This thread will, I hope, contain a lot of useful information about where to find museums in the Philippines. I will start with museums in the Metro Manila area. In the future, maybe people will add information about museums in other cities.

So if you have any pertinent info about museums, temporary exhibits, etc. Please post them here.

Museums of the Philippines

Metro Manila

Lopez Memorial Museum (http://www.lopezmuseum.org.ph)
G/F Benpres Building,
Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue,
Ortigas Center, Pasig City

8-5 Monday to Friday,
7:30-4 Saturdays
Collections: visual arts, Pre-Spanish artifacts, maps, rare books
Admission Fee: PHP70 for adults; PHP60 for highschool students; PHP50 for elementary school students


Ayala Museum (http://www.ayalamuseum.com)
Makati Avenue cor. De La Rosa Street
Greenbelt Park, Ayala Center
Makati City

9-7 Tuesday to Friday
10-6 Saturday and Sunday
Collections: Dioramas of Philippine history, boat gallery, 19th century painting, Fernando Amorsolo, Fernando Zobel de Ayala y Montojo, ethnographic collections
Admission Fee: PHP350 for adults; PHP250 for students, seniors, children


The National Museum of the Philippines (http://nmuseum.tripod.com/)
Old Congress Building
Padre Burgos Street cor. Taft Ave.
Ermita, Manila

9-5 Tuesday to Sunday
Collections: Exhibits are categorised in five divisions: art, botany, zoology, geology and anthropology. Among the many archaeological exhibits is the skull of ‘Tabon Man’; the oldest human remains found in the archipelago.
Admission Fee: Free


National Museum - Museum of the Filipino People
Old Finance Building
Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park

9-5 Tuesday to Sunday
Collections: Among the many displays here, the galleries devoted to the San Diego galleon merit special mention. Porcelain plates, coins, jewelry, armaments and other artifacts recovered from the sunken battleship present revelatory glimpses of 17th century life. The Story of the Filipino People is another must-see for all visitors.
Admission Fee: PHP100 for adults; PHP30 for students with ID; Free on Thursdays

That's all I have time for right now.

To do: (and feel free to do this yourself if you have time ;) )
Metropolitan Museum of Manila
Museo ng Maynila
Museo Pambata
San Agustin Church Museum, Intramuros
Casa Manila, Intramuros
Fort Santiago, Intramuros

What's the museum in Binondo about the life of Spanish-era Chinese Filipinos?

Any more?

Also, if you can post special exhibits here that would be cool.

Reposting this from Samahan. The exhibit is still ongoing so you can still catch it.

The Shape of Things Spanish

For most architects, fame remains elusive, and immortality impossible. That’s why those who do pass into legend grow even more mythical with time. And in Spanish architect Antonio Gaudí’s case, bonafide sainthood might even be in the offing, the process for his beatification has already been started at the Vatican. Gaudi is one of very few architectural superstars whose name needs little introduction. He has almost single-handedly defined Barcelona's cityscape with his playful spires and towers, undulating tiled roofs, and writhing chimneys that loom like fantastic creatures atop commercial and apartment buildings alike, and with the sculptures that have become established elements of many of the city's parks and public spaces. His fanciful creations and startling architectural forms have left an indelible mark on the artistic development of the past century and beyond.

A photo exhibit of the legendary architect’s most emblematic works will run from October 5 to 31 at the recently inaugurated Ayala Museum. Organized by the Instituto Cervantes, this will be the first exhibition of works outside the Ayala Museum’s internal collection to grace the new museum building since its inauguration. Spanish photographer Marc Llimargas will be exhibiting 51 exceptional photographs of Gaudi’s creations. Acclaimed for their remarkable technique and artistry, Llimargas’ photos have been exhibited in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. This exhibit aims to facilitate a better understanding of the work of the enigmatic architect. The project also coincides with the reissue of the book “El hombre y la obra” (The Man and the Work) by Joan Bergós, which was first published in 1952. In this book the editor commissioned the photographer to faithfully portray the scope of the Gaudi ouvre.

Also an architect, painter, and writer, Bergós collaborated with Gaudí on some of his works and, after his master's death, continued the monumental undertaking of the Sagrada Familia. Llimargas traveled for a year and a half throughout Spain, photographing all of the buildings constructed by Gaudí and interviewing those who knew Bergós. The collection includes images of great beauty and power, accompanied by a series of passages from Gaudi’s own thoughts, thus serving as a visual manifesto to the magnitude and complexity of this great artist. With remarkable precision and imagination, Llimargas has been able to capture fragments or angles of structures that the human eye could not have normally perceived or might have otherwise ignored.

The Instituto Cervantes, together with the Embassy of Spain, are presenting this exhibition as part of Fiesta, the month-long Spanish Festival for Culture and the Arts, held every October to commemorate Spain’s National Day on the 12th. The Instituto Cervantes’ Deputy Director for Cultural Affairs, Jose Maria Fons, declares that “This year’s edition promises to be a truly spectacular affair, with a variety of cultural events, live performances, Spanish movies, culinary delights, wine tastings, painting and photography exhibits, and even an authentic Basque contemporary dance as performed by Spain’s very own artists”. And so, during the month of Fiesta, Manila’s art and architecture lovers are assured of a sumptuous feast for both the senses and the intellect.

The son of a coppersmith, Gaudi was born in Reus, Spain in 1852. He studied at the Escola Superior d'Arquitectura in Barcelona and designed his first major commission for the Casa Vincens in Barcelona using a Gothic Revival style that set a precedent for his future work.

Although unfinished, the Sagrada Familia is Gaudi's magnum opus. Devoting most of his professional life to the project, his plans for the Sagrada Familia are said to "elude conventional stylistic nomenclature." He envisioned the Church as emerging vertically from the skyline of Barcelona. Its dramatically ornate facade has become the city's main architectural attraction, and has been sketched and photographed ad infinitum. Decades after Gaudi’s death, work continues slowly on the Sagrada Familia.

Another Gaudi gift to Barcelona is Park Guell, which was initially conceived as a garden city by Gaudi's patron, Eusebio Guell. The wealthy Guell purchased a large expanse of property on the slopes of a mountain with plans to construct sixty houses. Though Gaudi worked on the commission for over a decade, this forerunner of the subdivision was never fully realized. After Guell’s death in 1922, the city of Barcelona acquired the area and chose to transform it into a public park. Only two houses were ever finished, one of which now contains a Gaudi museum.

Gaudi's intention was to be both bizarre and playful and yet produce designs that complimented nature. The two pavilions at the main entrance are fancifully surreal masterpieces. Their oval ground plans and whimsical roofs must have baffled prospective homeowners. The upper plaza, called the Greek Theater, is surrounded by a famous snake-like bench that features a multicolored mosaic. In the interest of economy, Gaudi acquired tile, factory remnants and unusable tag ends, then arranged them in pleasing formations. The result is a bench unlike any other and of which much has been written. One artist even studied it for over three years, in an effort to "interpret" the work. It remains a mystery whether Gaudi was making a statement, or if the bench is merely intended to be decorative as well as functional.

Over the course of his career, Gaudi developed a uniquely sensuous, curving, almost surreal design style that established him as the innovative leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement. Gaudi's characteristically warped form of Gothic architecture drew admiration from other avant-garde artists. His peculiar concepts and complicated designs juxtaposed unrelated systems and altered the established visual order. From a fusion of Art Nouveau and Gothic influences, he came up with an original architectural genre that he termed 'Mediterranean Gothic'.

The director of the Instituto Cervantes de Manila, Sr. Javier Galvan, who also happens to be an architect himself, holds Gaudi in high regard, both as a master of his craft and as a fellow Spaniard. “Past the Renaissance, it is not easy to put a label on buildings. This is especially true for Gaudi’s brand of architecture. He believed in very modern principles, but his works are quite different from those of the modernists, in particular those who belonged to the German school. His designs incorporated many elements from the landscape and culture surrounding him, which is very lush, warm, sensual and expressive. In this respect, he was very Spanish, very Catalan. But his personal aesthetic is so distinct it deserves to fall under its own classification, and it would eventually become a powerful influence on the emerging Post-modern movement. The Instituto Cervantes is thrilled to be sharing this striking series of words and images examining the work of Gaudi,” states Sr. Galvan.

Displaying a fervent respect for the past, Gaudi believed strongly in the use of color and patterns. He argued that since nature is free from uniformity, this principle should also be applied to architecture. He was opposed to superfluous touches and favored curved surfaces for their adaptability, playfulness, and their pleasing interactions with light and sound. His works express a truly organic quality, with intricately sculpted shapes growing out from sinuous stonework and vibrantly adorned with vivid patterns and tile mosaics. In June of 1926, Gaudi was hit by a tram as he was leaving the Sagrada Familia. He died 3 days later, but his engaging presence continues to loom over Barcelona, Spain, and the worlds of art and architecture.

For more information on the Gaudi exhibit and Fiesta 2004, you can call the Instituto Cervantes at telephone numbers 526-1482 to 85 or visit their website: http://manila.cervantes.es

boybaha: Its Bahay Tsinoy. Its located within Intramuros, not Binondo.

Anyway, try to visit the University museums around Manila. (Vargas Museum, UST Museum of Arts and Sciences, The Museum- DLSU, and the Ateneo Art Gallery.

Outside Manila, in the Gateway Business Park in Gen. Trias, Cavite, is the Geronimo Berenguer Reyes (GBR) Museum. It has a nice cartographic (map) collection dating to Spanish times, and Spanish-era photographs, including one of Rizal being executed in Bagumbayan.

What about Museo Iloilo, I think it also has a unique design.

And the Shoe Museum of Marikina?

u can try some of these galleries:

ateneo art gallery, QC 4266001
Artwalk, 4/l Bldg A, SM Mega 6343261
Loop, ECS Ctr, ABS 4100995
Magnet Gallery, Paseo cor. Sedeno 8177895 -> nandon pa ba cya Francis?
Hiraya Gallery UN Ave 5233331
Tael Gallery BSP 5327855
Big Sky Mind, 18th Ave, Murphy, Cubao 6324212
CCP
yuchengco museum rcbc plaza
phil society of health history taft ave 8315131
QCMC- im not so sure now if they still have it ryt under the tower

like thunderflip, i'm interested where the Shoe Museum in Marikina is. :) does is still house Imelda's shoes? if it's not there, where is it then? thanks guys

The National Museum turns 103

Updated 07:53am (Mla time) Oct 25, 2004
By Augusto Villalon
Inquirer News Service



Editor's Note: Published on page D1 of the October 25, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.


THE MUSEO-BIBLIOTECA de Filipinas was inaugurated on Oct. 24, 1881 in the abolished Casa de Moneda (The Mint) on Cabildo Street in Intramuros, Manila.

