

what happened ba sa MFC? narinig ko na may nag-collapse, parang ganun, minadali daw kasi, kinwentu lng sa akin, was that correct or wrong? anu ba talaga yung nangyari sa MFC?

what happened ba sa MFC? narinig ko na may nag-collapse, parang ganun, minadali daw kasi, kinwentu lng sa akin, was that correct or wrong? anu ba talaga yung nangyari sa MFC?

maraming namatay while they were rushing to finish it on time para sa Manila International Film Fertival noon, I forgot the year, let me check...

From Howie Severino's Sidetrip
http://www.gmapinoytv.com/sidetrip/blog/index.php?/archives/42-A-ghostly-place-or-an-urban-legend.html

Tuesday, November 1. 2005
The Manila Film Center mystery: A ghostly place or an urban legend?
I've been away exploring a haunted building. And I learned that it may not be spooked in the way we've all imagined. Nearly 25 years after the horrific tragedy that still defines it, the Manila Film Center hosted a different kind of quest -- a quest for facts.


Imelda had wanted coconut trunk-like pillars on her Greek Parthenon-inspired film palace, but her nervous architects managed to convince her otherwise. The man sitting next to the third pillar from the right gives a sense of its size.
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The Manila Film Center, in a far corner of the Cultural Center complex on Roxas Blvd., is probably the country's most infamous structure. Some would say it is cursed, although a Korean-owned company is currently making a flamboyant effort to rehabilitate its image with a transvestite Las Vegas-like act. Now housing the "Amazing Philippine Theatre," the massive building is patronized nightly by dozens of Korean honeymooners who pose in front of the kitschy Egyptian Pharoah figure above the doorway before entering to enjoy the performance by the "country's prettiest gays." Most of the couples are completely unaware of its ghostly reputation, if one doesn't consider Filipino males with long hairless legs as apparitions.

But prettiest gays or not, ordinary superstition-loving Filipinos have avoided the building like SARS.
Even before it was finished in 1982, in time for the Manila International Film Festival, Imelda's film palace -- as others would call it -- suffered the first of its outrageous misfortunes. On November 17, 1981, during the pouring of cement, an upper floor collapsed, sending an untold number of workers hurtling into fresh cement or onto upright steel bars where they hung like barbeque (this was a witness's analogy, not mine) for hours until their bodies were retrieved.

The story all this time, or at least as I and countless others believed it, was that Imelda immediately ordered the bodies in the cement to be paved over so that work could resume and her looming deadline met. News about the tragedy was censored during the martial law era, so rumors and ghosts filled the vaccum.

Ghosts take over

Since then, as legend would have it, the Manila Film Center has become a haven for the supernatural, as spirits of the dead bodies encased in high-strength cement plead for recovery and a decent burial. So-called "spirit questors" have confirmed it, as well as various mediums (media?) and manghuhula.

In other words, that Parthenon-inspired white elephant in a dark, secluded spot next to Manila Bay is a fu****g scary place.

On top of that, it has become a gargantuan symbol of Imelda's edifice complex. The Manila Film Center did once house government agencies that promoted Philippine cinema, and is credited, at least by Marcos-era impresario Johnny Litton, for making possible Peque Gallaga's classic, Oro, Plata, Mata.

Later, after the Cory government repudiated everything Imeldific, the film palace lost its glamor when it became the government's central passport office. Then the 1990 earthquake struck. The building shook and the stairs and road around the structure cracked.

Sufficiently spooked, the passport people abandoned the building, which was visited afterwards only occasionally by people interested in the occult or film fanatics led by the CCP's Ed Cabagnot who once organized a colorum film screening there. In 2001, the Koreans started renting it for their version of the gay shows that draw the tourist multitudes in Thailand.


Giant Egyptian-inspired dog figurines now welcome Korean honeymooners to Filipino gay shows at the film center. In Egypt, dog gods from antiquity stand guard outside the tombs of the Pharoahs.
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All this time, the Manila Film Center has retained a reputation as a cursed, spooky remnant of Imeldific excess. Only the Koreans have had the guts to use it commercially.

The question that has hovered like Casper above all conversations about the place: How many are really buried in there?

That question drove our Halloween-night I-Witness documentary on what really happened on November 17, 1981. Fact-finding, not ghost hunting, was our mission.

I must say that we weren't that much more successful than the generation of ghost hunters who preceded us. But what we realized made us doubt what everyone has taken for granted all these years.

A half-baked conclusion

After numerous return trips to the film center's dark and eery catacombs, futile efforts to find a paper trail, and interviews with survivors and loved ones of dead construction workers, my half-baked conclusion: Not more than a dozen died (we heard figures as high as 169, which was based on an Inquirer account of a spirit questor expedition years ago), and NONE of them left behind in the Manila Film Center. Why are you surprised?

First of all, we couldn't find anyone who knew anyone in there, including relatives. If there really were dozens of skeletons still encased in cement in the film palace, we are almost sure we would have been able to trace loved ones, or they would have found us. The construction workers who survived the incident did not know anyone, nor did they know anyone who knew anyone missing in the building.

We know from years of working in media that the relatives of missing people are extremely persistent and vocal, driven as they are by a human desire for closure on their grief. I think this would have been the case even if they were bribed by Imelda, which is one theory for why they have been so quiet through all these years. I have my own theory: the missing don't exist.

One witness told us that workers cleared the bodies and the debris from the theater floor before resuming the construction, which was finished the same day that international stars like Jeremy Irons and George Hamilton waltzed in.

Anatomy of an Urban Legend

If the ghosts we hear about represent the souls of the dead unceremoniously buried under the theater floor, then they are probably ghosts in our minds. In other words, they are an Urban Legend that spread due to the confluence of the following: the horror of what happened in November 1981; news censorship during martial law which created a black hole where credible information should have been; hatred of the Marcoses, so many were prepared to believe the worst about an Imelda project; and the average Filipino's unquestioned belief in ghosts.

Unless someone can produce the facts to prove otherwise, or even just relatives, the case of the missing workers inside the Manila Film Center must be one of the country's biggest urban legends ever.

If there are any ghosts at all, they are the lies and illusions from the past which have yet to be exposed for what they are. Scarier than the ghosts in our minds are the real-life ghosts in our midst: a place of horrible tragedy that has been swept under the rug of censorship; an Imelda Marcos who still waltzes around town in her terno as if the crimes of martial law never happened; and the possibility that such horrors can happen again and no accounting takes place.

Our consolation is a new view of the Manila Film Center: it's not a giant tomb, but just the scene of yet another Marcos-era bloodbath. If all of those who have been so bent through the years on finding ghosts can summon the same will to locate all the facts, maybe we can finally see the truth.

Can you guys tell me if it is still existing and what are they with doing with it recently? Can anybody post any picture of it here? Who are those foreign dignitaries who stayed there before?

Folk Arts Theater is acctually sinking so they plan to demolish it or else it shall destroy itself.

should this be on the CCP thread also?

I don't know. I think CCP is more of a theater and Coconut Palace is more of a residential palace dedicated for foreign dignitaries Imelda M invited to the country during her reign ias the Philippine First Lady. I believe Indira Ghandi stayed there as well as Prince Charles, I am not sure of these unfortunately.

It is still standing.

no becoz the coconut palace is located in the CCP complex... so I just figure that another thread is not necessary.

anyway, the structure is still there. it actually became one of the pit stops in the Amazing Race.

thanks Culiat for that info. It was almost 7 years ago when we check in at the Westin Philippine Plaza, my parents, as well as my older cousins scared me about that building near philippine plaza, the story is the same. hahaha. What does it looks like inside now? I often see the egyptian designs outside. Parang may napanood ako sa tv and vinideo nila yung loob. I forgot na eh. So, what should they do? Demolish or Renovate? may pag-asa pa ba itong irenovate? Nakita ko sa palafox associates ata yun, masterplan ng CCP complex, only MFC ang nawala sa plano nila.

The CCP was built in the second term of Marcos. I believe it was inaugurated in the 1969 if i'm not mistaken. It is NOT a symbol of Martial Law. Not everything Marcos did was wrong or horrible, people make sweeping generalizations rather than insights based on truth and now a whole generation thinks with media blurbs regarding this whole era.

Designed by a national artist (leandro locsin) and recognized as his masterpiece it is a national landmark. It would be a cold day in hell before the art community most of whom grew up with this institution (remember it's not only a building, it's a community and even has it's own school - Philippine High School for the Performing Arts in Laguna ,our version of Fame) will even allow you to THINK about tearing it down. Consider this a warning.

I don't think it's run by the CCP but I can't imagine it needs another thread. I think it'll be dead by a hundred posts.

In any case, yes it's not only standing it's thriving. It's makes good money for the PTA ( I think this is agency which has it) , it's a very popular venue for launches, weddings and is booked solid. Nice little museum too.

It was built for John Paul's visit here but he found it too ostentatious and stayed with Cardinal Sin instead. And yes anumber of celebrities have stayed there.

Is it open to the public for viewing? I'm very curious about it because according to what I've read, it is made of an all philippine native materials most especificially from coconut tree, hence, the name Coconut Palace arise from it. I hope they won't tear this down, I would love to come and see it personally as it looks very nice in the photos I've seen it.

Thanks bustero!

It's still there. My friends had their wedding reception there two or three years ago. The sunset there is picturesque. As good as it gets as the hotel next door.

The facility has seen better years though. It needs some cleaning. A major renovation would make this a great place. However, the CCP management does not have the funds for it. Given the CCP's new thrust of leasing out space to private investors, maybe someone enterprising from this forum can lease it from CCP management and turn it into a venue similar to the Fort's tent.

Yes it's actually a museum, give them a call I think they have tours. I've been on one. It really is a masterpiece of Philippine Ingenuity and design. So interesting, I doubt if they will tear it down it's a popular tourist site with interesting stories. There you can see our humble coconut transformed into a first class builiding material. Even the coconut flooring looks like Narra! Try visit easy to get too and lots of fun.

It should Jchip, the palace is very unique and classy. They need to maintain it nd then make money from renting it out to several important as well as personal functions.

They should be proud of it as it is a one truely filipino and above all it highlights the filipino skills in architecture and ingenuity.

Hey, they could of designed NAIA like these ....LOL

Yes it's actually a museum, give them a call I think they have tours. I've been on one. It really is a masterpiece of Philippine Ingenuity and design. So interesting, I doubt if they will tear it down it's a popular tourist site with interesting stories. There you can see our humble coconut transformed into a first class builiding material. Even the coconut flooring looks like Narra! Try visit easy to get too and lots of fun.


Wow, amazing responses here 10 responses in less than 30 minutes, thanks again bustero. I will make sure i will check it out next time I come and visit MNL.

I the coconut palace was designed by Francisco manosa and i have a hardcopy picture book of all his works. The book features his Coconut Palace and it is a grand structure. i'll try to take pics of the book and post it. Is that ok? am i going to infringe on some copyright law or something?

the building is actually supported by upside down coconut trees, an amazing structure. I don't know why Filipinos wouldn't want to fashion their houses in the image of the coconut palace instead of coming out with these faux pas european homes.

Yeah it still exists. We had an educational field trip there last summer of 2001. It has eight rooms, I think, named after eight provinces. My favorite room is the Iloilo Room (I'm not sure if the room was renamed Visayas Room), not because I'm Ilonggo but because of the indigenous materials used to furnish the room. The bed sheets and pillows are of embroidered piña, the headboard is fan-shaped and entirely made of capiz shells set in wood. The bases of lamps are glassed filled with shells, i can't remember the ceiling details, but that in the toilet and bath are also of capiz. At that time taking pictures at the bedrooms was restricted but we managed to steal a few shots (typical pinoy huh), but the following year picture-taking was allowed. If i can have a time I'l upload some of the pics that we took.

Oh man, please do ark and dancethingy. I would love to see more pictures of it.

You're right dancethingy, that's great idea, to pattern all the Philippine modern houses like the coconut palace only if someone would really manufacture the material for it and even upgrade the quality of these materials. Thanks for the wonderful repsonses from you all.

The Coconut Palace is already booked solid 2 years in advance. Even the Amazing Race People had trouble getting permission to use it as a location. If you remember the episode, they had the mat on the lawn, and not actually inside the Palace. This was because there was a wedding reception already going on inside. The Racers were billeted at the Philippine Plaza Hotel instead.

I've been to two separate events held at the Coconut Palace where by the end of both parties people were pushing each other into the pool. Mostly with drunken Australians doing the pushing.

Sorry, I didn't see any episodes of the Amazing race, too bad, i missed the whole thing. I would of seen the Coconut palace there. Sux to be me sometimes..LOL

I the coconut palace was designed by Francisco manosa and i have a hardcopy picture book of all his works. The book features his Coconut Palace and it is a grand structure. i'll try to take pics of the book and post it. Is that ok? am i going to infringe on some copyright law or something?

No, I don't think you are going to infringe copyright law. You can justify it with the fair use doctrine, for as long as it is for limited educational purpose. You are not profiting from it by sharing some of the pictures. Just cite the source of the pictures. If someone complains, then you can always delete it.

^^ My Google here at home is not working. In the meantime, you can check out Philippine "Then and Now" Photos II for more info on Crystal Arcade (go to Retrato: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow thread).

I remember they used the coconut palace as the Malacañang Palace for the now-ended GMA7 soap opera Kung Mawawala Ka.

I really love that building. Anyway, I would post some infos about it in some other day when I'm not busy. According to the book, Edifice Complex, the builders used some special material made out of coconut. It's not purely coconut but a hybrid product. That's why it looks glossy and hard.

What's the crystal arcade anyway? Can you give details about it?

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c211/hawayano/Crystalarcade.jpg

Juan F. Nakpil: 1899-1986

Juan F. Nakpil is a pioneer of modern Philippine architecture. As an architect, Nakpil has contributed immensely to the present shape and form of Philippine modern architecture. Born on the 26th of May, 1899 in the district of Quiapo, Nakpil first ventured into the arts as a young child. Joining various competitions in school, Nakpil showed his immense talents in arts winning various distinctions in his drawing classes. As a young man, Nakpil took up and eventually obtained a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1922, where in 1950 he was honored by the same school as "distinguished alumnus". After being encouraged by an uncle, the young Nakpil ventured in 1922 into his first love, architecture, enrolling at the prestigious Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts in France, Nakpil under the tutorage of Carlu and Laloux, noted architects of the Palais de Chaillot, gained insights into European architecture particularly French Beux Art which was still popular at the time. As a student in Fontainebleau, Nakpil showed great talent being listed as among the top 10 of 40 in his class. Being a Filipino in Europe at that time, Nakpil was able to continue the great triumphs of early Filipino nationalists such as Luna, Hidalgo and most notably Rizal, a couple of decades earlier. With a degree in both civil engineering and architecture in hand, Nakpil furthered his education by gaining the Joseph Evelyth Scholarship in 1925 at the Harvard Graduate School for Architecture. While studying in Harvard, Nakpil entered a design competition open to students of Boston Institute of Technology , the Architects Club of Boston and the students of Harvard University. As a Filipino student in a bastion of White American society, Nakpil triumphed among all others, being the only student not only of Harvard but from the Philippines to have won.

Juan Nakpil eventually returned to the Philippines in December of 1926 to work as an assistant architect to the then Bureau of Public Works and at the same time pursue Anita Noble, whom he married and had 5 children with.

In 1928, the young Nakpil joined the prestigious firm of Andres Luna de San Pedro. Working on noted projects such as The Crystal Arcade and the Don Gonzalo Puyat and Sons Building. Influenced by the great artist's son, Nakpil opened his own firm in 1930, creating marvels of modern architecture. Throughout his long studies abroad, as well as the diverse influences he has received, Nakpil has created in time a diverse catalogue of structures. Showing influences of French Beau Arts, Art Deco, and the International Modern Style. A master of designing, Nakpil was able to merge and create a distinctly Filipino Style with the different mediums he handled. A much honored Architect, Nakpil received the highest honor for his craft in 1973. He died in 1986 leaving a vast legacy of monuments in honor of the modern Filipino architect.

I really love that building. Anyway, I would post some infos about it in some other day when I'm not busy. According to the book, Edifice Complex, the builders used some special material made out of coconut. It's not purely coconut but a hybrid product. That's why it looks glossy and hard.

Ofcourse XP, that is just pretty obvious, I'm sure the materials can't all possibly be from coconut materials or the whole structure itself won't last that long. I actually wanted to see the chandeliere( did I spell that right?I'm too lazy to do a spell check) that one from what I read is 85 to 90 % made out of all coconut materials.

sa bagong blueprint, may bagong designs nanaman for CCP.

ccp design contest yun sa secondary level... 3 entries are from ust...

^^ thanks, cud someone post some pics of the ccp design excellence competition, my scanner is not working.

Manila Film Center is spooky even without that story. Its quite isolated in the CCP complex, the roundabout in front of it is basically empty most of the time and its surrounded by Manila Bay and high grass.

What does tearing down the CCP benefit us? Nothing... let's tear down LRT1 cause Marcos built it too.

i kinda like the idea of tearing down lrt1 and building a subway instead... hehehe.. let Taft experience sunlight again. :)

for me, ok na yung lrt, there are still some other ways para lumiwanag ulit ang taft, just like what happened to avenida, pero in the case of taft, hindi ko sinasabi na isasarado din yung avenue. I hope the mayor could find a solution for beautifying LRT, sana din, pagandahin yung stations ng lrt...

i kinda like the idea of tearing down lrt1 and building a subway instead... hehehe.. let Taft experience sunlight again. :)
That's a nice idea. But that would be really costly, I mean, building a subway. Plus, we would need to have a really good drainage system, considering the amount of rain we get and the resulting floods.

Don't know where else to post this article....I think here will be fine. :colgate:


The PETA Theater Center: A home at last
By Coreen Jimenez, Gina Cariño and Georgette Gonzales

In 1967, Cecile Guidote dreamt of a theater that would reach everyone. She founded the Philippine Educational Theater Association which spearheaded the national theater movement.

They found their space inside the ruins of Fort Santiago, Intramuros. National artist Leandro V. Locsin transformed the Rajah Sulayman into a beautiful lyrical E- or T-shaped outdoor theater which became the main stage for PETA productions and the main venue for its workshop showcases, festivals, and a variety of other cultural events local and international.

As PETA grew, so did its audience. And soon the Rajah Sulayman, for all its flexibility, proved limited to open-air nature theater. It was vulnerable to weather conditions and limited shows to evening performances. PETA's training activities jumped from one venue to another, its offices and headquarters changing address 12 times. These logistical nightmares had many cost implications that needed to be dealt with. PETA had come of age and it was time to address the impermanence and challenge to sustainability.

The concept of the Theater Center was developed in the '90s when the management felt that strategic changes needed to be made. As the organizational cornerstones were laid out, a physical structure was needed to address many concerns. The objective was to become more self-reliant and competitive. The artists needed a more conducive space to harness creativity.

The members had gone through a rigorous search to meet the many requirements of the theater center: a blueprint, a physical space and funding support. On October 20, 2000, PETA publicly launched the Theater Center Project.

According to Ramon R. del Rosario, Jr., Chairman of the PETA Board of Trustees, "For quite a while, nothing much happened. The project remained far-fetched and seemed destined to remain just that despite immense efforts to bring it to fruition. Until PETA's most consistent supporter and partner, the Inter-Church Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO) of the Netherlands, began sending encouraging signals. As soon as it was convinced of the project's attractiveness and viability, ICCO offered to put up a significant portion of the project funds, provided PETA committed to raise the counterpart from other sources."

It was all the push PETA needed. It embarked on a series of fund-raising projects which led to the support of international, local and individual sponsors. And the project took firm shape.

First was the search for the ideal site. PETA wanted the Center to be in Quezon City, a locale near schools, its biggest client base and location of its partner organizations and networks. PETA also believes that there is a bigger opportunity in Quezon City to continue its work in theater and education, and that the city and its residents will benefit much from its services.

After looking at about 40 sites, it finally acquired the lot on Sunnyside Drive, right at the back of the Quezon City Sports Club. The blessing of the lot took place on December 15, 2002.

Form and function guided the architectural vision. With the help of Leandro V. Locsin Partners, PETA was able to visualize its dream theater. LVLP, led by project partner-in-charge Raul Locsin and design consultant Leandro Y. Locsin, Jr., patiently collaborated with PETA to produce a final design that featured a Theater Center with a pronounced concave facade, an articulated canopy and tiered decks with concrete and glass, housing a box theater within.

Groundbreaking took place and construction on July 30, 2004. Aid continued to pour in from international funders: from Germany, Bread for the World, MISEREOR, Terre des Hommes Germany; CORDAID of The Netherlands; Development and Peace of Canada; The Ford Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation in the U.S.; Oxfam in Great Britain; The Japan Foundation; and from local partners and supporters - the PHINMA Group, PLDT Foundation, SMART Communications, Washington SyCip, Senator Francis Pangilinan, Jose Mari Chan, McCann Erickson Philippines, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Consuelo Foundation, Pacific Paint (Boysen) Philippines, Inc., DuPont Far East, Inc., the Leandro V. Locsin Partners architecture firm, AMCON Project Managers, Décor, and many other generous individuals, organizations and corporations.

The Theater Center was substantially completed on September 2005. With its full completion, the Center now features the following spaces:

- A medium-sized 400-seat "black box" theater (PETA-PHINMA Theater) that can be arranged in various ways depending on the performance. It shall be the home of the PETA Kalinangan Ensemble, the company's repertory arm, as well as performance space for collaborations with local and international partners.

- A studio cum classroom that can be used for workshops, trainings and conferences. It will house PETA's training programs and institute courses for the Philippines and Asia Pacific Region.

- The PLDT / Smart Exhibition Hall which serves as the Theater Center's main reception area as well as a performance, exhibit and seminar space

- A Library and Resource Center (courtesy of Lia Sciortino and O'ong Maryono), home to valuable material sources for theater research and countless archives that PETA has collected through the decades.

- Administrative office and headquarters

The PETA Theater Center was inaugurated on March 18, 2006, again manifesting that dreams do come true.

^^ thanks, cud someone post some pics of the ccp design excellence competition, my scanner is not working.

^^^ for the secondary level??? ung sa professional level na post na dito... i'll try to post it soon...

^^ ok salamat, salamat, sira kasi yung scanner ko eh, hahaha :)

Don't know where else to post this article....I think here will be fine. :colgate:


The PETA Theater Center: A home at last
By Coreen Jimenez, Gina Cariño and Georgette Gonzales

In 1967, Cecile Guidote dreamt of a theater that would reach everyone. She founded the Philippine Educational Theater Association which spearheaded the national theater movement.

They found their space inside the ruins of Fort Santiago, Intramuros. National artist Leandro V. Locsin transformed the Rajah Sulayman into a beautiful lyrical E- or T-shaped outdoor theater which became the main stage for PETA productions and the main venue for its workshop showcases, festivals, and a variety of other cultural events local and international.

As PETA grew, so did its audience. And soon the Rajah Sulayman, for all its flexibility, proved limited to open-air nature theater. It was vulnerable to weather conditions and limited shows to evening performances. PETA's training activities jumped from one venue to another, its offices and headquarters changing address 12 times. These logistical nightmares had many cost implications that needed to be dealt with. PETA had come of age and it was time to address the impermanence and challenge to sustainability.

The concept of the Theater Center was developed in the '90s when the management felt that strategic changes needed to be made. As the organizational cornerstones were laid out, a physical structure was needed to address many concerns. The objective was to become more self-reliant and competitive. The artists needed a more conducive space to harness creativity.

The members had gone through a rigorous search to meet the many requirements of the theater center: a blueprint, a physical space and funding support. On October 20, 2000, PETA publicly launched the Theater Center Project.

According to Ramon R. del Rosario, Jr., Chairman of the PETA Board of Trustees, "For quite a while, nothing much happened. The project remained far-fetched and seemed destined to remain just that despite immense efforts to bring it to fruition. Until PETA's most consistent supporter and partner, the Inter-Church Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO) of the Netherlands, began sending encouraging signals. As soon as it was convinced of the project's attractiveness and viability, ICCO offered to put up a significant portion of the project funds, provided PETA committed to raise the counterpart from other sources."

It was all the push PETA needed. It embarked on a series of fund-raising projects which led to the support of international, local and individual sponsors. And the project took firm shape.

First was the search for the ideal site. PETA wanted the Center to be in Quezon City, a locale near schools, its biggest client base and location of its partner organizations and networks. PETA also believes that there is a bigger opportunity in Quezon City to continue its work in theater and education, and that the city and its residents will benefit much from its services.

After looking at about 40 sites, it finally acquired the lot on Sunnyside Drive, right at the back of the Quezon City Sports Club. The blessing of the lot took place on December 15, 2002.

Form and function guided the architectural vision. With the help of Leandro V. Locsin Partners, PETA was able to visualize its dream theater. LVLP, led by project partner-in-charge Raul Locsin and design consultant Leandro Y. Locsin, Jr., patiently collaborated with PETA to produce a final design that featured a Theater Center with a pronounced concave facade, an articulated canopy and tiered decks with concrete and glass, housing a box theater within.

Groundbreaking took place and construction on July 30, 2004. Aid continued to pour in from international funders: from Germany, Bread for the World, MISEREOR, Terre des Hommes Germany; CORDAID of The Netherlands; Development and Peace of Canada; The Ford Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation in the U.S.; Oxfam in Great Britain; The Japan Foundation; and from local partners and supporters - the PHINMA Group, PLDT Foundation, SMART Communications, Washington SyCip, Senator Francis Pangilinan, Jose Mari Chan, McCann Erickson Philippines, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Consuelo Foundation, Pacific Paint (Boysen) Philippines, Inc., DuPont Far East, Inc., the Leandro V. Locsin Partners architecture firm, AMCON Project Managers, Décor, and many other generous individuals, organizations and corporations.

The Theater Center was substantially completed on September 2005. With its full completion, the Center now features the following spaces:

- A medium-sized 400-seat "black box" theater (PETA-PHINMA Theater) that can be arranged in various ways depending on the performance. It shall be the home of the PETA Kalinangan Ensemble, the company's repertory arm, as well as performance space for collaborations with local and international partners.