Its Anthropology and Ethnography section exhibited weapons, household objects, costumes, anitos and other specimens from the Northern Tribes. A gallery was devoted to Natural History. Another displayed paintings by scholars of the Escuela de Dibujo y Pintura (School of Drawing and Painting).

The American colonial government established a new and separate museum on Oct. 29, 1901. The "Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History and Commerce" later became the National Museum of the Philippines.

Unknown to a majority of Filipinos, each October is "Museums and Galleries Month," marked by the National Museum with a series of events organized for a specific purpose: to introduce the Filipino to the greatness of his culture.
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its provincial branches in Ifugao, Ilocos Sur, Bicol, Palawan, Cebu and Zamboanga. In Manila, leading cultural experts and historians deliver lectures.

"Lines Across Time," an interactive photo exhibition focusing on Spanish colonial town planning and infrastructure and also secular architecture in the Philippines presented by Fundaciòn Santiago, opened last Oct. 13. After closing at the National Museum on Nov. 30, the superlative exhibit will tour the country.

On Oct. 27, an Exhibition of Indian Textiles will open, followed by a conference on the cultural and trade links between India and the Philippines.

Fabulous collection

What does the National Museum have? It has the most fabulous collection of objects in the country. Those objects tell the story of how great Filipinos always have been.

Going to the museum is like going to an ancestral house loaded with household objects gathered over the years, where each object tells a part of the family story. To get the entire story, it is necessary to poke around, go through everything and let the collection of objects tell their story.

One part of the broad Filipino story is told by bulols carved from hardwood trees growing in the Ifugao highlands. These prized objects, handed down from generation to generation guard family granaries where rice is stored. During harvest season, priests conduct a ritual invoking the bulol to make the rice stored inside the granary continue to grow as it did in the mountainous rice terraces.

On the Maitum jars dating back to the Metal Age, Maria Elena Paterno writes, "The large secondary burial jars were earthenware and limestone, but what was so amazing was the human figures on the lids, sculpted with childlike simplicity and attention to detail. These were no representative human figures but portraits of people long gone."

Paterno describes the Maranao sarimanok as " ... a bird in poise. Its wings are spread out but it cannot fly. Neither will it ever eat the fish it carries in its beak. Though elaborate in its decorations, the bird figure is spare, not a living breathing bird." Since Islam prohibits portrayal of any living form, the sarimanok is a non-representational symbolic object of prestige.

Dating from 710-890 BC, the Manunggul jar is a national treasure. On the lid of the terracotta burial jar are two human figures in a boat. Their faces show expectancy and wonder as one figure rows the boat from this world to the next and the other figure, arms folded across his chest, looks ahead toward his next life.

Etched on a copper plate dated 900 AD, the Laguna Paleograph (so called because of its discovery in Siniloan, Laguna), records in old Philippine script the payment of a debt incurred by a lady called Angkatan, acquitting her and her descendants from all responsibility.

Vibrant culture

The story told by each object in the National Museum is powerful. They tell of a vibrant culture that existed in these islands that present Filipinos are unaware to being heirs of. The story told by these objects tells of Filipino greatness.

The former Legislative Building and two others form the National Museum complex that includes the two buildings on Agrifina Circle at the Taft Avenue end of Rizal Park. The Museum of the Filipino People (the former Department of Finance) was restored and opened to the public in time for the Centennial of Philippine Independence in 1998. When the Department of Tourism vacates its present building, it will become the Museum of Natural History.

Architect Carmen Punzalan of the National Museum Restoration Department records the architectural heritage of the National Museum, stating that the former Legislative Building was built in 1921 as a Museum-Library. In 1935, it became the Legislative Building housing the offices of the First Philippine Commonwealth.

World War II extensively damaged the structure. After its reconstruction, the Philippine Senate occupied it until the late 1990s when the entire building was returned to the National Museum.

At present, the second and third floors of the former Legislative Building, now the National Museum Building, are in the process of being restored to become the National Gallery of Art. The restoration is a public-private effort, with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts granting some financial assistance and the Museum Foundation of the Philippines raising additional funds from private donors.

The former Department of Finance Building on Agrifina Circle in Manila is now the Museum of the Filipino People. The structure was mainly designed by Architect Tomas Toledo, built in 1940 by the Bureau of Public Works, and first used as the Commerce Building and becoming the Department of Finance after World War II.

Cultural threads

Exhibits in the Museum of the Filipino People tell the Filipino story, starting with an engaging light and sound presentation explaining the geological beginnings of our land from volcanic eruptions, appearance and disappearance of land masses, and the formation of the islands.

The Filipino story continues as fossils record early mammals (elephants, stegodons, rhinoceri) living in the Cagayan River Valley and stone tools that show the existence of human beings. Visitors can listen to recorded stories: Life on an Archaeological Dig, The Mystery of the Angono Petroglyphs, Discovery of the Maitum Caves and the Creation of the Universe.

Threads of our culture weave through exhibits of traditional pottery and weaving, national treasures like the Laguna Copper Plate, the different Filipino communities (Sama of Sulu, Ifugaos, Visayans, Maranaos and others).

The celebrated San Diego wreck, a ship that sank in 1600 off the coast of Nasugbu in Batangas) is the only evidence of Spanish shipbuilding in Asia. The treasures recovered from the sunken ship record the lifestyle of the era.

On Oct. 29 the National Museum turns 103. The best birthday present you can give it is a visit that will turn you into a new Filipino.

Museum of the Filipino People at Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park, Manila, is open from Tuesday-Sunday, from 9 a.m.-12 noon, 1-5 p.m. Admission is free on Thursdays. Call 5271207 or 5271215.

Concept/Working Paper on “NEO-ANGONO”
Art and Cultural Exhibit

November 21-22, 2004

***** “NEO-ANGONO” is both a movement and an organization
amid changing times.
***** It is a movement because it strives to render
modernist visual and artistic language responsive to
the times by articulating and invigorating
contemporary Angono experience, sensibility and
consciousness.
***** It is a movement because it is a celebration in
exploring the possibilities of art and in infusing new
life into Angono art scene by welcoming ideas from
Manila or outside source.
***** It is a movement because it observes the intricate
engagement and interplay of various artistic
expressions wedded in the local community and people.
***** “NEO-ANGONO” is also an organization because it is
non-profit, artist-centered, committed to
experimentation, recognizes the need to contribute to
art research and education, and welcomes support and
advice from colleagues and critics.
***** It is an organization because it is initiated and
founded in November 2004 by independent visual
artists, writers and poets, educators and cultural
workers. The core group is composed of Wire and Keiye
Tuazon, visual artists from Surrounded by Water
Artspace; Richard Gappi, poet and journalist; Chitoy
Zapata, cultural worker and founder of Kalipunan ng
Kultura at Sining ng Pasig; Allan Alcantara, graphic
designer and visual artist; Mideo Cruz, performance
and visual artist from Tupada/ New World Disorder; and
Iggy Rodriguez, visual artist and cultural worker from
Ugat-Lahi.
*****
Activities, Venues and Participating Artists
For its pioneer project, NEO-ANGONO presents a new
possibility and new relationship through programs that
are not restricted by specific type or genre.
***** The events, which will be held on Nov. 21-22, aim to
highlight the richness and diversity of Angono’s
contemporary art through public art presentation and
events situated in satellite areas/venues around
Angono. These include site-specific installations,
public art performances, in-transit or “moving”
graphic/poetry works, studio exhibitions, music-poetry
fusion, and lectures and symposium.
***** Specifically, these are the following:
1.***** The TODA Poetry Project – Poems written on
illustration boards will be posted inside tricycle
units for passengers to read and appreciate;
2.***** Time Machine Tricycle Project – Artist Mael de
Guzman’s ever-trusted tricycle will be converted to a
“moving work of art” to be initiated by various
artists to suggest collective work and action;
3.***** Poster Dikit Project – Chitoy Zapata transforms the
public walls of Angono into an instant public art
forum/education;
4.***** Dress A Hump Project – Artist Jon Santos paints the
road humps of Barangay San Roque, Angono;
5.***** Bandolero’s poetry-music fusion performance at
Nemiranda Café;
6.***** Band Gecko’s acoustic concert at Nemiranda Café;
7.***** Photo exhibits by Keiye Miranda and Allan Alcantara
under Paso or Angono Bridge;
8.***** Art installation by Wire Tuazon on his studio;
9.***** Rembrandt Vocalan’s film showing/wall projection;
10.***** Ian Lomongo’s theater performance/short play;
11.***** Art performance of visiting artists (such as
Tupada, New World Disorder, Ugat-Lahi, etc.) on the
streets of Angono;
12.***** Ferris Wheel Performance – In which various
artists will ride and bring their artworks, recite
poems, play musical instruments or plainly express
their creative juices;
13.***** Other art performances/shows.

The activities will be done simultaneously but a
defined schedule of the programs will be observed for
public guidance.*
***** The venues for these suggested activities have been
initially identified in the previous paragraph. But
other places may be used to attain or send the
artistic message of the artwork/performance to the
public. Other places identified are lampposts, waiting
shed,Fried Itik stores, plaza, open streets of Angono,
boundaries, etc.
***** Meanwhile, the project is open to all local and
visiting artists. Local artists will accommodate
visiting artists in the tradition of “visiting artists
or exchange students” program, in which artists will
be provided space to sleep, food and “other basic
necessities”.
***** A general meeting of participating artists will be
held on Sunday, Nov. 14, 3:00 p.m. at Wire’s Studio.
Here, artists can present their proposal to be
approved and accepted by members of the core group.

What do we hope to achieve?
1.***** Regale Angono audience by contributing to the
livelier celebration of the town fiesta;
2.***** Show that various art forms are on-going in Angono;
3.***** Make this as precedent in the annual event and
eventually get financial support/grant from different
art and cultural institutions;
4.***** Inspire young artists in Angono to explore the
limits of art;
5.***** Bring art to the people by diluting or constricting
the space between the artwork/performer and
viewer/audience;
6.***** Free the artists’ either irrepressible genius or
imaginative eccentricities;
7.***** Intertwine the intellect with emotion and soul;
8.***** Create new perception, which is the true spirit of
art.


contact/cordinator: Wire Tuazon <wiretuazon@yahoo.com>

--

I thought we should have a dedicated thread for the Center espcially since we have a bunch of new pictures and also news of the very ambitious plans the CCP is undertaking. Here i have found very detailed articles of the plans which is actually 2 parts from ABS-CBNnews/manila times

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=5301
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=5398

Interesting reads, even though it was a bit too much for me to read all. It's quite a lot of stuff. A hell lot.

this is really a great news.. im so excited about the prospect of having a brand new ccp complex in 2014... i hope everything goes well and smooth, but with the perennila problems in every developments and projects in our country, I guess this would be very hard to achieve.

anyway, can someone post the pics of the masterplan? hehehe

Wow a CCP modernization project! :D Thanks for the link, Eric! :) Finally something new to promote the arts in Manila. m))

Ok, time for a repost of my CCP complex pics. thanks for the thread ewh1 :)

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CCP Main Theater - 5.15.05:

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Philippine International Convention Center:
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GSIS Building / Senate Building - 5.15.05:

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Manila Film Center:
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Westin Philippine Plaza:
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cool pictures!! CCP looks very presentable now... they did some pretty awesome work on the renovations! look at those fat palm trees! so nice...

that first pic, i think it is called the ASEAN park...it has artworks (sculptures) displayed from all the ASEAN member nations...really nice, they also hold mini cultural shows there.
btw, passed by there last night, the grass in the front lawn of the ccp...that part of the grass that grows tall about knee high or even higher...mataas na uli, di na yata pinutol after the parliamentarians summit...and there are 'keep off the grass' signs all over (maliit nga lang pero mapapansin naman when you approach the lawn) but people seem to don't mind...sa damo mga nakaupo (di mo naman masisisi din, nagpapahinga saka mukha na ngang pinabayaan ang damo)...hopefully the redevelopment plans will have green areas where people can laze around :)

Thanks, dudz.