- A studio cum classroom that can be used for workshops, trainings and conferences. It will house PETA's training programs and institute courses for the Philippines and Asia Pacific Region.

- The PLDT / Smart Exhibition Hall which serves as the Theater Center's main reception area as well as a performance, exhibit and seminar space

- A Library and Resource Center (courtesy of Lia Sciortino and O'ong Maryono), home to valuable material sources for theater research and countless archives that PETA has collected through the decades.

- Administrative office and headquarters

The PETA Theater Center was inaugurated on March 18, 2006, again manifesting that dreams do come true.

my sister did a thesis about PETA back when she was in college... wla lang.
its good to see PETA have its own theatre.

I thought somebody is going to post the pics of the winners designs of the CCP modernization contest, secondary competion?

When i was volunteering at the CHicago architectural foundation our motto was, "the city is your museum." I believe that Manila can be just as amazing a museum as Chicago.

i just love this idea!

and i also find it nice that chicago and manila also share the same urban designer through burnham.

there are only two structures that i think of when asked about timeless architecture -- the ccp main building and the up chapel, both made by thomasian leandro locsin and both still absolutely modern after more than decades of existence.

i think bluprint magazine has made an update in their new issue by also including the student winners in the ccp competition with my school ust leading the field of seven with three winners.

I thought somebody is going to post the pics of the winners designs of the CCP modernization contest, secondary competion?

that's me... kaso naiwan ko ung bluprint sa apartment sa manila eh... next pa siguro ko makukuha yun... don't worry i'll post it here or if there's anyone here who can post it also.. post it na...

@gilas- yeah, 3 are from ust nga...

^^ I'm getting excited on seeing the new designs! :)

delete it...

i made a new one below...

mas maayos...

ISHTEPH, YOU'R BEAUTIFUL!!! THANKS FOR THE PICS!!! Yet, which ones are the winners?

ayan!!! yan yun... hahaha... pero naguguluhan na ako eh... ano yung pinaka-final design?

Here are the winners of the professional's competition


the winning designs:

1. studio + 116 (design based on organic forms, i.e. coconut leaves, alibata -- from the ccp logo, the sea):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/lexreyes/ccp-studio116-2.jpg

2. manalang, tayag and ilano architects, mtia (principles of ifugao architecture and calatrava-like engineering feats):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/lexreyes/ccp-mtia-1.jpg

3. syndicated architects co., sac and aurelio + adi, ltd. (continuous forms, perceived as one unit with extensions to the sea, probably designed as wave-like forms):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/lexreyes/ccp-sac-1.jpg

nakita ko din ung blu-print magazine at tinignan kong mabuti i prefer the modern design with lots of glasses design from UST! the mag is interesting pinakita dun yung bagong lounge ng PAL sa T2! kelan ba ang renovation ng CCP??

the secondary entries look more interesting than the major awardees...

I hope I see these built at least by 2020

ISHTEPH, YOU'R BEAUTIFUL!!! THANKS FOR THE PICS!!! Yet, which ones are the winners?

i think yung sa ust ung nanalo ung first one... maganda naman kase ung concept nila eh...

ayan!!! yan yun... hahaha... pero naguguluhan na ako eh... ano yung pinaka-final design?

nakakaasar nga bluprint, some parts lng ung nilagay nila sa design... hindi whole buti pa ung sa ateneo pinakita ung site dev nila...

here's the more clearer pic of the ccp design competition secondary level... i deleted what i posted before... so, here's the new one, courtesy of bluprint...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02355.jpg


1st entry from UST...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02356.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02357.jpg

leaf and butterfly concept...
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02368.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02369.jpg

neo ccp artist center
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/neoccpartistcenter.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02361.jpg

other entries soon na lng...

Cool, are they gonna use the winning-design for the redevelopment of CCP?

nice model. opera house is good-looking but I think seat look unconfortable to watch the show on stage.

Hmmm.... Seems that good-looking people produce good-looking ideas! Hehehe...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Animo,

Ang ganda ng postcard!!!! This is the first color-tinted one that i have seen of the Crystal Arcade interior. One can appreciate Art Deco Buildings better if they are in color. Ang galing ng handling ni Andres Luna ng glass blocks. May postcards din ba ng exterior? Talagang department store ang dating ng Crystal Arcade, sosyal nga lang.

http://static.flickr.com/53/131247729_810aa24e70.jpg?v=0

here's the other entries na of the CCP secondary level design competiton...

2nd entry from UST rin...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02354.jpg


first section is the DAUNGAN...
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02353.jpg

ground floor plan
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/groundfloorpland.jpg

2nd floor plan
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/secondfloorpland.jpg

front and rear elevation
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/frontreardaungan.jpg

right and left elevation
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/rightleftdaungan.jpg

exterior and interior perspective
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/exteriorperspectived.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/interiorperspectived.jpg


next section is the LIYAB BUILDING
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02346.jpg


floor plans
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/2nd.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/3rd.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/4th5th.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/6th7th.jpg

front and rear elevation
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/frontrearl.jpg

right and left elevation
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/rightleftl.jpg

exterior and interior perspective
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/exteriorperspectived.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/night.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/interiror.jpg

schematic drawing
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02351.jpg

here's an entry from Ateneo de Davao...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02397.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02394.jpg

balay na dako
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/balaynadako.jpg

artist's center
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/artistscenter.jpg

cultural mall
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/culturalmall.jpg

ferry terminal
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/ferryterminal.jpg

ferry terminal and manila yacht club
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/ferryterminalmanilayachtclub.jpg



and here's an entry from PLM...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02398.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02399.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/ccp/DSC02400.jpg


other entries sa susunod na lng... 2 entries from UP and another from UST...

MUSEO ILOCOS NORTE

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It was erected in 1878 and known as the Tabacalera Building. The edifice was originally designed as the Administration Center of the Tobacco Monopoly in Ilocos Norte during the reign of Spain over the Philippine Islands. Major rehabilitation and restoration program was done in early 1999. The building now serves a noble purpose - a repository of GAMENG (Treasure) that symbolizes the wealth and cultural heritage of Ilocanos.

Museums in the Philippines


Aga Khan Museum Of Islamic Arts
Mindanao State University, Marawi Campus
Islamic City of Marawi
Proprietor: Mindanao State University
Curator: Director Macmod Maguindanao
Open Hours: 9am-11:30am, 2pm-4:30pm (Mon-Fri)
Admission: FREE

University museum originally opened in 1962 which was moved to its present site and renamed in 1963 following a donation from His Royal Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV. It contains ehtnographical artifacts Mindanao, particularly those connected with the folk arts.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/Alingatong/msu_aga1.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/Alingatong/agakhan6.jpg

I like the post card too.... ganda nung crystalpalace as well as the other old buildings in escolta museum. I just hope that the old buildings in Escolta are restored, I still see some of them standing in the area along Pasig river...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Animo,

Ang ganda ng postcard!!!! This is the first color-tinted one that i have seen of the Crystal Arcade interior. One can appreciate Art Deco Buildings better if they are in color. Ang galing ng handling ni Andres Luna ng glass blocks. May postcards din ba ng exterior? Talagang department store ang dating ng Crystal Arcade, sosyal nga lang.

Hawayano actually posted this before. I'm not sure if an exterior is available online. It's hard to search for old photos online. :)

Hawayano actually posted this before. I'm not sure if an exterior is available online. It's hard to search for old photos online. :)

Yes, it is hard to search for online photos. I saw a number of shots in an issue of Blue Print, but they were quite small. Sayang, ang ganda pa naman ng mga shots.

I am not sure if this thread already exists, but it would be great that we dedicate a thread for all public art installations and monuments around Metro Manila.

We've shown people Manila's architecture and skyline, I think it's time that we also showcase Filipino's creativity and artistic expressions.

This will be a nice thread for that. So this will include monuments, murals, sculptures, fountains and the like?

Here is one:

The Carriedo Fountain
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/ECdoesit/CarriedoFountain.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/ECdoesit/CarriedoFountain2.jpg

Photo credit: Ivan Henares

http://www.mymanila.net/gallery/001_12302004.jpg
Rizal Monument

http://www.mymanila.net/archives/000356.html

^^ The Museum of the Filipino People has a couple of exterior shots of the Crystal Arcade though I'm not sure if it's still there. It was around January 2006 when I went there for a lecture and the Crystal Arcade photos were part of the photo exhibit. Too bad I forgot to bring my camera.

wow, I love those scale models! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks!

But more. there are so many around Makati and Malate. In Quezon City.

http://static.flickr.com/45/126304601_467c809a9d_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/51/114583648_db63e898ff.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/5/9023057_9e58a5a5fd.jpg?v=0

A few I found on flickr.

Bonifacio Monument

http://static.flickr.com/42/100947638_07ada2fde1.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/images/spaceball.gif

http://static.flickr.com/31/36253489_89e552a406.jpg?v=0

Being of Chinese descent, My whole family of 439273 (maybe exaggerating) used to visit the Manila Chinese Cemetary almost every year, and that place has the most memorable artworks.

here are some:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/c2russ/164376083SIekuh_ph.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/c2russ/163582688TfQDDa_ph.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/c2russ/164038417eogpEE_ph.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/c2russ/163379563fAPhdm_ph.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/c2russ/163377223LOPkLB_ph.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/c2russ/163378607rZEehn_ph.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/c2russ/164038469qdVriL_ph.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/c2russ/164787728gOjDFT_ph.jpg

and of course who can forget these public masterpieces: (not from the Chinese Cemetery)

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/c2russ/174181587SolHSw_ph.jpg
hehehe... we even have one of these at home.

more awesome pics from: http://community.webshots.com/user/ihud78

^^ I didn't know we had those. Great contribution Cyrus!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/ECdoesit/CarauajeSlide.jpg

Caruaje Slide in GSIS - Manila

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/ECdoesit/LiwasangBonifacio.jpg
Liwasang Bonifacio - Manila

Anyone a subscriberof Businessworld? Can anybody give us the gist of the article in Businessworld "CCP mulls creating new property firm"??? : http://www.bworldonline.com/BW051706/today.php

nice, magagaling parin tayong mga pilipino...

I don't see any of these design concepts incorporating the original Leandro Locsin edifice or am I just missing it? I don't think it is a good idea to totally disregard this national structure for the sake of modernized features.

The new designs are indeed impressive and visually appealing but the original CCP complex should not be overhauled nor overshadowed because it had acquired an iconic and historical significance.

Kailan kaya ito masimulan? Hope to see it before i die :)

ilang decades kaya ito bago magawa?

Sana naman maunahan niya yung NAIA 3...LOL

^^ pag nagkataon, yung class ng T3 pang domestic nalang...

basta pag gobyerno laging walang kwenta.. dapat ayala nalang mag invest dun para siguradong magagawa in time.

ang palafox meron rin silang ginawa na proposal for the redevelopment ng CCP...

CCP Mulls Creating New Property Firm
Business World 5/17/06

To pursue its plan to develop its prime
property in the reclaimed area along Roxas
Boulevard, the Cultural Center of the Philippines
(CCP) is studying a business option
that would create a separate company
to manage future leaseholding rights
to the property. CCP President Nestor
Jardin said that a project team made up
of experts on development planning, finance,
law and taxation is already accomplishing
the said business plan which they
expect to be completed by June. At stake
is 57.8 hectares of developable land which
the CCP Business and Master Development
Plan The initial bidding for the
project was originally expected six
months after the terms of reference has
been completed, which happened earlier
this year. With the initial working title of
CCP Complex Development Corp., the
proposed property management firm will
become publicly listed while CCP maintains
either 40% or 45% ownership. Mr.
Jardin said that the company would offer
competitive compensation to attract professionals
in the industry.

http://www.imway.com/photo1/manila/pasay/ccc/coconut_palace_front.jpg

http://gallery.constantwanderings.com/albums/ccp/ccp04.jpg

http://ls.hk.yimg.com/hk/providers/lplanet/20051018/bn1668_9-s.jpg

The coconut palace was built for Pope John Paul II's first visit visit to Manila in 1981 but he opted to stay at Papal Nunciature instead.

Imelda must have been really pissed off...he he...

^^ Ooooh, are those recent pics???

Beautiful pics, thanks wonderboy. I sure hope that teh gov't won't just let this piece of art go wasted, after all, it belongs to the Filipino people.

^^Politicians would just prove to us further that they are blind morons if they even dare try to demolish or desecrate that place!

^^ Lol! Don't worry, this place is very profitable to the government... high-end weddings and other occacions are being held here and it would be crazy to demolish this place....

tatrabaho na ako dito. trip trip lang. mondays sa national museum main building (padre burgos st) weds at fris sa museum of the filipino people (finance rd). kung may tanong kayo tungkol dun sa dalawa, try ko sagutin.


ewan ko kung meron na nito. post ko na lang. branches ng national museum sa iba-ibang lugar

luzon
bolinao branch museum - bolinao, pangasinan (general)
kabayan branch museum - kabayan, benguet (ethnographic)
tenongchol rock shelter - lapit sa kabayan branch (ethnographic)
timbac rock shelters - sa kabayan, benguet pa rin (ethnographic)
magsingal branch museum - magsingal, ilocos sur (ethnographic)
padre burgos house - vigan, ilocos sur (art, ethnographic)
cagayan branch museum - tuguegarao, cagayan (archaeological, geological)
kiangan branch museum - kiangan, ifugao (ethnographic)
angono petroglyphs site museum - binangonan, rizal (archaeological)
boac branch museum - boac, marinduque (ethnographic, archaeological, geological)
palawan branch museum - quezon, palawan (general)
tabon cave complex - quezon, palawan (archaeological)
cagsawa branch museum - daraga, albay (geological)

visayas
fort san pedro branch museum - cebu city (archaeological)

mindanao
fort pilar branch museum - zamboanga city (general)
butuan branch museum - doongan, butuan (ethnographic, archaeological)
balanghai shrine - butuan city (archaeological)
cotabato branch museum - cotabato city (ethnographic)
jolo branch museum - jolo, sulu (ethnographic)


eto naman shrines and landmarks ng national historical institute

baldomero aguinaldo shrine - kawit, cavite
rosendo mojica historical landmark - iloilo city
pinaglabanan memorial shrine - san juan, metro manila
marcelo h del pilar historical landmark - bulacan, bulacan
emilio aguinaldo shrine - kawit, cavite
wenceslao vinzons historical landmark - vinzons, camarines norte
vicente manansala historical landmark - binangonan, rizal
jose rizal shrine dapitan - dapitan city
jose rizal shrine - calamba, laguna
kalantiaw shrine - batan, aklan
miguel malvar historical landmark - santo tomas, batangas
manuel l quezon memorial shrine - quezon city
teodoro brillantes ancestral house - tayum, abra
barasoain church historical landmark - malolos, bulacan
leon apacible historical landmark - taal, batangas
marcella agoncillo historical landmark - taal, batangas
mabini shrine pandacan - manila
nagcarlan underground cemetery historical landmark - nagcarlan, laguna
rizal shrine fort santiago - intramuros,manila
juan luna - badoc, ilocos norte
casa real shrine - malolos, bulacan
jorge barlin - baao, camarines sur
mabini shrine - tanauan, batangas
philippine history museum -ermita, manila
bonifacio trial house - margondon, cavite

^^ Weirdo, I might run into you one of these days when I go to the National Museum. :)

Bahay Tsinoy

A Museum of the Chinese in Philippine Life

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4092/bt1df.jpg

Museum Hours:

Tuesday to Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday: Closed
Entrance Fees: P100 for adults
P60 for children and students

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5964/bt19rk.jpg

Address: Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center
Anda corner Cabildo Streets,
Intramuros, Manila 1002

http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~gustav/globalwalker/image/photo/ph/ph_p_mnl_intramuros_bahay_museum_02-12.jpg

Tel. No. 5276083/ 5266798/5266796
Fax No. 5276085
E-mail: kaisa@philonline.com

^^ Wow, very interesting museum. They have life-like wax(?) mannequins in dioramas.

^^ That's right Lili. They also have several photos of old Manila and its streets (late 19th century and peacetime). I'll be going there this coming Saturday to take pictures.

ang ganda naman ng bahay tsinoy. salamat wondeboy.

I'm sure you will enjoy your visit at BAHAY TSINOY (http://www.kaisa.ph:16080/museum/)


The Bahay Tsinoy Walk is cool also. :)

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3423/1224/400/pic_03.0.jpg
http://imagesphilippines.com/images/112802_114024.jpg
http://www.imagesphilippines.com/images/112802_113221.jpg
http://www.imagesphilippines.com/images/112802_112603.jpg

Near the capitol is the Museo Iloilo which features paleontological and archaeological finds in Iloilo and various artifacts relating to Iloilo's history and culture. Notable items are dated fossils, artifacts from sunken vessels, especially, a sunken British vessel, stone age tools, pottery, tradeware from China, Annam and Siam, burial jars and coffins and gold ornaments. Santos and other religious articles, a loom of the type which fomented the growth of the textile industry in Iloilo, rare photographs and mementos from World War II are also found. A changing display of works by local artists are in the Museo.

from:
photos1.blogger.com
www.imagesphilippines.com

tatrabaho na ako dito. trip trip lang. mondays sa national museum main building (padre burgos st) weds at fris sa museum of the filipino people (finance rd). kung may tanong kayo tungkol dun sa dalawa, try ko sagutin.


ewan ko kung meron na nito. post ko na lang. branches ng national museum sa iba-ibang lugar

luzon
bolinao branch museum - bolinao, pangasinan (general)
kabayan branch museum - kabayan, benguet (ethnographic)
tenongchol rock shelter - lapit sa kabayan branch (ethnographic)
timbac rock shelters - sa kabayan, benguet pa rin (ethnographic)
magsingal branch museum - magsingal, ilocos sur (ethnographic)
padre burgos house - vigan, ilocos sur (art, ethnographic)
cagayan branch museum - tuguegarao, cagayan (archaeological, geological)
kiangan branch museum - kiangan, ifugao (ethnographic)
angono petroglyphs site museum - binangonan, rizal (archaeological)
boac branch museum - boac, marinduque (ethnographic, archaeological, geological)
palawan branch museum - quezon, palawan (general)
tabon cave complex - quezon, palawan (archaeological)
cagsawa branch museum - daraga, albay (geological)

visayas
fort san pedro branch museum - cebu city (archaeological)

mindanao
fort pilar branch museum - zamboanga city (general)
butuan branch museum - doongan, butuan (ethnographic, archaeological)
balanghai shrine - butuan city (archaeological)
cotabato branch museum - cotabato city (ethnographic)
jolo branch museum - jolo, sulu (ethnographic)


eto naman shrines and landmarks ng national historical institute

baldomero aguinaldo shrine - kawit, cavite
rosendo mojica historical landmark - iloilo city
pinaglabanan memorial shrine - san juan, metro manila
marcelo h del pilar historical landmark - bulacan, bulacan
emilio aguinaldo shrine - kawit, cavite
wenceslao vinzons historical landmark - vinzons, camarines norte
vicente manansala historical landmark - binangonan, rizal
jose rizal shrine dapitan - dapitan city
jose rizal shrine - calamba, laguna
kalantiaw shrine - batan, aklan
miguel malvar historical landmark - santo tomas, batangas
manuel l quezon memorial shrine - quezon city
teodoro brillantes ancestral house - tayum, abra
barasoain church historical landmark - malolos, bulacan
leon apacible historical landmark - taal, batangas
marcella agoncillo historical landmark - taal, batangas
mabini shrine pandacan - manila
nagcarlan underground cemetery historical landmark - nagcarlan, laguna
rizal shrine fort santiago - intramuros,manila
juan luna - badoc, ilocos norte
casa real shrine - malolos, bulacan
jorge barlin - baao, camarines sur
mabini shrine - tanauan, batangas
philippine history museum -ermita, manila
bonifacio trial house - margondon, cavite


Weirdo, pa tour naman ako sa u sa national museum... can i bring my camera??
=)

hindi pa ako pinapag-guide hehe. bawal ang cameras. pero may cameras sila para mahuli mga gagawa ng mali. pede ka ring magpaalam kukuha ata ng permit para makapagshoot.

samahan mo ako dyan punta sana ako dyan hopefully 1st week ng july pag free time na ako..

A groundbreaking museum opens in Batangas City


INQ7.net
Last updated 01:08pm (Mla time) 07/05/2006

Opening in Batangas City on July 15 2006, Museo Puntóng Batangan raises the standards for research, exhibition design and interpretation for local community museums.

Moving away from the tired exhibition formulas, Museo Puntóng Batangan utilizes multiple video projections, computer and television monitors, audio programs, and large-scale photographs to convey information and come close to its viewers.

It will not draw attention to its high tech components merely for their novel use, however. Batangas City is a community in motion, with a lively character that comes across best through a multi-media approach. The fluidity offered by moving images and sound prove appropriate to a place where an independent spirit is the community’s most precious gift, expressed in its use of language, songs, and interpersonal relations.

To further deepen understanding of this independent spirit, this museum is organized according to key concepts in Tagalog.

Fourteen words were selected by the curatorial team, and the social importance of each word in Batangas City is given a small exhibition of its own. Some of these words, like ‘punto,’ will be ‘exhibited’ as sound experiences; while others, like ‘bayan’ and ‘awit,’ are shown as video productions. Others still, like ‘batang,’ and ‘kalumpang,’ are explored via displayed objects.

Through all these sections, extraordinarily beautiful photographs by the renowned photographer Neal Oshima will assist the visitor in understanding the concepts.

Why create a museum in Batangas City?

The creation of a museum in Batangas City began with a resolve to say something to and about an entire community, not just its leaders and well known individuals living in the city center. And so the museum accomplishes a number of ‘firsts.’

It is the first Philippine museum built on a massive research effort that combed through performed and oral traditions of more than 100 barangays comprising this single city. It is the first Philippine museum focusing on specific bodies of knowledge carried by rural folk – identifying Batangas City’s principal culture bearers.

It is also the first Philippine museum that utilizes a foreign archive extensively, i.e. the National Archives of the United States, and the United States Army Archives, which keep the records of the Philippine American War. Batangas province was among the few areas that sustained the most intense impact of the American conquest (it was one of three provinces where the writ of habeas corpus was suspended for continuing resistance to American rule). Handwritten testaments by Batangueños, presently kept in Washington, D. C., allowed the curatorial team to piece together the events that transpired during this now-unknown and brutal war ― including the effects of starvation and cholera.

Museo Puntóng Batangan is also among the handful of Philippine community museums that utilize the Philippine National Archives. Documents like the late 19th century ‘fincas urbanas’ (real estate declarations) have allowed the reconstruction of the poblacion as it was 120 years ago, including old street names.

Finally, three maps owned by the Museo del Ejercito in Madrid, Spain that show the poblacion in the 18th and early 19th centuries have allowed the curatorial team to identify an extensive fortress/wall system which used to surround the church.

The museum comes with a new book

Another first: the book “Puntóng Batangan: Katwiran at Dilà dine sa Batangas City (Batangas Accent, Reason and Tongue Here in Batangas City)” which accompanies the Permanent Exhibition is the first full-color, hardbound book written in both Batangas Tagalog, as spoken, and English.

In five chapters that poetically organize disparate materials gathered through research, this book endeavors to evoke the flavor (or taste) of an oral language with a distinct accent. It does this by emphasizing the attitudes embodied in the old ‘salawikain’ (aphorisms or sayings) in expressive old Tagalog phrases.

This museum was accomplished within a relatively short period of time by a team of veterans with extensive field work, analysis, and design experience. Members of its curatorial team are Filipinos with substantial local, national, and international practice. Their efforts were supported by the current Mayor of Batangas City, Eduardo B. Dimacuha


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Museo Iloko in Agoo, La Union
once a Presidencia/President's resthouse in La Union
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL252/1891404/11414419/166523549.jpg
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL252/1891404/11414419/165936955.jpg

Weirdo, pa tour naman ako sa u sa national museum... can i bring my camera??
=)
ako rin WEIRDO sama ko si NCBMANDY...makakalibre ba ng entrance :scouserd:

ako rin WEIRDO sama ko si NCBMANDY...makakalibre ba ng entrance :scouserd:


tara mag national museum tayo ehehehhee


ill be dropping by the ilocos norte museum, and burgos museum this week when i have my mid-year vacation.. punta kasi ako baguio, vigan, laoag, paoay, at sarat

hehe sensya na lipat ako sa technical services. kaya puro videos na lang ng seminars and events ang kaharap ko parati.

san ba banda ang bahay tsinoy? naglakad ako sa cabildo street kahapon hindi ko nakita. nag san agustin museum kami kahapon baka makapagpost ako ng images later. ok dun. sobrang ok sa photographers and di rin masyadong mahigpit. pati mga bawal kuhanang areas walang bantay bantay.

tara mag national museum tayo ehehehhee


ill be dropping by the ilocos norte museum, and burgos museum this week when i have my mid-year vacation.. punta kasi ako baguio, vigan, laoag, paoay, at sarat

kakaingit sayang, sana september na lang sana, sayang para makasama :lol:

kakaingit sayang, sana september na lang sana, sayang para makasama :lol:

lets sked a tour to the national museum of Art and the national museum of the filipino people...

tagal ko nang gustong pumunta.. di lang ako maka jackpot sa sked..

i was in san agustin museum and bahay tsinoy last june 24

San Agustin Church and Museum

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On our way to San Agustin Museum

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The guy in yellow green polo is Fr. Pedro Gallende, the director of San Agustin Church and Museum.

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Inside San Agustin Church

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Final resting place of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi

Room in San Agustin

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Nice view of the recreated Casa Procuracion.

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Fr. Blanco’s garden. Fr. Gallende said that he would like to restore the monastery if there’s a budget.

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Inner courtyard within cloister

Great photos Wonderboy. Does the Augustinians own Casa Procuracion?

^^ Thanks! :) Unfortunately, the recreated Casa Procuracion is not owned by the Augustinians but by a Chinese businessman. At least, the building still stands though not as authentic as the original.