Some newly taken pics...

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CCP Main Theater

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Philippine National Bank - PNB, HQ:

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The u/c half of Harbour view square.

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you rock thomasian! cool pics.

Thanks man!

Taken from www.manilatimes.net June 6, 2005 (Monday)
A new look for the CCP

By Rome Jorge

It’s several times larger than the cultural centers and opera houses of most developed countries but most of its land lies fallow. The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), encompassing 60 hectares of land reclaimed from Manila Bay, is a resource yet to be fully used.

Inside, ballet dancers practice on torn linoleum floors and face broken mirrors, actors perform in tight nooks never meant as theaters and cinema is screened in spaces not much bigger than classrooms. And one-too-many less-fortunate artists have had to sleep on chairs and floors.

Designed by National Artist Leandro Locsin, the CCP was completed in 1969, and has not seen any refurbishment expansion or modernization in the last 20 years.

Now, a Design Excellence Competition will be held to determine which design will be used for the New Cultural Center of the Philippines District. The Philippine Association of Landscape Architects (PALA) proposed the competition to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and is endorsed by the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP), the Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA), the Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners (PIEP) and the Philippine Institute of Interior Designers (PIID).

Competition details

The competition covers designs for two clusters: the Promenade Area and the At Sanctuary. Competing designs must include general architecture, landscape and urban design. The focus is the new performing arts theater building to be located behind the existing CCP main building. The competition features two categories: professional architects and student architects.

Professional entries need to be in the name of a registered architect or in partnership with registered architects and must include a licensed landscape architect in the team. Other optional team members can include licensed environmental planners and interior designers. A minimum of two and a maximum of five members is allowed.

Student competitors need to be enrolled undergraduate students of architecture, landscape architecture and interior design students. A minimum of two members is required. Students should be at least third year college, as determined by their design class, starting in the Academic Year 2005-06. A maximum of three entries for every school duly endorsed by their respective deans will be accepted.

The deliverables shall consist of four AO sized boards (mounted on foam core) showing a colored aerial perspective of the proposed scale. A written concept with a minimum of 1,000 words and maximum 2,000 words on A4 plain paper shall accompany the drawings. Drawings shall not bear the names of the participants, which shall be printed in a sealed envelope attached to the back of each board.

Submission of entries is July for professionals and September for students. A panel made up of a screening committee, three experts in the design field and three from the NCCA and the CCP will judge the final entries. One million pesos are earmarked for the winning entries. Winning designs will be exhibited at the CCP main gallery in December.

What matters most

Controversial and radical, the design of the CCP has been praised for its combination of curving base with bold cantilever structure and derided as a monumental tribute to grandiose pretensions of a dictatorship. Built during the Marcos regime, the CCP today showcases some of the most nationalistic, progressive and innovative artists.

The CCP is home today to the country’s premier arts groups. Resident companies include: Ballet Philippines, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Tanghalang Pilipino, Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company, Philippine Ballet Theater, Philippine Madrigal Singers, Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group and University of Santo Tomas Symphony Orchestra. More important than its architecture, it is the artists that give the CCP its value and its very reason for being.

The expansion of the CCP determines its precarious future. Will it be overly commercialized or will it truly serve the needs of artists? Will it favor grandiose productions or experimental and independent efforts? Will it be an emasculated compromise or a bold Filipino vision? Space determines growth. The direction our national arts take is now to be designed.

Nestor Jardin, CCP president states the design will follow the CCP’s new vision of “culture everywhere and culture mixed with commercial spaces.” When asked what impact the expansion will have on artists, Jardin elaborates, “There will be spaces for experimental studios. The new 1,000-seating capacity theater to be built will fill a need. The main theater is too big. The little theater too small.” He adds, “There will be dormitories for visiting regional and foreign artists. There will be partially government-subsidized residential flats for both resident artists and CCP employees.”


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For details and requirements of the competition, call the CCP Complex Development Office at 551-7248 and 832-1125 local 1125 or 26.

stig

Can't wait to see the new look of CCP...

:cool:

I didn't know PNB had an office in the CCP complex

hmmm...i thought i already replied to this thread. Excellent pictures, Aaron:okay:
Looking forward to CCP's new look. Its due time for a facelift.

Thanks... also looking forward to that. :)

the artice said that by 2020 we will have a brand new ccp! wow, im in my early 30's then...

like brand new, meaning new location and design?

if it's just a major makeover, then damn that's quite a long time, 15 years.

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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/aaron_ofngol/000_0026_2x.jpg

/\ That tower thingie is an eyesore! :down:

Star city iyan!

Taken from www.manilatimes.net June 6, 2005 (Monday)
A new look for the CCP

...
“There will be dormitories for visiting regional and foreign artists. There will be partially government-subsidized residential flats for both resident artists and CCP employees.”

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How lucky they are! I would love to live there.

Star city iyan!

hmm... reminds me of Sydney's Luna Park. hehe I actually don't mind it. it's semi-permanent innit?

/\ That tower thingie is an eyesore! :down:
oo nga eh...hope they include that in the redevelopment.

just sharing these...views of the ccp complex from the boardwalk which is now closed to the public for the contruction of the oceanarium.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/bay%20area/IMG_1816c.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/bay%20area/manila_1872c.jpg

Thanks, SM-MoA is visible in the boardwalk... pics?

nice pano, dudz!!

imagine what it's gonna look like from there 15 years from now... I hope they show the winning designs from the architectural competition! the CCP actually doesn't look so bad but it's just really old and deteriorated. just looking at those pictures though, there really is so much potential for it...

Thanks, SM-MoA is visible in the boardwalk... pics?
you're welcome, aaron. and MOA from boardwalk...love those floodlights

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/bay%20area/IMG_0573s.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/bay%20area/IMG_1871.jpg

@absent-minded...thanks lance. imagining the designs makes me excited, i think everybody does. and hopefully soon!

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CCP Main Theater
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/thomasian/000_0024xx.jpg

Thanks dudz for the MoA pics.

The flood lights and the blue lights on the side are nice.

I can't wait to see how it looks like at night when it opens.
The cladding will look nice when thrown with multi colored lights.

I hope that they should include more greenery and sana hindi ito overprice like the one's in the late 1960's

I don't know what you mean by more greenery:? There's more greenery in CCP than probably the rest of Pasay...

I don't know what you mean by more greenery:? There's more greenery in CCP than probably the rest of Pasay...

What i mean is kulang pa ang mga parks and even lights within the CCP complex and reclamation area puro talahiban, lately favorite tapunan ng mga salvage victims ang Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard.

Well DM Blvd is still under the process of development and therefore it will take time for developments, lighting and greenery will come. When someone decides to build a mall, apartments, or perhaps a sport complex there, they will come. It can't be talibahan forever. MoA is approaching opening I heard, it could spark up more developments around it :yes:

I hope that hindi ito over price !

Maganda siguro kung i-landscape ito .

Well DM Blvd is still under the process of development and therefore it will take time for developments, lighting and greenery will come. When someone decides to build a mall, apartments, or perhaps a sport complex there, they will come. It can't be talibahan forever. MoA is approaching opening I heard, it could spark up more developments around it :yes:

Renell it's talahiban not talibahan. :rofl: Nonetheless, I agree with what you said. :cheers:

Renell it's talahiban not talibahan. :rofl: Nonetheless, I agree with what you said. :cheers:

:rofl: Baka iba na ang ibig sabihin niyan?

Told yous my filo is getting worse;)

This should sort of be in the tourism thread, but I'm gathering a bit more info. Anyways, during my european excursion, I thoroughly enjoyed being a tourist, which generally meant that I did everything and took a lot of pictures while doing it :D When I'm going to invite friends abroad here, I want to make sure that they have something to do. I don't want to just point them towards the direction of Greenbelt or Malate or Jupiter. I have plenty of vodka in the house, and I'm not one who gets drunk in public, but I digress...

Anyways, I'm looking for every single theater, art gallery, and museum in Manila. I'm aware of the theater world, because I sorta dabble in it, but as for art galleries and museums, I'm not too well versed. I'm not just talking about the big places, but small, out-of-the-way places are also cool. When I was in Paris, there were loads of small, tucked-away art galleries. In Amsterdam, there were numerous small museums dedicated to the pleasures of the flesh (not a euphemism :p) I want to know if we have such hidden gems here. Thanks, waiting for your replies!

I believe boybaha already created a thread on Museums. Check the threads. I'll also do so myself when I get to. This is a great idea by the way. :okay:

Ok, found it. Here is the thread.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=144778

We should also combine this with the CCP thread.

Sorry fo the let's combine comments , parang nawawala kasi ang threads after a while specially the not so popular ones then we start the conversation again.

In the meantime:

Museums
Metropolitan, CCP Main - more a gallery, Ayala, Casa Manila, National Museum, San Agustin, Bahay Tsinoy, Malacanang Musuem, Manila City Hall, Childrens Museum, Bahay Nakpil, Mabini Shrine, Museo ng Bangko Sentral, UST, GSIS Museum, Marikina Shoe Mueseum, art Gallery Philippines, Lopez, Barasoain, The Alcove (nielsen tower), Goethe, Instituto Cervantes, coconut palace, UP fine Arts, Las Pinas bamboo Organ Museum, Philippine Army Museum, Intramuros Light and Sound, Archdiocesean Museum, Iglesia ni Cristo Museum, Madrigal Museum, Bayanihan Folk Arts Museum, Atenoe art Gallery, Dinosaur Museum, Makati Museum, National Historic Institute, Museum of the Filipino People, Philippine Air Force, Philippine National Police, Postal Museuem, Quezon Memorial Msueum, Vargas Museum.

Well these are the ones I know of in Manila mostly. art galleries, too many of them.