An old convento beside the Cebu Cathedral currently being renovated to house an archdiocesan museum.
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There's also a museum at the basement of the Pilgrim Center at the Sto. Nino Basilica in Cebu. It features centuries-old vestments of the Sto. Nino, some church ornaments (old altars, chalices, retablos, candle holders, sto.nino relics, chairs, urns, etc.), photos, documents pertaining to the founding of Cebu and the discovery of the image, maps, books, among others. The museum also features some items (pre-Spanish burial items) which were dug out during the construction of a toilet near the church.

According to a pamphlet handed to me, the magellan's cross nearby and the church itself are also extensions of the museum.

Open daily, with noon break.


photo below is from the entrance to the church monastery.
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Augusto Villalon
Inquirer

August 09, 2006

An outstanding series of exhibitions illustrating the development of Philippine character over generations have marked the tenure of Ino Manalo as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila. His exhibition program presents the total Philippine culture spectrum beyond stereotypical visual-arts, to include objects of daily life.

Manalo uses ordinary objects to portray Philippine culture, everyday things like baskets, carving, clothing, folk art, religious icons, old photos and commonplace stuff usually taken for granted by most Filipinos whose daily lives are surrounded by what they perceive as ordinary.

But whatever its origin, an object tells a story, whether it be an heirloom or an export overrun T-shirt manufactured last week.

Manalo’s sharp vision transforms ordinary objects into extraordinary storytelling icons that powerfully express attitudes, habits and beliefs of Filipinos, which return viewers to shared roots.

Manalo’s exhibits bring out these roots. He has presented all facets of Boholano culture from rare Spanish colonial church treasures through traditional basketry and craft items of recent design manufactured for the export market.

He has taken Metropolitan viewers on an extensive walk through Quiapo, highlighting its treasures, from its surviving bahay-na-bato and their illustrious residents to neighborhood minutiae like the anting-anting sold outside Quiapo church.

Exhibiting everyday stuff removes culture from ivory-tower altitudes, returning it to earth, and bringing culture back to the people where it rightfully belongs.


The present exhibition at the Met sees how Philippine life evolved through the American colonial era by showing different chairs that people sat on in those days. This is an unusual journey and a visual treat not to be missed.

At the “Upuan” exhibit, chairs go beyond their function into social commentary.

“For many centuries,” says the exhibit catalogue text, “chairs were articles of state and dignity rather than items of ordinary use. They have their origin in the hierarchic society of medieval Europe, where only the king sat on chairs.”

Ordinary folk of the time were lucky to have a bench or stool to sit on. The world has turned full circle since. Now we all have chairs to sit on, but we can’t sit on all of them.

Chairs of authority in dining rooms, boardrooms, reception halls and on a ceremonial dais are restricted to special persons. In airports, special people gain access to airline lounges where seats are much more comfortable than outside, where ordinary folk still sit on ordinary chairs, not much change from the stools and benches of medieval days.

The rural Filipino, the exhibit points out, spends most of his day outdoors with little need for chairs. Rocks serve as stools, and branches become benches; others just squat on the ground.

Squatting was not for all. Generations of Cordillera elders have discussed community issues while ceremonially seated on the honored stone seats of the circular dap-ay. Lowland bishops and priests have ornate seats on cathedral altars. Power comes with privilege and special seating.

Rural people traditionally sit or squat under the shade of their nipa hut to cool off from the hot sun. Inside their houses is a minimum of furniture since they live in a one-room, multipurpose space. Since sleeping, cooking and eating happen within the same area, too much furniture restricts movement and flexibility.

When the Spanish moved people from rural to urban areas, “a more indoor kind of living and a new social order” developed, which “increased the chances as well as the need of families to socially interact with each other within the confines of their residences to enhance their prestige and power.

“Such interaction required showing off the elegant design and grandeur of their bahay-na-bato as well as the splendor and magnificence of their furniture,” the catalogue says. Such can be seen at Casa Manila in Intramuros, Casa Gorordo in Cebu and the Museo De La Salle in Dasmariñas (Cavite).

During the American colonial period, people flocking to urban centers to seek employment ushered in a construction boom. Government offices, schools, corporate structures, and houses rose quickly all over the Philippines, all needing furniture.


With lifestyle changes introduced by the new colonial regime, areas within offices and residences compartmentalized into smaller, separate spaces, requiring a new range of specialized furniture for living or dining rooms, bedrooms, offices, schools.

Craftsmen designed and executed a variety of new furniture, adapting American design to the tropics. The furniture of the era demonstrate “stylistic hybridity… making colonialism appear as a civilizing continuity rather than a disruption of a native civilization.”

Go see “Upuan” to revisit the excellence of Philippine craftsmanship. The exhibit runs until Sept. 9.

“Upuan” is one of those rare Manila exhibits that expand the horizons of anyone who takes the time to experience it. The exhibit is especially enlightening for practicing or student architects and interior designers needing to take inspiration from Philippine tradition.

Interesting and educational as they may be, Metropolitan Museum exhibits are underutilized opportunities. More people should go to see them, but then the Filipino is notoriously not a museum-
going individual. Maybe exhibits should go to the malls to reach more people.

It’s not only “Upuan” that completes its museum run in September. Ino Manalo ends his tenure as Metropolitan Museum director as well.

He deserves a solid round of appreciation for his pioneering determination to tell the Philippine story through the culture of the everyday.

Heritage watch

“Bid for Heritage” is the annual art and design auction organized by the Heritage Conservation Society. It takes place Aug. 20, 4 p.m., at The Loft, Rockwell Drive, Makati.

Proceeds benefit the projects of the Heritage Conservation Society, particularly the HCS-DepEd Heritage Schoolhouse Restoration Program, which has completed restoration of American-period schoolhouses in Bacolod, Baguio and San Fernando, Pampanga.

In 2006-07, buildings in Teachers Camp, Baguio, and public schools in Zamboanga and Davao will be restored by the project.

Tickets for “Bid for Heritage” are available at the HCS Secretariat at Museo Pambata, Roxas Boulevard. Call 5212239 or 5222497.

E-mail the author at pride.place@gmail.com
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Museo Iloko, AGoo La Union
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PERHAPS BECAUSE OF their immediacy and alarm, the scandal over cheating in the last nursing licensure examination and the civil-defense challenges such as the Petron oil slick in Guimaras and the Mayon volcano eruption in Bicol seem to eclipse the Philippines’ rather deep and even sterling history in social welfare and the medical sciences. This is unfortunate since the nation could look back to a profound legacy in health care and social welfare.

Ahead of the rest of Asia and even of the United States, the Philippines already had the germ of a hospital system in the 16th century because of the charity work of the Spanish missionaries: the present San Lazaro Hospital traces its roots to a hospital initially built out of nipa and bamboo by the Franciscans in 1578; and the Dominicans opened the San Gabriel Hospital in 1588 for the Chinese parian in Binondo.

But San Juan de Dios remains the oldest existing hospital in the Philippines, having been built in 1596, also by the Franciscans, and still under the ownership and administration of the Catholic Church, specifically the Archdiocese of Manila, up to the present.

In contrast, the US had its first regular hospital only in 1751. An American physician noted at the turn of the 20th century: “In provisions for the sick and helpless, Manila at the opening of the 17th century was far in advance of any city in the English colonies for more than a century and a half to come.”

Long history

To better appreciate the Philippines’ medical and social-welfare history, one should perhaps tour the Co Tec Tai Medical Museum in Pasay City. The museum is the brainchild of cardiologist Willie T. Ong of the Makati Medical Center and Manila Doctors Hospital and his sister, businesswoman and executive Julie Ong Alonzo, who runs Sonlie, a giant firm which is into baking products. The museum is housed in two floors of the Sonlie headquarters on Taft Avenue.

The museum is named after the Ong patriarch (Co Tec Tai or Ong Yong), who came from Xiamen, China to the Philippines in 1938, smuggled messages to the Filipino guerrillas through the hopia he made and peddled during the Japanese Occupation, made his fortune in real estate and cars, and has engaged in philanthropy and social welfare since his retirement. He’s now 84 years old.

Aside from filial honor, the museum is dedicated to young Filipinos who may want to consider a career in the medical and health professions.

“We want young people to come here and perhaps consider taking up a career in the medical and health sciences and practice it in the country,” Alonzo said. “We really have to do something about the dwindling number of doctors and nurses in the country.”

In order to inspire Filipino aspirants to the medical and health profession as well as stem the brain drain, the museum would like to present role models in the medical and health sciences, Ong said.

Of course, the foremost model should be Dr. Jose Rizal, Ong added. Young Filipinos should be particularly interested in the exhibit of Rizal’s original testing lenses which he used when he was a highly prized ophthalmologist. The lenses are on loan to the museum by Dr. Manuel Agulto.

Extensive

The museum was eight years in the making. Ong and Alonzo had to tour around the world to collect photographs and illustrations from various archives and collections. They even attended a six-month crash course on medical history at the University of Wisconsin to gain rudimentary expertise in planning and establishing a medical museum.

The museum divides medical history in the islands into the Spanish period, the American era, the Japanese occupation and the immediate postwar period. The Spanish period in the exhibit is largely devoted to the establishment of medical education in the country in 1871 through the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Santo Tomas (the two schools are now separated).

Before the founding of the school, physicians had come from Mexico and Spain, and the pharmaceutical sciences were largely practiced by the Spanish missionary botanists who had studied the curative powers of Philippine flora.

The American period saw the expansion of public health and sanitation. It couldn’t be otherwise since the start of the 20th century also saw graver threats to health care, such as the cholera epidemic in 1903 which killed 200,000 people and the smallpox outbreak in the 1920s. It was also during this time when the University of the Philippines, established in 1908, put up its own medical school and when the Philippine General Hospital was established.

The American period also saw fancy campaigns to promote public health. A photograph shows a float during the Manila Carnival of 1924 with the inscription, “Tuberculosis is a disgrace to the nation. Help it fight it.” Ironically today TB is on the rise and remains a leading killer of Filipinos.

Philatelic art through the decades also shows the growing public health consciousness. Stamp collectors will be particularly impressed at the museum’s collection of health- and medical-related stamps.

A part of the exhibit has been toured around the country and been seen at the Ayala Museum, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Chinese General Hospital, Department of Health and Novartis.

The museum also has a gallery exhibiting paintings on medical and health topics. On display are works by Thomas Daquioag and other artists. Daquioag’s “Brain Drain,” commissioned by the museum, is a relevant commentary on the state of the health professions in the country.

It is perhaps because of such a state that Alonzo expresses elation that the museum has slowly but steadily attracted visitors, even from the provinces. She said that nursing students from La Union visited the museum on their Manila field trip. “After the tour,” Alonzo said, “their professor asked them, ‘O, gusto ninyo pa bang umalis ng Pilipinas eh kailangan kayo rito?’” (Do you still want to go abroad?) The question remains pregnant.


The Co Tek Tai Medical Museum is at Sonlie International Bldg., 2652 Taft Ave., Pasay City. It is open to the public, especially educational tours. Call 8318904 or 83194 05.
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"Carollers" by Philippine artist Manuel Rodriguez Jr. is one of several Philippine artworks that will be on display beginning Saturday at Multicultural Center of the South in Shreveport as part of the "Kayamanan" exhibit.

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Philippines native Loreta Leavitt, president of the center's board, wears a kimona used for special occasions and a traditional Philippine fishing hat. She's holding a palayok, which is used for cooking. (Mike Silva/The Times)

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"A Mother and Child" by Philippine artist Philipp Bado.

By Maggie Martin
maggiemartin@gannett.com

A somber picture of a mother holding her child.
A band playing with a pulsating city backdrop.
An abstract carousel.
A horrific judgment day.

They are whimsical, jolting and realistic oils. And rendered in a variety of styles and hues from neon to softest pales.

And part of "Kayamanan," an exhibit that will open with a reception Saturday at the Multicultural Center of the South in Shreveport.

"The exhibit depicts life of the Philippines in urban and rural settings, showcasing its tradition, culture, activities, landscape and other activities," said the show's curator, Eugene Florendo of Lexington, Mass.

Loreta Leavitt, president of the center's board and a native of the Philippines, feels such an exhibit brings awareness to the community of other cultures. "We are promoting the Philippine heritage in the community through arts and we are educating the public, making them aware of what Filipino art is."

The reception for the traveling exhibition by artists of the Philippines will feature food from the Philippines prepared by members of the local Philippine community. As part of the festivities, community members will perform "tinikling," the traditional bamboo pole dance. And because of the Spanish influence on the Philippine culture, Hispanic dancers will show off a Mexican Folkloric Ballet, said center program director Janice Gatlin.

Proceeds from sale of the artworks will go to the organization Gawad Kalinga, which translates in English to "to give care."

"Gawad Kalinga is now in the process of transforming poverty-stricken areas. ... And the heart-work of GK volunteers is evident in the beautiful colors of the GK homes that have been built for and with the poorest of the poor Filipino families nationwide," Gatlin says in a press release.

Those viewing the show will get a feel for life and its culture in the Philippines as seen through the eyes of native artists.

There are 50 to 60 oils being presented.

They include works by beloved Philippine artist Manuel Rodriguez Sr. Among them are his whimsical "Bugle Boy" and "Rainbow."