Solblanc on the "Most Westernized City in Asia"

" I have been trying to fight the ridiculous westernization of architecture in Metro Manila (every new project has to have italian or victorian or mediterranean inspired theme) and now I come across a thread glorifying the entire process. "

Hehehehe, I hope you enjoyed your vacation in EUROPE. :)

We should also combine this with the CCP thread.

Sorry fo the let's combine comments , parang nawawala kasi ang threads after a while specially the not so popular ones then we start the conversation again.

In the meantime:

Museums
Metropolitan, CCP Main - more a gallery, Ayala, Casa Manila, National Museum, San Agustin, Bahay Tsinoy, Malacanang Musuem, Manila City Hall, Childrens Museum, Bahay Nakpil, Mabini Shrine, Museo ng Bangko Sentral, UST, GSIS Museum, Marikina Shoe Mueseum, art Gallery Philippines, Lopez, Barasoain, The Alcove (nielsen tower), Goethe, Instituto Cervantes, coconut palace, UP fine Arts, Las Pinas bamboo Organ Museum, Philippine Army Museum, Intramuros Light and Sound, Archdiocesean Museum, Iglesia ni Cristo Museum, Madrigal Museum, Bayanihan Folk Arts Museum, Atenoe art Gallery, Dinosaur Museum, Makati Museum, National Historic Institute, Museum of the Filipino People, Philippine Air Force, Philippine National Police, Postal Museuem, Quezon Memorial Msueum, Vargas Museum.

Well these are the ones I know of in Manila mostly. art galleries, too many of them.

Casa Manila, Coconut Palace, Fort Santiago, Tutuban railway station - The old building had some office equiptment on display., Museo Pambata, Science Centrum within (UP Manila), Palacio del Gobernador- It had some interesting photograph collection of old intramuros, Aquario De Manila also known as Manila Aquarium or Puerta Real Aquarium, Arellano University -Florentino Cayco memorabila (Legarda st,Sampaloc , Manila)the collection of photographs of Mr. Florentino Cayco the founder of arellano university, his achievements ,throphy and recognition
Goldenberg and Titus mansion (JP Laurel street ) restored by former first lady Imelda Marcos - takenote: you need to know someone from Malacanang to get inside these two mansions or else you just be contented looking at the houses outside the street of JP Laurel.
Legarda Elementary School- This school had some collections of photograph and its architectural building works could be appreciated.

It would be nice if even at least ONE of these museums housed a creation of Van Gogh, Da Vinci, MichaelAngelo, Rembrandt, or kahit na yung kay Andy Warhol lang ok na! If it comes to art, I think Manila can edge out its neighboring SEA cities. But art is not that popular here, no one of my classmates even know who painted "Virgin of The Rocks" or "Sunflower" alam lang nila "Mona Lisa". Ang Pinoy talaga walang hilig sa ganyan...

Siguro, magkakaroon ng hilig when there is exposure. Kasi naman, we only have humanities and art history and appreciation class in college not earlier. I doubt if most Filipinos have even seen the images/arts of our own artists (e.g. Luna's Spolarium, Fernando Amorsolo, Botong Francisco, Baldemor, Ang Kiukok, Cesar Legaspi, etc.)

So we might as well introduce "Arts Appreciation" in primary years...

There's an "art appreciation" subject in UST.
My cousin needs to go to the GSIS Museum for their art app. class.

Unfortunately I didn't have art app. when I was still in UST.

It's unfortunate that Filipinos aren't museum lovers. I wish to see a Guggenheim built in MM.

Sadly, even I haven't been to National Museum, Metropolitan Museum nor the Ayala Museum. I would have wanted to see Luna's Spoliarium at the National M.

It would be nice if even at least ONE of these museums housed a creation of Van Gogh, Da Vinci, MichaelAngelo, Rembrandt, or kahit na yung kay Andy Warhol lang ok na! If it comes to art, I think Manila can edge out its neighboring SEA cities. But art is not that popular here, no one of my classmates even know who painted "Virgin of The Rocks" or "Sunflower" alam lang nila "Mona Lisa". Ang Pinoy talaga walang hilig sa ganyan...

Well all of those European paintings are back in Europe aren't they?;) Fat chance the government is gonna buy them, we should have all of the famous Filipino paintings under one house.

Well all of those European paintings are back in Europe aren't they?;) Fat chance the government is gonna buy them, we should have all of the famous Filipino paintings under one house.

I agree to the idea of a local museum featuring works of great Filipino artists - Luna, Botong Francisco, Ang Kiukok, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Bencab, Luz, etc...

Is Juvenal Sanso a Filipino?

Where is Luna's Spoliarium located anyway?
I've read that The Mona Lisa was leased for 100 million dollars for a stay in one museum in the US for only about hours? Anyone read that, that is absolutely outrageous! Imagine paying that much money only to display a painting created by a homosexual maniac when there are 1.8 billion people in the world living in poverty!

Where is Luna's Spoliarium located anyway?
I've read that The Mona Lisa was leased for 100 million dollars for a stay in one museum in the US for only about hours? Anyone read that, that is absolutely outrageous! Imagine paying that much money only to display a painting created by a homosexual maniac when there are 1.8 billion people in the world living in poverty!


The Spolarium should be in the old national museum. The last time I was there, it was being renovated. I heard some horror stories about people letting water leaking from the ceiling drabble on to the paintings...

Oh, and for some reason, homosexual maniacs sell. :p


Solblanc on the "Most Westernized City in Asia"

" I have been trying to fight the ridiculous westernization of architecture in Metro Manila (every new project has to have italian or victorian or mediterranean inspired theme) and now I come across a thread glorifying the entire process. "

Hehehehe, I hope you enjoyed your vacation in EUROPE. :)

Yes, I enjoyed it, thank you very much :p
Seriously, though, I appreciate european architecture for what it is, but I don't believe that transplanting european design into the Philippines is going to transplant european charm or grandeur. We can be much more creative than that, and I wish that our architects would be bold enough to be that creative. Like Locsin, say what you will about his giant hollow blocks, but they were pretty cool in his time, and his work has developed a certain timelessness :)

Yes, I enjoyed it, thank you very much :p
Seriously, though, I appreciate european architecture for what it is, but I don't believe that transplanting european design into the Philippines is going to transplant european charm or grandeur. We can be much more creative than that, and I wish that our architects would be bold enough to be that creative. Like Locsin, say what you will about his giant hollow blocks, but they were pretty cool in his time, and his work has developed a certain timelessness :)

Oh I guess we should forget about history and its impact on our society. Look at the big picture and just dont look at it with your nationalistic ideas. Nothing wrong with having different features and styles on our homes and public structures. If we want to learn from our past then one great example is our churches. In centuries past our churches didnt stand a chance against natural calamities like earthquakes, fires and typhoons because it was built entirely of wood, bamboo and materials not of sturdier kind. Now during the course of time people had to cope with these natural calamities even to this day, nothing wrong with building houses or public structures that has similarites with western design if it meant safety for its occupants. Practicality should also be taken into consideration and not just nationalistic ideas like yours. We live in an open world, the Philippines is part of that world and not the other way around. :)

Maybe you should walk the walk instead of talk to talk if you really have nationalistic values in you and spend your vacation in the Philippines this way you can help our fellow Filipinos improve their existence. :)

The Spoliarium is housed in the National Museum.

Is it available for public viewing?

I'm not sure but I guess it is.

How much do they charge for the entrance?

I have no idea.

How about the Museo Pambata? I'm taking my nieces there on weekend. Any idea?

Nat Museum Php 100 free if your student yata, can't remember , was 3 years since i've been there. very nice, and good museum but not totally finished as they want their exhibit to be world class, they have like many other museums 10x what they can actually display. The classic filipino masters are there , if you want modern filipino master go to...

Metropolitan Museum also nice, though small.

I think Filipinos are actually very art inclined though not clasical art as most people define it to be. Definitely you see a lot of pop art and performing arts and lots of patrons for that. Just because we don't have western art doesn't mean we don't appreciate it, just that we can't afford it! With a masterpiece costing more than the budget of DSWD we also have to prioritize:)

Also re European Architecture. It's really the market or the great mass of filipino people who vote with their peso who want this unfortunately. As a country of colonial maniacs people who are not as exposed, specially with education, only remember the rich persons house around the corner probably built in faux spanish style so hey that must be good and classy , let's make it look rococo palace like with gold eck etc. Anyway with increasing income tastes become more sophisticated. This is a worldwide thing as well as you can see kitsch accross texas, sun city SA, india, china, etc. After a while it becomes a question of taste which is further down the path of politics and religion :grouphug: :drunk: :gaah: :llama: :fiddle: :hammer: :toilet:

Hehehehe I wonder how our national treasures would have fared if it was housed in nipa huts with leaky roofs instead of climate controlled environment. Do you honestly think we would still admire these artifacts or will they be rotting beyond recognition. Well anyway, I love the neo classical style of the National Museum and the exhibits housed in these western style structure. :) To each his own. :)

There is a Natural History Museum in the UP Los Banos Makiling Campus on the way to the vast and verdant Botanical Garden. Going to a trip up there is awesome.
Plus a side trip to the hot springs & spas and big pools would be fun too.
There is a Vargas Museum inside the UP Diliman Campus behind the Faculty Center, along the academic oval fronting the UP Lagoon.

Oh I guess we should forget about history and its impact on our society. Look at the big picture and just dont look at it with your nationalistic ideas. Nothing wrong with having different features and styles on our homes and public structures. If we want to learn from our past then one great example is our churches. In centuries past our churches didnt stand a chance against natural calamities like earthquakes, fires and typhoons because it was built entirely of wood, bamboo and materials not of sturdier kind. Now during the course of time people had to cope with these natural calamities even to this day, nothing wrong with building houses or public structures that has similarites with western design if it meant safety for its occupants. Practicality should also be taken into consideration and not just nationalistic ideas like yours. We live in an open world, the Philippines is part of that world and not the other way around. :)

Maybe you should walk the walk instead of talk to talk if you really have nationalistic values in you and spend your vacation in the Philippines this way you can help our fellow Filipinos improve their existence. :)

Its not nationalism :p There's a HUGE difference between adapting foreign features and making a cheap copy. A prime example would be eastwood. There are other ways to adapt foreign elements. Look at Amman, the skyline is gorgeous! Their skyscrapers are sheathed in desert rock, adapting well to the surroundings. You see a perfect blend between the modern and the traditional. Or look at Shanghai or Lisbon. They have many beautiful structures that have no connection to their culture at all; these structures are completely new.

What I'm trying to say is that we should be a little more innovative. We have a wealth of elements in our own culture to adapt into the modern lifestyle. (I'm not going to point at Singapore, as they have some weird buildings, such as the "Durian". It truly looks like an 80's madonna bra cup, no matter what you say :D) What we are doing here is NOT innovative. "Victorian-style living along Laguna de Bay", "An Italian town south of the Metro", "Swiss lifestyle in Tagaytay", these are examples of ventures that are clearly not innovative. Granted, there's a market for that in Las Vegas, as they have a copy+casino format going for them. But that is not our niche. It could be better.

Now, I'm gonna have to relate this to theater, museums, and art galleries on order to not be off topic :D In relation to that, its really fun how innovation can go wrong. Have any of you watched the Metropolitan's rendition of "A Midsummernight's Dream"? The costumes were GORGEOUS!!! And so was the set! It was truly eyecandy [for about five minutes before the play became ridiculously boring] :D


There is a Natural History Museum in the UP Los Banos Makiling Campus on the way to the vast and verdant Botanical Garden. Going to a trip up there is awesome.
Plus a side trip to the hot springs & spas and big pools would be fun too.
There is a Vargas Museum inside the UP Diliman Campus behind the Faculty Center, along the academic oval fronting the UP Lagoon.

Campus museums are really cool, but I'm usually very tourist-y when I'm visiting museums, and as I'm still a student, its pretty embarrassing to be like that in another school :)

Cheap copy daw!!! Ano ba 'tong napasukan ko at pinagaaksayahan ko ng panahon ay naku!! Sige na nga Imelda!!! Hahaha!

Cheap copy daw!!! Ano ba 'tong napasukan ko at pinagaaksayahan ko ng panahon ay naku!! Sige na nga Imelda!!! Hahaha!

cheap is cheap. It wouldn't kill people to have some class.

:tongue:

:jk:

ayala museum... its nice but a little bit of expensive..

Is it available for public viewing?

It is.

check: The Museum at DLSU-Manila (http://themuseum.dlsu.edu.ph/index.asp)

:)

another nice museum to go to is the museum of the filipino people (old senate building in manila). it houses the galleon of san diego (a suken ship from the era of spanish colonization) and it's treasures and some archaeological finds from palawan. it's one of the best museums i've been to in the country. i was there as a requirement for my university history class a few years back. if i remember correctly, the exhibits were on 2 to 3 floors.

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Museo Iloilo


Museo Iloilo was designed by Ilongo architect Sergio Penasales, the same architect who did Antique’s Barbaza Catcholic Church --the church that was said to have the “most modern architectural style in the whole province of Antique.” Museo Iloilo’s permanent exhibit covers the cultural history of Western Visayas from prehistory to contemporary history. Inside is the carbon-q4 dated fossils, the swords and spears of the Mondo tribe of Panay, and the permanent exhibit showing an Ati family. What could surprise any visitor is the santo entiero or the dead Christ with a white hanky around its head. It looks so much like a preserved body of a dead person especially with the shriveled skin at its shoulders.

too bad culture has been long forgotten by the masses.

I think the media is guilty of that. Instead of maybe putting high quality shows that make you think and that can show you history of society and make u interested in getting to know things, You get the same crappy telenovela with the same formula and plot. and the same Catfight and "slap" like all the same of those shows..

but i guess its also important that Educational Institutions do their part and have school trips to museums once in awhile.. but its kinda hard since the schools basically have no money for anything but the basics right now.. oh well maybe things will be better in the future

Anyways i like museums.. hopefully when i come back to manila again.. i will go visit one :D

Of all the museums I have visited in Metro Manila, the National Museum and Ayala Museum has some of the best exhibits. San Agustin Ecclesiastical Museum is also worth mentioning. A couple of years back a temporary exhibit featuring Bohol's artifacts were interesting at the Metropolitan Museum. Their permanent display were quite interesting as well.

On my next trip I'll try to fit in Yuchengco Museum at RCBC Plaza and the Lopez Museum.


Pearl of the Orient Seas - The Philippines (http://community.webshots.com/user/jbkayaker12)

What about Museo Iloilo, I think it also has a unique design.

And the Shoe Museum of Marikina?

this is the latest picture of the Museo Iloilo. Currently, there is an exhibit showing the history of Nikkei Jin that existed in the city before

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid181/p8d39172c7b2aeb956c1b1012609f10a8/f2dbd50c.jpg

Did they repaint that recently? it looks different. i think i liked it when it was just white

Did they repaint that recently? it looks different. i think i liked it when it was just white

Yes they did, I like the plain white version too

Did they repaint that recently? it looks different. i think i liked it when it was just white

I agree with you, ewh1 ... it's a wierd colour combination ... when we passed by last month during a visit, I was so shocked to note that Museo Iloilo colour was transformed from plain white one to a multi-coloured ones .. thought I was looking at one of the playgrounds around the city ... I'm just not used seeing a museum, which houses old artifacts to be as colourful as this. I am thinking, is Iloilo going too much nowadays? That even its historical landmark was converted into a dazzling rainbow hall. Anyway, it's an attention-getter. You will really notice it whenever you'll pass by downtown Iloilo.

Here's Museo Iloilo pic few years ago.

http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/gaki/iloilomu.jpg

Man I have to visit Museo Iloilo the next time I visit family over there. Indeed it looked much better when it was white... When did they do the repaint?

maybe this year only, Virtute ... it was still white-coloured last year .... hahaha .. did you read Chymera's post in Iloilo City forum as well, that they repainted the Obelisk (in Plazoletagay) with tangerine ... hehehe .. are we turning into a colour-freaked city ? I've seen so many buildings around the city becoming too colourful as well.

...

god, i didn't know bayani fernando has jurisdiction over Iloilo! the wall on museo iloilo looks like his work! :rofl:

The Museo Iloilo was repainted in August or July I think, there's an exhibit on the history of Nikkei Jin in Iloilo right now until the end of the month.

The company of my former professor is the one overseeing the CCP redevelopment masterplan, particularly the arts and cultural component. It is envisioned to be an Arts Village for all and will include museums, additional performing arts venues, a residential component etc. She told us we could take a look at the masterplan.

could you post it when you do please ? would be interesting to see what will be built.

There's a dire need to upgrade the CPP's architecture by juxtaposing a modern complementary building.
Parang libingan ang itsura nya ngayon.

^^ That calls for a design and concept contest guys. What design will complement the CCP?

^^ That calls for a design and concept contest guys. What design will complement the CCP?

Perhaps a Santiago Calatrava design, since this architect uses lots of concrete in his works which will seamlessly complement CCP concrete structure.

Museo Iloilo is starting to become active as well in terms of exhibits, arts, etc. That's a good sign.

this is the latest picture of the Museo Iloilo. Currently, there is an exhibit showing the history of Nikkei Jin that existed in the city before

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid181/p8d39172c7b2aeb956c1b1012609f10a8/f2dbd50c.jpg
nice building

looks like rainbow-ish to me. Good colours though.

Casa Gorordo Museum
(35 Lopez Jaena St., Cebu City). Home of the first Filipino Bishop of Cebu, Juan Gorordo (1862-1934). A tour inside this residence is a brief journey into a Filipino lifestyle in a particular period between 1860 & 1920. The place presently features noted paintings, museum relics, a courtyard, antique household items and furniture.

Fort San Pedro National Museum
(Legaspi Ext., Cebu City). Artifacts taken from the old Spanish Galleon known as San Diego within the deep sea of Fortune Island off the coast of Nasugbo, Batangas are on display in this centuries-old fort. Artifacts excavated within Forts San Pedro's premises are also on display. The Museum used to house the offices of the Department of Tourism and the Philippine Tourism Authority.

University of San Carlos Museum
(P. del Rosario St., Cebu City). A product of years of research activities of the Anthropological Department’s faculty in Central and Southern Philippines, it has four galleries: Spanish Colonial, Ethnographic, Archeological, and Natural Science.

The Southwestern University Museum
(Urgello Private Road, Cebu City). Holds the extensive collection of Lydia Aznar Alfonso reflecting the flourishing trade, lifestyle, and culture of the port city Cebu in pre-historic times. Exhibits of excavated gold, trade beads, coins, iron-age potteries, rare trade wares of porcelain from China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand, including Ming, Celadon, and other China trade jars, as was Ban Chieng, Haripunchai pottery, and gold teeth peggings were excavated in the areas of Cebu, and the Visayas and Mindanao. The museum also displays heirloom jewelry, santoses, and church carvings and other church accessories.

Julian Jumalon's Butterfly Sanctuary and Art Gallery
(20-D Macopa St., Basak, Pardo, Cebu City). The country's oldest butterfly collection and Butterfly Sanctuary with live immature- and adult-stage local butterflies in their natural settings. It also houses the Lepido Mosaic Art collection, so called because it utilizes butterfly wings as its medium. Beautiful and intricate samples of these artworks can be seen at the PROF. JULIAN JAMALON residence.

Rizal Museum and Library
(Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City). Located within Cebu City Library along Osmeña Boulevard, it showcases a collection of antiques donated by famous and rich Cebuano families. Also on display is a collection of artworks of the Cebuano painters and artists. Its upper floor is utilized as a performing arts hall for concert and theatre productions by Cebu talents. On the ground floor is the Rizal Memorial Library which keeps some important books on Cebuano history and culture.

Arcenas Antique Collection
Spanish period furniture and "santoses", jewelries, pottery, porcelain wares are on display at Dr. and Mrs. Ramon Arcenas’ residence located at Banawa, Cebu City.

Rose Ong Orchid Collection
So beautiful and varied, the biggest orchid collection in the province.
Aznar-Alfonso Antique Collection
Owned by Dr. Lydia-Aznar Alfonso, the antique collection is of much younger vintage. Pieces of lovely period furniture, a very wide collection of jewelry, “santoses” as well as authentic “grave goods” from various archaeological diggings in the island of Mactan and Cebu helped enrich Dr. Alfonso’s beautiful collection.

Pres. Sergio Osmeña Memorabilia & Cap Art Gallery
(60 Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City). Contains an estimated 500 personal belongings and documents worthy of remembrance of the Grand Old Man of Cebu, made possible by various donations of generous friends and relatives of the former president.
Rizaliana Museum. Contains the memorabilia of Dr. Jose Rizal given by his sister to the University of Southern Philippines Museum.

Rizaliana Museum
Contains the memorabilia of Dr. Jose Rizal given by his sister to the University of Southern Philippines Museum.

Sala Piano Museum
(415 Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City). Houses the Ingrid Sala Sta. Maria Miniature Piano Collection donated to the family foundation in January 1990. A unique collection of hundreds of pianos of varying sizes and shapes. Venue to classical concerts and houses a music foundation.

Museums in the Philippines

Aera Memorial Foundation
Villa Escudero, PO Box 4, San Pablo City, Southern Tagalog,
Tel: (632) 521-0830
Fax: 521-86-98
Proprietor: AERA Memorial Foundtion (Don Arsenio Escudero)
Curator: Juan Miguel "Ugi" Escudero
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm (Monday-Friday)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

Private museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, geological, zoological, historical, ecclesiastical and art collections from the Philippines and samples from different countries gathered during their travels abroad.

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.