Rodriguez is 93 and a candidate for the National Artist Award, the highest award for Philippine fine art. He also is known as the "father of print making" in the Philippines, Florendo said.

The oils range in price from $2,800 to $75,000 and in size from 16-by-24 inches to 48-by-72 inches.

There is a wide variety of styles including Impressionism, realism and Cubism.

Following is a look at four of the artists through the eyes of the curator:

Rodriguez Sr.

His joyous images sparkle with brilliant colors of pulsating life.

Philipp Bado

His vibrant colors, dynamism and landscapes are inspired by Matisse and Picasso. "The imagery appears constituted out of a marriage between the flatness of a canvas and the (material) of a physical subject," Florendo said.

Manuel Rodriguez Jr.

Images and landscapes that are exotic but have a sensibility that relate to an immortal beauty.

Voltz Perez

"He makes use of artistic technique to achieve the sensation of a longed-for eternity."

Curator Florendo's favorite pieces? "Works by Manuel Rodriguez Jr. and Sr. because of the great composition, the power of light and shadow. The depth, power of color, mastery and confidence in the brush strokes."

This show also will give art fans an opportunity to see works by great Philippine artists without traveling to the Philippines, Florendo pointed out.

The project started in 1999 as a traveling exhibit at the Los Angeles Convention Center. "It showcased the Philippines' best in every field of trade and industry including fine art," Florendo said.

"This is the first time we have exhibited a show of this magnitude," said Gatlin, who is excited about the evening's plans.

"Another thing that appeals to me is that the proceeds go toward helping others," added Gatlin. "A lot of people in the Philippines still live in nepa huts made of bamboo. And through this program, they can get more housing in a more modern style."

Members of the Philippine community involved with the center also are excited, Gatlin said. Cielo Martinez, consulate general of the Philippines, will make a personal appearance at the reception.

"She is now located out of Las Vegas. She lived in New Orleans and her home was destroyed in Katrina," Gatlin said.

Other special guests: Cito Lorenzo, former agriculture secretary in the Philippines and owner of Del Monte International, and Eugene Florendo of Lexington, Mass., show curator.

The show is sponsored by ISMART, a division of Ocampo Gemologists and Jewelers that was established in 1999 with the vision of spreading the Philippine culture through art, according to a center press release.

The exhibit has been shown throughout the country, including Las Vegas' Bellagio Hotel Gallery and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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this is the Silliman University Anthropologic Museum which houses one of the
most number of anthropologic relics and artifacts all over visayas.. from prehistoric skeletons to chinese porcelains recovered from an ancient shipwreck..

in fact, this building is a museum piece in itself and is worth to be exhibited in
since it is built over 103 years ago with materlials and hardwood mostly coming from a demolished opera theatre in New York..

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Let me the one who will first greet you all a Merry-merry Christmas!!!


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Photo: Naawan Arc of Friendship- winning the grand prize of the nationwide landmark-making contest “Christmasterpiece: Bayanihang Pasko 2005,” mounted by Lady’s Choice.

Museo Iloko, Agoo La Union

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Don't know if anything about the Gaston Ancestral Home/Museum has been posted. I went there in 1997 (or 1998). It's located in Silay, Negros Occidental. A truly beautiful house and very well preserved!

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The National Museum started in 1901 as the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History and Commerce under the Department o f Public Instruction by virtue of Act No. 284 passed by the Philippine Commission. The name was changed in 1903 to Bureau of Ethnological Survey under the Department of Interior. After the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 the Office was renamed the Philippine Museum. The Bureau of Ethnological Survey which had a division called the Philippine Museum was abolished as a separate bureau and was made merely a Division of Ethnology under the Bureau of Education by virtue of Act No. 1407. In 1906, the Philippine Commission transferred the Division of Ethnology of the Bureau of Education to the Bureau of Science which had other branches of Natural Science such as botany, geology and paleontology, entomology, ichthyology, herpetology and mammalogy.

In 1916, the Philippine Legislature passed Act No. 2572 organizing the Philippine Library and Museum from the former division of archives, patents, copyright, trademarks and corporation of the executive bureaus; the former law library of the Philippine Assembly and the former Philipine Library. The Division of Ethnology continued to function under the Bureau of Science. In 1926, Act No. 3437 passed by the Philippine Legislature recreated the National Museum of the Philippines as part of the Department of Agriculture and National Resources and these consisted of the Ethnology Division and the Division of History and Fine Arts. The Division of Natural Science was not included in the organization.

Again in 1933, the Philippine Legislature passed Act No. 4007 abolishing the National Museum and distributing its activities, functions and materials to the following:

1. The Division of Fine Arts and History to the National Library;
2. The Ethnology Division to remain with the Bureau of Science;
3. The Division of Anthropology which included archaeology, ethnography and physical anthropology and the other sections of natural history of the Bureau of Science were organized into a National Museum Division with Dr. Leopoldo B. Faustino as its first chief.

In 1939, an administrative order renamed the division as the Natural History Museum Division, but after the Commonwealth Act No. 453 made the Division an independent unit directly under the office of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce.

The Japanese occupation saw the abolition of the Natural History Museum Division, but after the liberation of the Philippines in 1945, it was reestablished under the Department of Agriculture and Commerce and placed it under the Office of the Executive Secretary. In 1951, Executive Order No. 392 transferred the National Museum to the Department of Education.

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Old Congress Bldg after World War II

The reorganization of the Department was implemented in 1988. The National Museum's organizational structure together with its functions were improved and expanded. The Archaeology Division was created from a section of the Anthropology Division. It's function is to conduct researches on the prehistory of the Philippines in order to define the foundation of the culture of the people through systematic archaelogical excavations of land and underwater sites. Two existing divisions were renamed and their functions were expanded: the Restoration and Engineering Division takes charge of the implementation of Presidential Decree Nos. 260 and 756. It conducts nationwide surveys and documentation of important immovable cultural properties of the Philippines and has general supervision over the restoration, preservation,, reconstruction and remodelling of immovable cultural properties. The Archaeological Sites and Branch Museum Divisions that administers. maintains, preserves artifacts in situ in the archaeological sites, is also authorized to establish branch museums in the different regions of the country, concomittant with its goal of bringing the museum closer to the majority of the people in the countryside.

In the same year, two Presidential Proclamations on culture were issued by the President of the Philippines, pursuant to the 1987 Constitution, giving priority programs to the arts and culture. These were Presidential Proclamation No. 269, proclaiming the period from 1988 to 1998 as "The Decade of Centennials of the Filipino Nationalism, Nationhood and the Philippine Revolutionary Movement" and Presidential Proclamation No. 270 authorizing the National Museum to conduct a National Educational and Fund Campaign for the period June 12, 1988 to June 12, 1989. On 26 January 1996, President Fidel V. Ramos signed Administrative Order No. 246 that created a Presidential Committee to oversee the rehabilitation of the National Museum complex. Earlier in October 1994, the President instructed the Secretaries of Finance and Tourism to prepare for the eventual turnover of the Finance and Tourism buildings to the National Museum.
In December 1995, the Department of Finance transferred to Bangko Sentral Complex and turned over the Finance building to the National Museum. The Department of Tourism was scheduled to turn over the Tourism building by the end of 1997.

In mid-1996, the Philippine Senate, in a historic move, vacated the Senate Chambers of the Executive House paving the way for its turn over to the National Museum thus providing the institution with the three buildings within the Agrifina Circle that would now form the National Museum precinct, the heart and soul of the National Museum system.

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On February 12, 1998, President Fidel V. Ramos approved and signed Republic Act No. 8492, also known as the 'National Museum Act of 1998' that established a National Museum System and provided for its permanent home, among others.

In June 1998, the new National Museum located at the former Finance Building precinct was opened with the formal inauguration of the National Museum of the Filipino People and the exhibition of the permanent exhibit, The Story of the Filipino People, and the world-class travelling exhibit, The Treasures of the San Diego, which was returned to the Philippines after its world tour of Paris, Madrid, New York and Berlin. The formal inauguration formed a key part of the grand celebration of the Philippine centennial.



Musta na ba ang national museum natin sa manila? Anymore updates?

So far this is the only one i got: http://nmuseum.tripod.com/

Well i was quite impressed. Not enough features though... :)

there's a thread in the main about museums in the philippines... :D

there's a thread in the main about museums in the philippines... :D

really? then maybe our mod can merge my thread. tnx a lot! :)

Merged ;)

Aera Memorial Foundation

Address: Villa Escudero, PO Box 4, San Pablo City, Southern Tagalog
Contact#: (63) 2-5210830
Fax#: (63) 2-5218698
Open Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm (Monday to Friday)

It is a private museum that contains archaeological, ethnographical, geological, zoological, historical and ecclesiastical pieces reflecting the country's rich history. Art collections from the Philippines and other countries are also included.

The museum also provides enjoyable activities like carabao cart riding, swimming and mouth-watering lunch buffet. Not only adults can experience the fun but also the children. However, only children above 4ft in height can be allowed inside the museum.

Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Arts

Address: Mindanao State University, Marawi Campus Islamic City of Marawi
Open Hours: 9:00am - 11:30am, 2:00nn - 4:30pm (Monday to Friday)
Entrance Fee: Free

This museum originally opened in 1962, which was moved to its present site and renamed in 1963 following a donation from His Royal Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV. It contains ethnographical artifacts, particularly those connected with the folk arts.

It is a repository of Maranao and other Moro artifacts, which boasts a huge collection of indigenous art and cultural materials, ethnic music, the native tools and weapons used by the Muslims, and houses with different artistic designs. It was named so in honor of King Aga Khan who contributed significantly to the realization of the museum. It is located within Mindanao State University, Marawi City.

Aguinaldo Shrine Museum

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Address: Kawit Cavite
Open Hours: 8:00 - 5:00 pm (Monday to Sunday)
Entrance Fee: Free

This Cavite mansion mirrored a unique period in the country's history. Its assembly which contains secret passages and hidden slot showcase how the revolutionary zeal infused even the comfort of Filipino homes. First built in 1845 from wood and thatch.

Aguinaldo's residence became a place where the proclamation of the Republic of the Philippines was made. On its first floor displays the museum containing architectural fashion of the past eras. Its main section is emphasized by a pyramid like structure capped by a spire tower at the very top. The second floor housed Aguinaldo's bedroom, the grand hall, dining room, kitchen, a conference room and azotea.

Angono National Museum Branch

Address: Angono Petrogtyphs Rockshelter, Angono, Rizal
Open Hours: 8am - 5:00pm (Monday to Saturday)
Entrance Fee: Free



One of the many places that you must see in the province of Rizal is the Angono National Museum. In the 90's the discovering of an archeological artifact, an ancient petroglyphs was found in the mountains of Angono and Binangonan.

Artifacts from ancient cultures of the Tagalog are preserved and found in Angono National Museum. The relic can be seen in the petroglyphs that are embossed in a rockshelter. These petroglyphs are carved on walls dating from the Neolithic Ages.

A student named Jesus Peralta studied and wrote about Angono petroglyphs for his thesis. It states that you cannot predict the exact age of a petroglyps but the relic was certainly from the pre-Hispanic age. These artifacts also include the Tagalog as among the ancient people who have records dating from that time and were known as "rock art".

Apolinario Mabini Shrine

Address: Pandacan, Manila
Contact#: (63) 2-592952
Open Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm (Monday to Friday)
Entrance Fee: Free



The Apolinario Mabini Shrine was built and dedicated to the national hero Apolinario Mabini. It provides an in depth view of his life, where he was born, the house where he lived in including the furniture, and some of the books he wrote.

The Shrine also contains souvenir items, municipal library and reading facilities.

Archdiocesan Museum of Manila

Address: 121 Arzobispo St., Intramuros, Manila
Contact#: (63) 2-492161 to 6 ext. 222
Open Hours: 9:00am - 11:30am 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm ( Mon-Thurs) 9:00am - 11:30am (Friday)
Entrance Fee: Free

A private museum located at Intramuros, Manila with the theme "History of the Catholic Church in the Philippines." His Eminence Jaime Cardinal Sin sets it up in 1987. The museum contains ecclesiastical art and regalia that explained the history of Diocese. Different antique and liturgical items are also found in the said repository.

Ateneo Art Gallery

Address: Rizal Library Bldg., Ateneo de Manila University Katipunan Rd, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Contact#: (63) 2-9242601
Open Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm (Monday to Friday) 8:00 am - 12:00 pm (Saturdays)
Entrance Fee: Free

The Ateneo Art Gallery is recognized as the first museum of Philippine modern art. It features works by postwar Filipino artists donated to the Ateneo de Manila University from 1959 to 1961 by the late Fernando Zóbel de Ayala (1924-1984), an internationally renowned painter and art scholar.

The museum now displays over 300 paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints by Filipino artists.

Ayala Museum of Phil. History and Iconographic Archive

Address: Makati Ave. cor. De La Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Ayala Center, Makati City
Contact#: (63) 2-7577117 to 21
Fax#: (63) 2-7572787
Website: http://www.ayalamuseum.com/
Open Hours: 9:00am - 7:00pm (Tuesday to Friday) / 10:00am - 6:00pm (Saturday & Sunday)
Entrance Fee: Regular: P350 (Adults), P250 (Child, Student, Senior Citizen) / Discounted: P150 (Adults), P75 (Child, Student, Senior Citizen)

Way back the 1950s, this museum was just a vision for Fernando Zobel de Ayala y Montojo. Seventeen years later, it became a reality, a project of the Ayala Foundation, Inc. (then known as the Filipinas Foundation, Inc.).