Aguinaldo Shrine
Kawit Cavite
Curator: Ms. Rosalinda Aguinaldo
Open Hours: 8:00-5:00 pm (Mon-Sunday)
Admission: FRE

Houses, the memorabilia of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Presidnet of the First Philippine Republic. Hedonated this mansion where Philippine Independence from Spain was proclaimed on June 12, 1898.

Angono National Museum Branch
Angono Petrogtyphs Rockshelter, Angono, Rizal
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Mr. Joseph Guillermo
Open Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays
Admission: FREE

Provincial branch of the National Museum established to preserve the petroglyphs inscribed on cave walls which are dated from the Neolithic Age.

Apolinario Mabini Shrine
Pandacan, Manila
Tel: 59-29-52
Curator: Ms. Asuncion Pido
Open Hours: 8:00 am - 5pm (Monday to Friday)
Admission: FREE (Donation is welcome)

Birthplace of Apolinario Mabini and a memorial to the "Sublime Paralytic." Original memorabilia on display and replica of the nipa hut where Mabini was born found at the exact site within kthe premises. Municipal library facilities, integrated souvenir shop and reading facilities available.

Archdiocesan Museum Of Manila
121 Arzobispo St., Intramuros, Manila
Tel: (632)492161/6 ext. 222
Fax: (632) 5304815
Proprietor: Archdiocese of Manila
Curator: Monsignor Jose Abriol
Open Hours: 9:00 am - 11:30 am
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm ( Mon-Thurs)
9:00 am - 11:30 am (Friday)
Closed: Sat to Sun & Public Holidays
Admission: FREE (Donation accepted)

Private museum containing ecclesiastical art and regalia illustrating the history of the Diocese.

Ateneo Art Gallery
Rizal Library Bldg., Ateneo de Manila University
Katipunan Rd, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Metro Manila
Tel: (632)924-2601
Proprietor: Ateneo de Manila University
Curator: Prof. Emmanuel Torres
Open Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
8:00 am - 12:00 pm (Saturdays)
Closed: Sundays and Public Holidays
Admission: FREE

University art museum containing, paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings by Filipino artists

Ayala Museum Of Phil. History & Iconographic Archive
Makati Ave., Makati, Metro Manila
Tel: (632) 8121191/97 ext 31
Fax: 0
Proprietor: Filipinas Foundation
Curator: Ms. Sonia Ner
Open Hours: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm (Tues - Sun)
Closed: Mon, Sun. & Holidays
Admission: Walk-in students P10, Adults P30 (Children P30, Adults P60) a flat rate of P100 will be charged

Private museum containing paintings by Filipino artists from the 19th century to the present, ethnographic and archaeological materials, sixty dioramas depicting Philippine history, 62 dolls portraying the evolution of the Filipino dress; 20 models of watercrafts and vessels; rare and contemporary books and periodicals.





Baclayon Church Museum
Immaculate Conception Parish, 6301-Baclayon
Bohol
Proprietor: Baclayon Parish Church
Curator: Pedro R. Ugat
Open Hours: 8:00-11:30; 1:30-5:00 pm (daily)
Admission: P10 Adults; P5-College students; P3-High School Students

Parish church museum containing ecclesiastical collections relating to the Central Visayas.



Bahay Laguna Museum
Barangay Bungkol, Magdalena, Liliw, Laguna
Proprietor: Municipality of Liliw
Curator: Mr. Artemio Barbosa
Open Hours: 9:00am. -5:00pm.
Admission: FREE

A newly opened community museum housing the momentos of ;the Later Governor F. San Luis of Laguna and Arts and Crafts of the Province.



Balangay Archaeological Site Museum
Liberta, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte
Northern Mindanao
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Bernandinito Galpo
Open Hours: 9am-4:30pm daily (Mon-Fri)
Sat. open upon request
Closed: Sundays & Holidays

Archaeological museum which displays artifacts unearthed at the Balangay site.



Balay Negrense Museum
5 de Noviembre St., Silay City
6116 Negros Occidental, Western Visayas
Tel: 52-263
Proprietor: Donated by Msgr. Guillermo Gaston
Curator: Exec. Dir Lynell Espiritu Gaston
Open Hours: 10am-9pm (Tues-Sun)
Admission: P5 Students with ID & children 12 years old & below P10 Adult

Ancestral house of the Gaston Family containing period furniture and heirloompieces of the family, showing the lifestyle of the Negrense in the late 19th century.



Baldomero Aguinaldo
Kawit, Cavite
Curator: Mrs. Brenda Mojica
Open Hours: 8:00 am. - 5pm. (Monday to Sunday)
Admission: FREE Admission (Donation is welcome)

Houses relecs and memorabilia of Gen. Baldomero Aguinaldo, first cousin of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and a member of the latter's cabinet. Items of interest include period furniture and house furnishing. Lectures and guiding service can be arranged.



Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas Money Museum
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Security Plant Complex
East Ave., Quezon City
Tel: 99-39-58
Fax: 921-74-34
Proprietor: Ms. Daisy Navarro Bank Officer II
Open Hours: 9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat., Sun. & Holidays

Corporate museum of Philippine coins and paper money; primitive money, international currency, medals from over 175 countries, tokens and gold artifacts.



Barasoain Church Historical Landmark Museum
Malolos, Bulacan, Central Luzon
Proprietor: National Historical Institute
Curator: Mrs. Corazon Sitjar
Open Hours: 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturday, Sunday and Holidays

Ecclesiastical museum located within the Barasoain Church built during the Spanish Period containing artifacts and regalila illustrating the ecclesiastical history of Central Luzon, also historical objects, photographs and documents relating to the "Malolos Congress" which drafted the Constitution of the First Philippine Republic in 1899.



Basilica Del Sto. Nino Museum
Basilica del Sto. Nino, Osmena Blvd., Cebu City
Basement, Pilgrim's Center, Cebu City
Tel: 97660/97668/97669
Fax: 255-0608
Proprietor: Agustinian Friars (OSA)
Curator: Fr. Agustin Ty
Open Hours: 8:30 - 6:00pm. (Fridays & Sundays
Admission: P10.00/Students, Senior Citizens P5.00

Collection of Sto. Nino costumes, such as ceremonial capes and jelwelries, pictorial exhibit of "Sinulog" and "Pit Senior" celebration.



Bayanihan Folk Arts Museum
Philippine Women's University, Taft Ave.
Makati, Metro Manila
Tel: (632)583187, (632)5217829
Proprietor: Philippine Women's University
Curator: Administrative Officer Ms. Violy Sabareza
Open Hours: Temporarily closed

University museum containing a range of ethnological artifacts illustrating the cultural heritage of various ethnic groups of the Philippines.



Benguet Museum
Capitol, La Trinidad, 2601 Benguet
Cordillera Administrative Region
Proprietor: Provincial Government of Benguet
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Ms. Koly Keith Moises
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat & Sun
Admission: FREE

Provincial museum containing ethnographic materials relating to the indigenous people of Benguet.



Bernandino Jalandoni Ancestral House
Rizal Street, Silay City 6116 Negros Occidental
Proprietor: Silay Heritage Foundation
Curator: Mr. Jonas O. Adelantar
Open Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm. (Mon-Sat.)
Closed: Sundays
Admission: P10.00 Adults P15:00

A typical opulent house at the turn of 20th century with antique furnitures.



Bohol Museum (Balay Hipusanan Sa Mga Bililhong Butang Sa Bohol)
10 Rocha St., Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Central Visayas
Proprietor: Bohol Provincial Government
Curator: Ms. Salome Ramos
Open Hours: 8-12pm; 1-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

Provincial museum containing art objects, botanical, zoological and archaeological materials from Bohol Province; memorabilia of Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia, a native son.



Bolinao National Museum Branch
Bolinao, Pangasinan, Northern Luzon
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Office-in-charge: Gina de Vera
Open Hours: 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays
Admission: FREE

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, geological and zoological collections, including artifacts relating to Pangasinan



Bontoc Museum
Bontoc, Mountain Province, Cordillera Autonomous Region
Proprietor: I C M Sisters
Curator: Director: Sr. Nieves Valdes, I C M

Private museum containing the material culture of the Ifugao people.



Bulacan Museum, Library and Cultural Center Hiyas Ng Bulakan
Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan
Central Luzon
Proprietor: Pronvincial Gov't of Bulacan
Curator: Founder/Honorary/Dir. Jose P. Tantoco
Open Hours: 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat & Sun
Admission: FREE

Provincial museum containing geological, archaeological, historical, and ethnographical materials relating to Bulacan province, artistic and literary works and musical compositions of illustrious citizens and national heroes from this province.



Butuan City Museum
Magallanes cor. Cabadbaran St., Butuan City
Agusan del Norte, Northern Mindanao
Tel: 82041 (Cruztelco)
Proprietor: Butuan City Government
Curator: Officer-in-charge Mrs Liwliwa Esguerra
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays


Butuan Diocesan Museum
St. Joseph Cathedral Parish Rectory, La Immaculada
Conception St. 8600 Butuan City
Tel: 72321 (Cruztelco)/449091 (Butelco)
Proprietor: Diocese of Butuan
Curator: Fr. Joesilo C. Amalia
Open Hours: 8am-4pm every Sunday

Diocesan museum containing liturgical & church artifacts and regalia illustrating the history and development of the see.



Butuan National Museum Branch
Doongan, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte
Northern Mindanao
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Bernandinito Galpo
Open Hours: 9am-12pm; 1pm-4:30pm (Mon-Fri)
Saturday open upon request
Closed: Sundays & Holidays

Regional branch of the National Museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, geological and zoological collections, including artifacts relating to Northern Mindanao.





Cagayan Museum & Historical Research Center
EXPO Bldg. Capitol Compound, Tuguegarao
Cagayan
Tel: 446-1574
Proprietor: Provincial Government of Cagayan
Curator: Ms. Primitiva Talla
Open Hours: 8am-11:30; 1:30-4:30pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays
Admission: FREE

Provincial museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, historical, and liturgical art collections relating to the Cagayan Valley.



Cap Art Center and President Osmeña Memorabilia
60 Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City
Central Visayas
Tel: 217-519
Fax: 218-102
Proprietor: College Assurance Plan (CAP) Inc.
Curator: Ms. Mary Faelmer-Abad

Private museum containing the paintings, bust sculpture of Don. Sergio Osmeña, books of Don. Sergio, Cadillac car, suits, chandeliers, shoes, hats, eyeglasses, attache case, luggage, amplifier, historical photos, books, mazine, poster, old newspaper, Don Sergio Osmeña Stamps, Ms. Arthur Room Elevator (Otis)



Carlos P. Romulo Collection
4/F National Historical Institute Bldg.,
TM Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila
Tel: (632)509952, (632)572644
Fax: (632)590646
Proprietor: National Historical Institute
Curator: Mrs. Teresita L. Pagulayan
Open Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (Tues-Sun)
Closed: Mondays
Admission: FREE

Government museum containing the memorabilia of General Carlos P. Romulo, one of the most outstanding statesmen of the country.



Casa Gorordo Museum
35 Lopez Jaena St., Cebu City
Central Visayas
Proprietor: Don Ramon Aboitiz Foundation
Curator: Ms. Socorro Rigor
Open Hours: 9-12pm; 2-6pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays

Museum containing 19th century period furniture, ceramics, pottery and other household objects used by the peoples of Cebu in the past; periodic art exhibits and varied cultural activities.



Casa Manila Museum
Intramuros Admin, Gen. Luna St., Intramuros, Mla.
Tel: (632)461240, 461166, 461266, 461196
Fax: (632)461188
Proprietor: Intramuros Administration Ms. Eda V. Henson
Curator: Architect Rene Luis S. Mata
Open Hours: 9 am-12 pm, 1 pm-6 pm (Tues-Sun)
Closed: Mondays
Admission: Children P5 (12 yrs old & below w/ valid student ID) Adults P15

Government museum located in a reconstructed Spanish period house of the mid - 1800s. Furnishings and artworks displayed in Casa Manila range from the 17th to the early 20th century.



Casa Real Shrine
Paseo del Congreso, Plaza Rizal
Malolos Bulacan
Tel: 791-27-16
Curator: Mr. Alex Balagtas
Open Hours: 8am-5pm daily, including holidays
Admission: FREE

A government museum consisting relics of the First Philippine Republic, memorabilia of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, family trees of provincial class in Malolos, period furnitures, old books, stamps and paper money and coin.



Casa San Miguel
San Antonio, San Miguel, Zambales
Proprietor: Ramon L. Corpus Family
Curator: Alfonso Corpus Bolipata
Open Hours: By appointment

Established in 1921 by Ramon L. Corpus, it was once the Corpus Family summer retreat, a multi-purpose hall, theater and gardens, Art Gallery, Libraries



Casagwa National Museum Branch
Daraga, Albay, Bicol
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Ms. ALice A. Alaurin
Open Hours: 8:00am.-5:00pm. (Mon-Sat.)
Closed: Sundays

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, geological and zoological collections, including artifacts relating to the Bicol region.



Cavite City Library Museum
R. Basa cor. R. Samonte Sts., San Roque, Cavite City
Tel: 431-18-35(Res.)/431-04-62 (Mayors Office)
Proprietor: Cavite City Government
Curator: Ms. Jocelyn R. dela Rosa
Open Hours: 8:00am.-5:00pm
Admission: FREE

City government museum featuring collections of historical relecs, photographs, old furniture, household objects, and memorabilia of Cavite City's local heroes.



CCP Contemporary Art Museum of The Philippines
Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Boulevard
Pasay City, Metro Manila
Tel: (632) 832-1125/39
Fax: (632)831-3415
Proprietor: Cultural Center of the Philippines
Curator: Ms.Gina Barte
Open Hours: 9am-6pm (Tues-Sun)
Closed: Monday & Public Holidays


CCP Museo Ng Kalinangang Pilipino
Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd.
1310 Pasay City, Metro Manila
Tel: (632)8323683,8323702,8321125 ext. 227228
Fax: (632)831-3415
Proprietor: Cultural Center of the Philippines
Open Hours: 9 am - 6 pm (Tues-Sun)
Closed: Mondays & Public Holidays
Admission: Adult - P20 Student - P10

Permanent exhibition gallery of the CCP extensive permanent collection of works of art, including paintings, sculptures, prints, jewelry and works in mixed media on all forms of visual expressions of contemporary artists.



CCP Museum of Philippine Humanities
CCP Center of the Philippines, PO Box 1310
Manila
Tel: (632)832-3875
Fax: (632)831-3415
Proprietor: Cultural Center of the Philippines
Curator: Director Ms. Gina Barte
Open Hours: 9 am - 6 pm (Tues-Sun)
Closed: Mondays and Public Holidays
Admission: Adult - P20 Student P10

CCP museum containing ethnographic collections, excavated pottery and jewelry, and visual art expressions of contemporary Filipino artists; Asian musical instruments



Cebu Archdiodesan Museum
Metropolitan Cathedral, Cebu City
Curator: Msgr. Virgilio Yap
Admission: Adult P10.00/Students P5.00

Cardinal Julio Rosales, the first Cardinal of Cebu, and the pieces of pre-hispanic christianity.



Central Mindanao State University Historical Museum
Central Mindanao State University
Musuan, Bukidnon, Northern Mindanao
Tel: (8822)72-2680
Proprietor: Central Mindanano State University
Curator: Ms. Nemsio V. Betanio
Open Hours: 8:30am-12pm, 2:30pm-5pm (Tue-Fri)
Admission: Highschool & Elem. Student - P3.00, Prof/other - P10.00

Private museum containing ethnological and archaeological collection, historical and ethnological archives.



Children's Museum and Library
130 Kalayaan Ave., Diliman, Quezon City
Metro Manila
Fax: (632)924-2297
Proprietor: Children's Museum and Library, Inc.
Curator: Gen. Exec. Ms. Emma Mazueta
Open Hours: By appointment only
Admission: FREE

Non-profit, non-stock foudnation museum containing children's artworks.



Christ The King College Museum
Christ the King College, Magsaysay Blvd.
Calbayog City, Samar 6710
Eastern Visayas
Proprietor: Christ the King College
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Fr. Gene Wegner, OFM
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturday & Sundays

College museum containing archaeological and ecclesiastical materials relating to Samar Province.



Clarin Ancestral House
Loay, Bahol
Central Visayas
Tel: 6303 (no IDD available)
Proprietor: Clarin Family
Curator: Oligario L. Clarin, Jr.
Open Hours: By appointment

Private museum containing 19th century household furniture and family heirlooms.



Coca-Cola Pavillion
Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., Sta Rosa Plant
Pulong, Sta. Rosa, Laguna
Feliza Bldg., 108 Herrera St., Legaspi Village,
Tel: 818-87-41 to 59 loc. 700 or 467
Curator: Ms. Gigi Rivera
Open Hours: 8:30am.-5:00pm. (Tuesday & Saturday
Admission: FREE

A museum with authentic Coca-Cola memorabilia and equipped with audio visual facilities and the country's only compact disc jukebox. The entire complex has a first-hand and state of the art waste water treatment facility.



Colegio De Sta. Isabel Museum
Colegio de Sta Isabel, Naga City
Camarines Sur
Bicol
Tel: 635421
Proprietor: Colegio de Sta Isabel
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

College museum containing historical collections relating to the college



Cotabato National Museum Branch
Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Center, LTP 12 compound
Cotabato City, Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao of the Philippines
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Daniel L. Lacena
Open Hours: 8:30am-11:30am, 1:30pm-4:30pm (M-F)
Closed: Sat, Sun & Public Holidays

Provincial branch of the National Museum established in 1982 and opened to the public in 1984, containing collections of ethnographical materials collected from the different indigenous peoples in the region, along with other artifacts of anthropological interest.



Daniel W. Tantoco Jr. Collection
De La Salle University Library Bldg.,
De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila
Tel: (632) 50-46-11
Proprietor: De La Salle University
Curator: Daniel W. Tantoco, Jr.
By appointment 8am-5pm (Mon-Fri.)
Closed: Sat.-Sun. & Holidays

University Museum containing excavated oriental ceramics and excavated Filipino pottery.





Daniel W. Tantoco, Jr. Collection
De La Salle University Library Bldg.,
De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila
Tel: (632)5046-11
Proprietor: De La Salle University (collection donated)
Curator: Daniel W. Tantoco, Jr.
Open Hours: By appointment 8am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays-Sundays & Holidays

University museum containing excavated oriental ceramics and excavated Filipino pottery.



Daraga National Museum Branch
Daraga, Albay,
Bicol
Proprietor: Officer-in-charge Ms. Alice A. Alaurin
Open Hours: 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, geological and zoological collections, including artifacts relating to the Bicol region.



Davao Museum
Zonta Bldg., Insular Village Phase I, Lanang
Davao City, Davao del Sur, Southern Mindanao
Proprietor: Zonta Club of Davao/Davao Museum Foundation, Inc.
Curator: Dr. Heidi K. Gloria
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sun & Public Holidays

Private museum containing archaeological and ethnographical collections relating to Southern Mindanao.



Divine Word College Museum
Laoag City
Curator: Ms. Edith Flor




Earist Museum
Nagtahan, Sampaloc, Manila
Tel: (632)714-07-52
Fax: 714-07-50
Open Hours: 9:00am-4:00pm (Mon-Fri.)
Admission: FREE

Memorabilia of the Late Senate President Eulogio Amang Rodriguez





Ford Museum
Dumalag, Capiz, Western Visayas
Proprietor: Thomas Ford, Jr.
Open Hours: By appointment

Private museum containing ethnographic and archaeological artifacts, Spanish Period religious statues and art, and biological specimens relating to the Western Visayas; memorabilia of the Ford Family.



Fort San Pedro National Museum Branch
Fort San Pedro, Cebu City, Central
Visayas
Tel: (6332)
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Officer-in-charge Vicente Secuya III
Open Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon-Sun)
Closed: Sundays
Admission: FREE

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing archaeological materials from the 1600 San Diego galleon and other sites in Cebu Province.





Holy Rosary Minor Seminar Museum
Holy Rosary Minor Seminary, Naga City
Bicol
Proprietor: Holy Rosary Minor Seminary
Curator: Ermelo Almeda
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

Ecclesiastical museum containing religious artifacts and regalia relating to the ecclesiastical history of the Bicol Region, archaeological and ethnographical collections of E. Almeda.





Iglesia Ni Cristo Museum and Gallery
INC Central Office, Commonwealth Ave., Diliman
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Tel: (632)924-43-11
Proprietor: New Era University
Curator: Mrs. Estrallita Peña Javier
Open Hours: 9am - 11am, 2pm - 4pm (M-T, F & S)
9am - 11:30, 4:30pm - 6pm (Sun)
Closed: Wed-Thurs & Public Holidays
Admission: Adult P6.00 Children P3.50

Ecclesiastical museum containing artifacts and regalia relating to the Iglesia ni Cristo religious denomination; dioramas tracing its history and memorabilia of the founders.



Iligan Museum
Nicollete D. Dela Cruz, Badelles St.
Iligan City 9200, Lanao, Western Mindanao
Tel: (6376)


Iligan Museum (Laya Ancestral Home)
Nicolete dela Cruz, Bertelles St., Iligan City
Tel: 881-34-26
Proprietor: Ms. Anita Sison
Open Hours: 8:00am. - 6:00pm. (Mon.-Fri.)


Irri Ricewold Museum & Learning Center
IRRI College, Los Banos, Laguna 4031
Tel: 812-76-86, 844-3357 to 53
Curator: Mario M. Movilloon
Open Hours: 8:00am. -5:00pm. (Mondayto Friday)

Government Museum and Learning Center about global rice production and research.