It was first located at the Insular Life Building on Ayala Avenue in Makati. Then it was moved to Makati Avenue, occupying a building designed by the late National Artist for Architecture, Leandro V. Locsin, and was inaugurated in 1974. This building was formally dedicated on September 28, 2004 as Ayala's gift to the Filipino people in celebration of the Ayala Corporation's 170th anniversary.

Sixty handcrafted dioramas form the core of the museum's historical collections, reflecting the rich tapestry of Philippine history. Adding to the attraction are scale models of maritime vessels that plied the Philippine shores. The historical collection is complemented by archaeological, ethnographic, and fine arts collections that features important works by Juan Luna (1857-1899), Fernando Amorsolo (1882-1972), and Fernando Zobel (1924-1984).

Inside the museum are different sections where one can view the Philippine History presented through the use of dioramas, boat gallery, 19th century paintings, Fernando Amorsolo, Fernando Zobel de Ayala y Montojo, and ethnographic collections.

There are facilities in the museum that are open for rent. These are the Gallery Space, Function Rooms & Outdoor Areas.

Baclayon Church Museum

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Address: Immaculate Conception Parish, 6301-Baclayon Bohol
Open Hours: 8:00am - 11:30 / 1:30-5:00pm (Daily)
Entrance Fee: P10 Adults; P5 College students; P3 High School Students

The Baclayon Church Museum is inside the Baclayon Church itself. It showcases an abundant collection of religious art, ancient church relics, and antique statues. It contains ecclesiastical collections related to the history of Central Visayas.

Bahay Laguna Museum

Address: Barangay Bungkol, Magdalena, Liliw, Laguna
Open Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Entrance Fee: Free

The small and quiet town of Liliw was established in 1571 by Gat Tayaw and was supported by Andres Basilan, Diego Mandig and Don Juan Masulong. When the Spaniards came, Liliw has retained its' original name. During the Americans regime, it was changed to Lilie because it was easier to pronounce.

Manufacturing of shoes and slippers are the towns main resources and their minor industry includes lambanog distillery, distributing uraro biscuits and candy making.

The historical relics of the town is compiled and found in Bahay Laguna that also housed some souvenirs and tokens of the late governor of Laguna, F. San Luis. This museum is found in Barangay Bungkol, Magdalena in Liliw, Laguna. It's a newly opened community museum where you can find great arts and crafts of the province.

Balay Negrense Museum

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Address: 5 de Noviembre St., Silay City 6116 Negros Occidental, Western Visayas
Contact#: (63) 34-52263
Open Hours: 10:00am - 9:00pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Entrance Fee: P10 Adult, P5 Students with ID and children 12 years old & below

When you visit Negros, you must not miss one of the towns' historical landmarks, the Balay Museum which housed the furniture and heirloom pieces of the Gaston family. It's been an old family house that's converted and restored for public viewing. A gallery of international folk arts and toys are found inside.

Here you get the feel how a Negrenses lived and survived. The museum is a project of known hacienderos at that time. They unite and donate family antiques and legacy to build this amazing piece.

Baldomero Aguinaldo

Address: Kawit, Cavite
Open Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm (Monday to Sunday)
Entrance Fee: Free

In 1897 Baldomero Aguinaldo was the appointed National Treasurer by Gen, Emilio Aguinaldo during his term as President of the Republic. His tasks include imposing and collecting taxes. He got this position on November 2, 1897. Baldomero was also the right hand of Emilio Aguinaldo, he was the appointed President of the Magdalo Council and also the first President of the Association de los Veteranos dela Revolucion Filipina.

In this museum under his name showcases the relics and memorabilia of Gen. Baldomero Aguinaldo, which includes period furnitures and house furnishings. You can also arrange a guided tour with lecture upon visiting the place.

Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas Money Museum

Address: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Security Plant Complex East Ave., Quezon City
Contact#: (63) 2-993958
Fax#: (63) 2-9217434
Open Hours: 9:00am - 12:00nn, 1:00pm - 4:00pm (Monday to Friday)

The Central Bank Museum was built on January 3, 1974 with an aim to collect Filipino coins and notes to trace the monetary history of the Philippines and assemble a fine collection of rare and unusual coins from all over the world. It was built through the collection in the bank's possession and from the donations of illustrious collectors and dealers.

In the museum, visitors can have a grasp of the way money has evolved from the earliest trading times in the Philippines when primitive money was used and barter was practiced, to the creation of modern coins and banknotes. The galleries show the currencies used during the different periods of the country's history.

It is located at Metropolitan Museum of Manila Building, Central Bank Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Manila.

Barasoain Church Historical Landmark Museum

Address: Malolos, Bulacan, Central Luzon
Open Hours: 8:00am - 12:00nn, 1:00pm - 5:00pm (Monday to Friday)

One of Malolos famous landmark is the Barasoain Church. Built during the Spanish era, Barasoain Church has been around for decades and it has been one of the country's pride and joy.

Here several prominent people like Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, first president of the Philippines held his oath taking, former president Joseph Estrada and his Vice President Gloria Arroyo has also pledge their oaths in 1998. The church is famous for its' complex ceilings and wall paintings and for being commemorated in the ten peso bill.

Found inside the museums are artifacts and ragalila showing the ecclesiastical history of the Central Luzon. You can also see historical objects, photographs and documents of the Malolos Congress, an association created during Aguinaldo's term and drafted the first Philippine Republic Constitution in 1899.

Basilica Del Sto. Nino Museum

Address: Basilica del Sto. Nino, Osmena Blvd., Cebu City Basement, Pilgrim's Center, Cebu City
Contact#: (63) 32-97660, 32-97668, 32-97669
Fax#: (63) 32-2550608
Open Hours: 8:30am - 6:00pm (Fridays & Sundays)
Entrance Fee: P10 Students, P5 Senior Citizens

The country's oldest church, Basilica Minor del Sto. Nino was built in 1565 by Spanish emissary Miguel Lopez de Legaspi and Father Andres Urdaneta. Housed in this church is miraculous Santo Nino.

The first structure of the church was destroyed on November 1, 1568 by fire. It was reconstructed in 1602 under the supervision of Juan Albaran. The church was again rehabilitated in 1740. On May 1965, the church was bestowed the name of Basilica Minor del Santo Nino Antonuitte.

The church's foundation was an ingenious blend of Muslim, neo-classical and Romanesque architecture.

You can see inside the museum are collections of Sto. Nino costumes like ceremonial capes and jewelries. Pictures of the exhibit of "Sinulog" and "Pit Senior" celebration are also found here.

Ayala Museum: Greenbelt’s threshold to history, art and culture
By Igan D’bayan
The Philippine STAR 10/28/2006

Amuseum is a monument to memory, a storehouse of artworks and arti-facts that should remind people (esp-ecially those of us in this nation of sleepwalkers and amnesiacs) how great they were in the past and how greater they will be in the future.

The Ayala Museum, envisioned in the 1950s and established in 1967 by Filipino abstract painter Fernando Zobel under the auspices of the Ayala Foundation, was designed to "recollect the past and represent the future."

"The primary goal in setting up the Ayala Museum was to make artifacts and pieces of cultural and artistic significance more accessible to Filipinos," says Maritoni Ortigas, Ayala Museum business operations director. "So that the public can see that our cultural heritage is very rich. The Ayala Museum wants to exhibit these artifacts so that we Filipinos will see them in a different light and in a global context to understand where we’re at – as a people, as a country."

Speaking of accessibility, the Ayala Museum on Makati Avenue corner Dela Rosa Street – a magnificently modern edifice of glass, steel and stone – was designed by architectural firm Leandro V. Locsin and Partners to be "like a gateway to the Greenbelt area." To be a cultural hub where art lovers (both the young and young-at-heart) can watch a matinee at Repertory Philippines’ Onstage in Greenbelt 1 and then proceed to the museum for an appointment with history, culture and the arts.

"The museum is situated in the mall where 200,000 to 300,000 people walk by our second entrance every day," says Ayala Foundation president Vicky Garchitorena in an earlier interview with The STAR. "It’s unique. I don’t know where else in the world you have a museum in a mall or a mall in a museum. We hope that this sends a message that culture, history and the arts are for everybody and should be part of our daily lives."

"There is more to Greenbelt than just restaurants and cinemas, there’s so much going on culturally," according to Ortigas. "And with the walkway, people could be literally walking in from one end of Ayala Avenue and into the museum." Origins
The Ayala Museum started as a museum of Philippine history and iconography. Sixty handcrafted dioramas form the core of the museum’s historical collection. (Many people will reminisce how they joined school field trips to the Ayala Museum’s first homes at the Insular Life Building and in a building designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro V. Locsin on Ayala Avenue and marveled at the dioramas and how they chronicle episodes of Philippine history – with themes from prehistoric Philippines to the recognition of Philippine Independence by the United States in 1946.) The museum also has a one-of-a-kind boat gallery showcasing miniatures of the different watercrafts that plied the Philippine seas, as well as archeological and ethnographic artifacts from the Philippines’ northern and southern cultural communities, spanning prehistory to the present. The fine arts collection features important works by three painters considered as "pioneers of Philippine art" – Juan Luna, Fernando Amorsolo and Fernando Zobel.

"As the collection of artifacts grew, there was a need to build a more spacious, more accessible museum," Ortigas says. Thus the relocation, reemergence and renaissance of the Ayala Museum in 2004 with its mission, according to Ayala Museum director Dr. Florina Baker, "to contribute to the spiritual nourishment of the country and to help build and define our identity as a people."

Dr. Baker adds that the thrust of the museum is not merely to remember the past, but to "physically recollect our past in the forms of various collections that are scattered in different parts of the world and to bring them back for the local audience."

The inaugural exhibitions were spectacular, according to Ortigas. There was the exhibition on Philippine art in ivory from the 16th to the 19th century titled "Power + Faith + Image," featuring almost 400 ivory pieces from private collectors and institutions. There was "Multiple Originals, Original Multiples: 19th Century Images of Philippine Costumes" with pieces from the Damian Domingo watercolor album from the Newberry Library in Chicago, the Justiniano Asuncion watercolor album from the New York Public Library, and the Leiden Museum of Ethnology collection of 18th to 19th century costumes.

"We tend to belittle ourselves so much, but there are so many things that came from our country," stresses Ortigas. "There is more to the Filipino than meets the eye."

The museum’s collection of dioramas was also enhanced with multimedia presentations. "People could enter a living diorama of the martial law years and the People Power revolution – we feel that this would make it a little more exciting to the kids rather than just viewing figures," says Garchitorena.

Senior exhibitions associate Aprille Tijam reports that there has been an increase of visits by families to the museum. "The museum has become their first stop before they shop or go to the movies."

Ayala Museum educations officer Rinnah Sevilla agrees. She says, "Our location is very ideal. It is near condominiums and villages in Makati. Families could spend their weekends here. That’s why we try to come up with different activities, so even if we’re not holding any exhibits, they still have something to look forward to."

The Ayala Museum organizes jazz concerts, puppet shows, poetry reading sessions, ballet performances, film showings and art workshops to create "a new audience of museum visitors from among the mall-goers."

"These are different ways of introducing the public to what we have here in the museum," says Sevilla. "We come up with different programs to attract people from all age levels, because there is the misconception that museums are only for adults. We want to involve everyone."

As for ongoing and upcoming exhibitions and events…. On view at second floor galleries are "The Diorama Experience" and "Maritime Vessels" exhibits, while the third floor galleries present the 19th and 20th century paintings by Fernando Zobel. "From Dogma to Devotion: Icons and Symbols in Philippine Religious Art" is on view at the fourth floor galleries until January 2007. The exhibit, which consists of a selection of religious images and secular furniture, aims to direct viewers toward an understanding of the symbols and icons of the Roman Catholic Faith. "Etchings by Juvenal Sanso" opens on Nov. 15 at the third floor galleries, featuring etchings and lithographs by Sanso in the 1950s. Opening at the museum plaza on Nov. 6 is "Sculptures by Napoleon Abueva," featuring innovative, monumental, whimsical and sometime humorous creations in wood, brass, bronze and steel. "Urban Dialogues by Arturo Luz" opens on Nov. 27 at the multimedia room, which reviews selected works by Luz in the buildings and public spaces designed by Leandro Locsin. On view until January 2007 at the fourth floor galleries is "Selections from the Roberto T. Villanueva Collection" with more than 1,000 pieces of Asian ceramics dating from the 14th to 17th century. And for contemporary artworks, people can visit MuseumSpace at the second floor walkway of the Glass Tower.

The Museum Shop offers products inspired by the permanent collections and special exhibitions such as paper products, home décor, as well as travel, office and fashion accessories that feature the artworks of Fernando Amorsolo, Juan Luna, Fernando Zobel and Damian Domingo. The store also carries a variety of coffee-table books, children’s books and multimedia collection of materials on Philippine history and art.

The Ayala Mus-eum is truly the center of culture in the Greenbelt area and immediately accessible to future residents of The Residences at Greenbelt.

"Culture is what gives soul to human beings," concludes Ortigas. "It is culture that defines people. If you’re not aware of your cultural heritage, you have no identity… you have no idea who you are."

anybody planning to do a museum hop one of these days?

^maybe fun... haven't been to any museum except benpres in ortigas...

XP, lets plan mag national museum tayo.,

tagal ko na gusto mag punta sa national museum... unfortuantely i dont have friends who are into things like this.

:(

Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu (nearing completion)
- To contain religious images, antiques, history of catholicism in the Philippines, church documents, etc.
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Casa Gorordo Museum
- Residence of Bishop Juan Gorordo, the first Filipino bishop of Cebu.
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Rizal Memorial Library and Museum (Cebu City Museum)
- Neo-classical architecture, currently undergoing renovation.
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The city's version of "The Mall" where the Capitol, Museum, Fuente Osmeña, and other Government Offices are lined up.
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President Sergio Osmeña Museum
- Documents, old furnitures, Mace, Cadillac of the late Commonwealth President.
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Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Museum
- Located at the basement of the Pilgrim Center. According to the museum brochure, the Magellan's Cross and the Basilica itself is an extension of the museum.

- Features documents pertaining to the founding of Cebu and the discovery of the image of the Santo Niño, the establishment of the Cebu Cathedral and other church furnishings mostly antique.
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National Museum - Region VII Branch and Fort San Pedro
- Features some collections from the San Diego Wreckage.
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University of San Carlos Museum
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Cebu Normal University Museum
- Mostly about World War II, history of the university and its role during WWII as headquarters of the dreaded Japanese Kempeitai.
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Sandiego-Mancao Ancestral House
- Currently being renovated. I think this will also be converted into a museum.
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If the Cebu Heritage Walk project will be completed, the entire Colon-Parian area will, in itself, become an open air museum. Hehehe..


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Some of the heritage markers that have been put up along the entire stretch of Colon.
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Great info and pictures arnoldsa.

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Mukha na siyang malinis. Nung huli akong pumunta diyan (1996), medyo madumi sa loob at labas. Pero ngayon, malinis na.

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Mabuti naman at Colon pa rin ang "Calle Colon." Hindi katulad dito sa Maynila, palit ng palit ng pangalan ng daluyan. Pasensiya na at walang magawang matino ang ilang politicians namin.

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1996, I was first year high school then. Hehe, yup Wonderboy, the Magellan's Cross and Park underwent a rehabilitation just recently.

Anyways, until now, there's still the problem of some vagrants, candle sellers, guitar sellers, etc. roaming the place and sometimes making stand-by (or worst, sleeping) inside the Kiosk/Chapel.

The city government have tried in the past to ban all vendors within the park (but not within the chapel since it is under the jurisdiction of the Basilica) but these were met with protests by the vendors themselves, and of course, the usual leftists.


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By Iskho F. Lopez

The hero Andres Bonifacio at last has a museum of his own.

To highlight this year?s celebration of his birth anniversary tomorrow, Mayor Joseph Victor ?JV? Ejercito will inaugurate the Museo ng Katipunan in behalf of the people of San Juan, Metro Manila.

Andres Bonifacio, hero of the masses and founder of the Katipunan was one of the leaders of the 1896 Revolution, which on record is the first revolt in Asia against European colonial rule.

?We owe it to the heroes of the Philippine revolution to continue learning about the struggle for independence,? said Mayor Ejercito. ?It is a struggle that continues to this day.?

Collaborative product

The Museo ng Katipunan, located at the 5-hectare Pinaglaban Memorial Shrine, is the product of the collaboration of the San Juan municipal government, the San Juan Pinag*labanan Jaycees, the Balikatan sa Kaunlaran Foundation and the National Historical Institute.

?Here is one project that the San Juan municipality can pride itself for having fulfilled,? Ejercito continued. ?This is the first museum dedicated to Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan.?

Having a museum dedicated to the spirit of the revolution and the men who risked their lives for freedom is one symbolic gesture that suits the times. Mayor Ejercito, whose father is detained, guarded by military men, can only be well aware of its significance.

It is noteworthy that a relatively small municipality should find it opportune for such a major statement, to pay tribute to history.

Students of Philippine history would appreciate the link between the challenges that the heroes of the revolution confronted with passion then and the current state of political affairs. In those early years, the Katipunan shared the collective longing of a people, weak as they were compared to the might of the colonizers, the ruling class. Today, there are variations of the familiar themes of struggling for truth, freedom and independence that provoked Bonifacio and the Katipuneros.

While a museum today may just provide a glimpse of that historic past, there is hope that all the present generation needs is the inspiration that a glimpse may awaken in them. Memories of historical substance could reach out to the collective heart and soul of people.

Significant role

The Municipality of San Juan played a significant role in the revolutionary struggle. The place, quaint and rustic, was a revolutionary target. The largest munitions depot of the Spanish colonial army and their Filipino confederates was then housed where the Pinag*labanan Memorial Shrine is now located. San Juan was also the site of El Deposito, the reservoir that supplied water to Malaca?ang, then the seat of the colonial power.

On August 29, 1896, members of the Katipunan led by Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto launched an attack on El Deposito, along with a group of revolutionaries from Sta. Mesa led by Sancho Valenzuela.

Pinaglaban diorama

Pinaglabanan, which in Pilipino means ?scene of the battle,? owes its name to that incident that came as a surprise to the elite troops guarding the place. Armed only with bolos and a few revolvers and rifles seized from the Spanish soldiers, the Katipuneros pounded on the Spanish troops and killed the commanding officer of El Polvorin, the munitions depot.

These events are the subject of a diorama that is the main attraction of the museum. The historical tableaus use Ninay Dolls produced by the Balikatan sa Kaunlaran Foundation.

In the museum?s gallery are rare photographs of Katipunan personalities, members of the Magdiwang and Magdalo councils, and the events that transpired when the Spanish governor general declared martial law to crush the insurgents. The National Historical Institute acquired this collection, along with maps, medals, relics and other materials used in initiation rites of the secret society.

The Museo ng Katipunan offers an enriching experience of discovery and education for the present and future generations.

Mayor JV Ejercito puts it simply, ?The Museo ng Kati*punan is a tribute that is long overdue.?

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Why aren?t our children interested in museums?

By Ambeth Ocampo
Inquirer
Last updated 11:20am (Mla time) 11/03/2006

I WAS in Cagayan de Oro City last month to deliver a talk on ?Youth and Museums? at Xavier University. It was an excuse to see my friend Fr. Miguel Bernad, my former Theology teacher Fr. Asandas Balchand, and university president Jett Villarin. Having studied at the Ateneo de Manila University, I feel at home in any Jesuit institution.

The Museo de Oro was founded by Father Demetrio, whose class on folklore I attended at the University of the Philippines with Gilda Cordero Fernando, but I don?t remember much of what he said because he had written them down in his numerous books, and because I was so distracted by the brown paper bag he carried containing his diabetic safety kit: a banana, a can of coke, with a few hard candies thrown in. Now the collection that he lovingly collected is permanently and professionally displayed, and Cagayan de Oro is lucky to have a museum worth visiting.

During the Centennial year, I was invited to give a talk to teachers in Cagayan de Oro and for some reason, it was not held in a school or university but in what looked like a water theme park. I was hardly given time to see the city, but I insisted on at least getting a five-minute tour of Museo de Oro. It was there that I was surprised to find an original menu card that tells us what our founding fathers ate in September 1898 when they ratified the Declaration of Independence of June 12, 1898.

Almost all historians were familiar with the menu in French, as reproduced in black and white in Harper?s ?History of the War.? I had never thought I would ever see the original menu, this one being probably one of two remaining copies in the entire universe.

Nick Joaquin wrote about this menu once, going as far as to state that the Malolos menu had the same importance as the Malolos Constitution, because it was an artifact that showed the Philippines and the Filipinos coming of age. When I gave a lecture on the menu to Chaine des Rotisseurs, there were many questions asked, like: How come there was no soup? How did they make the ice cream? When I saw the Malolos menu in Museo de Oro, I would not have given it a second look except that the text was different from what we were familiar with, the dejeuner or lunch menu; this one in Cagayan was the dinner menu! Someday I hope to find the breakfast menu, if it does exist.

I appreciate the educational task of museums, but I think our best efforts are still not enough to get the youth hooked on them. The fact that I do not have any clear or happy memories of museum visits from my childhood is an indication that much needs to be done. I started to be aware and appreciative of museums only when I was much older (in high school and college), and the reason was that I had some background knowledge from reading that made me understand the exhibits on display.

There is a scene in ?The Da Vinci Code? in which somebody asks the hero how he knew the Louvre was the first place to look, even as he was staring at the parquet floor. I am also familiar with those long corridors filled with many paintings that would cause cultural indigestion. Fortunately, I know my Greek and Roman mythology, Bible stories and the iconographic symbols of the saints. Where someone with no background would see as just another picture, one among many, I have a whole universe of meaning open to me.

There are four Philippine museums I remember from my youth. One was the old University of the Santo Tomas Museum before it was arranged professionally. It was dark and scary and you had a wide assortment of things to see, from stuffed animals to ancient coins and religious paintings. In the National Museum, I visited Luna?s ?Spoliarium? and marveled at its size and the power that emanated from the gory canvas. My only question was where is Filipinas here? Is this truly an allegory of the colonial condition, or did Luna just paint what all his classmates also painted for the Madrid Expo of 1884? It was my interest in Luna that led me to the Lopez Memorial Museum.

Then, of course, there is the museum in San Agustin inside the only structure of Old Manila left standing after the Battle for Manila in 1945. Here I would look at San Pedro Martir, with a bloody bolo slicing into his skull. I enjoyed these museums because I was curious and this is what being young and childlike brings.

These days when I see numerous schoolchildren herded into the National Museum and made to walk hurriedly and aimlessly through the halls with no preparation, I know that we?re losing them. Making matters worse is when they?re being rushed because they have to get to a TV studio by noon and the shopping mall by snack time. We have to do something about the attitude young people have toward museums.

When I read the reaction papers of my college students who have visited the Metropolitan Museum, I gather that they were bored with the pre-historic Philippine earthenware but were awed by the pre-colonial gold. For many, however, the highlight of the trip was going to a Bench store that had items not available in other Bench outlets!

If museums are important in teaching us about our heritage, how come people aren?t breaking down doors to visit them? What aren?t we doing right?

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Katipunan museum opens today in San Juan

By Norman Bordadora
Inquirer
Last updated 03:30am (Mla time) 11/30/2006

Published on Page A21 of the November 30, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

WHAT was once a decrepit memorial to the Katipuneros' first encounter with Spaniards in San Juan del Monte, the first of several defeats in the hands of the colonizers, is gradually being transformed into a pantheon immortalizing the glory and tragedy of Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan.

Dante Oquendo, who has been with the National Historical Institute for 36 years and is now the curator of the Museo ng Katipunan in the Pinaglabanan Shrine, said the improvement in the museum?s aesthetics and collection also represented a shift in the focus of its objective.

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here are some pics of the national museum main building in manila. posted some already ages ago in the manila thread. taken june 2006

from padre burgos side
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/shigure/Manila/natlmuseum03.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/shigure/Manila/natlmuseum02.jpg

taft avenue side
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/shigure/Manila/natlmuseum01.jpg

the main building houses the offices of the different divisions, the herbarium and the gallery of masters (which is under renovation). much of the building's interior are not in good condition, esp rooms that aren't used for office space.

once completed, this building will house only the offices and the arts galleries. currently, the ethnographic and anthropological stuff are exhibited in the museum of the filipino people. it's right across the national museum main building in finance road. it used to be the finance building and in 1998 to celebrate the 100 years of independence, large amounts of money was donated to fix the building that will house the collections (including treasures from the san diego galleon, burial jars, weaving traditions and presidents portraits and memorabilia).

natural treasures / heritage collections ie flora and fauna will be transfered to the department of tourism building (on the other side of agrifina(?) circle) soon. though i dunno how soon since budget for stuff like museums are low.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/shigure/Manila/tourism.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/shigure/Manila/agrifina02.jpg

the planetarium, which is also under the national museum, is along padre burgos street too, south of pamantasan ng lungsod ng maynila.

i dunno if it's just a rumor but when i was working there they say that when their collection grows to the point that the three neoclassical buildings (nm main, finance and tourism bldgs) can't contain anymore, they can take over the manila city hall and the post office building (which are old buildings within the vicinity).

its been said that that part of manila is like smithsonian (sp?) in the sense that there are a lot of museums and similar establishments within the area -a few in intramuros, maybe there's one in the met too (gsis? not sure), the national museum complex, museong pambata (roxas boulevard), museo ng maynila office (behind museong pambata in kalaw) and maybe including bangko sentral's museum (on the other side of roxas blvd) and the nearby ccp complex (some galleries).

here are some images taken inside san agustin museum around july 2006

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/shigure/Manila/hellosnamdead.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/shigure/Manila/hellosnamupdate.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/shigure/Manila/hellosnamballoon.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/shigure/Manila/hellosnamxfrgarden.jpg