Jalandoni Ancestral House
Rizal St., Silay City
6116 Negros Occidental
Proprietor: Silay Heritage Foundation
Curator: Office-in-charge: Mr. Jonas O. Adelantar
Open Hours: pam-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays
Admission: P10 Adults P5 Students (children & students of Silay City Schools P2.00)

A typical opulent house at the turn of 20th century with antique furniture



Jorge Barlin National Monument
Baao, Camarines Sur
Curator: Mr. Victorino Bigay
Open Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm (Monday to Sunday)
Admission: FREE

A memorial to Msgr. Jorge Barlin, who was the country's "First Filipino Bishop under the American Regime" and the first Bicolano churchman to have been elevated to the episcopacy.



Jose P. Laurel Memorial Foundation Museum
Roxas Blvd. cor Pedro Gil St., Malate
Metro Manila
Tel: (632)521-0941, (632)571-551
Fax: (632)521-1796
Proprietor: Jose P. Laurel Memorial Foundation
Curator: Atty. Beatriz S A Urquiola
Open Hours: 9am - 12pm, 1pm - 4pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays - Sundays
Admission: FREE

Private museum containing memorabilia of Philippine President, Jose P. Laurel Sr.



Jose P. Laurel Monument
Sto. Tomas, Batangas
Curator: Mrs. Azucena Villa
Open Hours: 8:00am. to 5:00pm. (Mon. to Sun.)
Admission: FREE

A restored house in colonia style memorializing Filipino painter & patriot Juan Luna. Parts of the original structure are preserved. Main attraction is the heroes original bed. Photographic reproductions of Luna's including local artifacts related to the history of the town. A small library and painting whorkshop are still on the planning stage.



Jose Rizal Shrine
Calamba Laguna
Tel: 545-201-10
Curator: Ms. Malou Valeza
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm.
Admission: FREE

Birthplace of Jose Rizal, the Philippines' National Hero. A reconstruction of the orignal Rizal ancestral house. Found inside are original personal mementoes of th hero and the replica of Rizal's family, furniture, and other items of interest. Souvenir shop is available. Lectures and guiding services can be arranged.



Jose Rizal Shrine
Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, Region IX
Curator: Mr. Gabriel Cad
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm. (Monday to Sunday)
Admission: FREE

The Place where Rizal spent four years in exile. The ten hectare area features replicas of various improvements undertaken by the hero when he stayed in the place. A pictorial exhibition on th life and contribution of Dr. Jose Rizal to Philippine history is on display.



Jose Rizal Shrne
Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila
Tel: 47-39-30
Curator: Ms. Teresita Pagulayan
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm (Monday to Sunday)
Admission: FREE

A memorial to Dr. Jose Rizal. Houses a collection of original relics and memorabilia from the Rizal family such as personal effects, furniture and other mementoes, Items of interest are the piece of vertebrae of the hero and the winning entries to the painting contest conducted by Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission (JRNCC).



Jumalon Museum, Butterfly Sanctuary and Art Gallery
20 D Macopa St., Basak, Cebu City
Central Visayas
Tel: (632) 9-10-29
Proprietor: Prof. Julian N. Jumalon
Curator: Prof. Julian N. Jumalon
Open Hours: By appointment

Private museum containing preserved butterfly specimens; a butterfly sanctuary of live butterflies and of Prof. Jumalon, as artist.





Kaban Ng Hiyas Ng Lungsod Ng Mandaluyong
c/o Office of the City Mayor
Mandaluyong City
Curator: Norberto Arcangel


Kabayan Branch Museum
National Museum, Kabayan Branch
Kabayan, Benguet
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Ms. Juliet Igloso
Open Hours: 8am-12pm; 1-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays
Admission: FREE

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing ethnographical geological and ecological collections including artifacts and the Kabayan Mummies.



Kalantiaw Shrine
Batan, Aklan
Curator: Mr. Felipe Rosles
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm. (Monday to Friday)
Admission: FREE

A memorial of Datu Bendahara Kalantiaw, the First Law giver. It houses a pictorial exhibit on Philippine history from pre-spanish times to the contemporary period. Local relics and memorabilia are added attractions.



Kiangan National Museum Branch
Kiangan, Ifugao, Cordillera Administrative Region
Proprietor: National Museum of the Philippines
Curator: Officer-in-charge: Mrs. Rosario Guinid
Open Hours: 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sunday
Admission: FREE

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, geological and zoological collections, including artifacts relating to Benguet.





Legaspi City Museum
Legaspi City, Bicol
Proprietor: City Government of Legaspi
Curator: Ms. Erlinda Belleza
Open Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

City museum containing historical collections on the city and archaeological and ethnographical materials from the Bicol region.



Leon Apacible Historical Landmark
Taal Batangas
Curator: Mrs. Anne Marie Moreno
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm. (Monday to Sunday)
Admission: FREE

The anestral house of Leon Apacible with the family collections of relics and memorabilia. Items of interest include several sets of glassware, chinaware, earthenware, original pieces of furniture and house furnishings collected by the family from their trips abroad. Also on display are artifacts typical in the Province of Batangas.



Lopez Memorial Museum
G/F Benpres Bldg., Exchange Rd. cor. Meralco Ave.
Pasig, Metro Manila
Tel: (632)631-2417, (632)631-2425
Fax: (632)631-3156
Proprietor: Eugenio Lopez Foundation
Curator: Ms. Mariles Ebro
Open Hours: 8:30am-12pm, 1pm-5pm (Tues&Sat)
Closed: Sun, Mon & Public Holidays
Admission: Adult P15.00 Children P10.00

Private museum containing 19th century paintings by Filipino artists, Filipiniana books and documents, archaeological collections, memorabilia of Dr. Jose Rizal, the foremost national hero.





Magsingal National Museum Branch
Magsingal, Ilocos Sur, Northern Luzon
Proprietor: National Museum
Curator: Officer-in-Charge: Ms. Remedios Palacpac
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays
Admission: FREE

Provincial branch of the National Museum containing archaeological, ethnographical, geological and zoological collections, including artifacts relating to Ilocos Sur.



Makati Museum (Museo Ng Makati)
JP Rizal St. cor. A. Mabini St., Makati
Metro Manila
Tel: (632)818-5223, (632)852442/6, (632)852464
Proprietor: Makati City Government
Curator: Ms. Lingling Cervantes
Open Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Sat-Sun & Public Holidays
Admission: FREE

City museum containing changing exhibits of native arts and crafts, paintings done by contemporary Filipino artists, also travelling exhibitions from foreign countries.



Malabon Zoo, Dinosaur Museum, Aquarium & Tropical Rainforest
No. 1 Gov. Pascual, Bo. Potrero, Malabon
Metro Manila
Tel: 3613083
Proprietor: Director Manny Tangoc
Open Hours: 8am (daily)
Admission: P15.00/per head

Collection of Philippine Fauna in a tropical rainforest environment to give people of first hand exposure to nature



Malacanang Heritage Foundation
JP Laurel St., San Miguel
Metro Manila
Tel: (632)521-2301 ext. 6671, 6608
Fax: 742-16-44
Proprietor: Malacañang Heritage Foundation
Curator: Exec. Dir. David Baradas
Open Hours: Guided only 9am - 3pm (Tues & Wed.)
Public viewing 11pm-3:30pm (Thurs)
9am-3:30 (Friday & Sat)
Closed: Sundays & Mondays
Admission: P200.00 w/tour guide, P20 adult; P10 children

Memorabilia and period pieces during the tenure of different President of the Philippines (from President Quezon to President Aquino), ethnograph arts and crafts of indigenous peoples, paintings by Filipino artists.



Manila Zoo & Botanical Garden
Adriatico Street, Malate, Manila
Tel: 58-89-25/57-21-30/58-62-16
Open Hours: 7:00 am. -6:00 pm. (daily)
Admission: Adult- P6.00 Children - P4.00


Manuel Quezon Memorial Shrine
Elliptical Road, Quezon City
Tel: 97-44-20
Curator: Mrs. Rhodor Sermeno
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm (Monday to Sunday)
Admission: FREE

Birthplace of Marcela Marino de Agoncillo, the maker of the first Filipino Flag. Collections include family relics and memorabilia. Evolution of Philippine flag is on display and a pictorial exhibit on the Agoncillo family.



Marcelo H. Del Pilar Historical Landmark
Bulacan, Bulacan
Curator: Mr. Alex Balagtas
Open Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm. (Monday-Friday)
Admission: FREE

A memorial to Marcelo H. del Pilar, one of the greatest propagandists in Philippine history. As a final resting place, the mortal remains of the hero transferred here from the Mausoleum of the Veterans of the Philippine Revolution in North Cemetery.



Marcos Museum
Batac, Ilocos Norte
Proprietor: Marcos Family
By appointment

Private museum containing the memorabilia of Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos and other family heirlooms and mementoes.



Metropolitan Museum of Manila
Central Bank Complex, Roxas Blvd.
Pasay City, Metro Manila
Tel: (632)832-3645, (632)505271
Fax: (632)832-3645
Proprietor: Metropolitan Museum of Manila Foundation
Curator: President Ms. Rita Ledesma
Open Hours: 9am-4pm (Mon-Sat)
Closed: Sundays & Holidays

Private museum containing paintings by Filipino artists and collections of paintings by Italian masters and Russian icons; features travelling exhibitions from foreign countries.



Miag-Ao Historical Landmark
Miag-ao Historical Landmark
Miag-ao Church Iloilo
Proprietor: National Historical Institute


Miguel Malvar Historical Landmark
Sto. Tomas, Batangas
Metro Manila
Curator: Ms. Azucena Villa
Open Hours: 8:00am-5pm. (Monday to Friday)
Admission: FREE

A memorial to Gen. Miguel Malvar, the last Filipino general to surrender to the American authorities. Pictorial exhibit on Filipino-American War (1898-1902) on display. Including oil paintings, entries to the painting contest for the Malvar Birth Centenary.



Mindanao State University Natural Science Museum
2nd Floor Aga Khan Museum Building
Mindanao State University, Marawi City,
Lanao del Sur, Central Mindanao
Proprietor: Mindanao State University
Curator: Mr. Apolinario Alicante
Open Hours: 8-12pm 1-5 pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

University museum established in 1967 with the personal biological collection of Dr. Dioscoro S. Rabor, focusing on the flora and fauna of Mindanao Sulu and Palawan.



Monsignor Yatco Ecclesiastical Museum
Batangas City, Batangas
Proprietor: Msgr. Yatco Foundation
Curator: Ms. Milagros Clemente

Ecclesiastical museum containing religious artifacts regalia relating to the ecclesiastical history of Southern Tagalog.



MPG Town Gallery
Poblacion Centro, Odiongan, Tablas Island, Romblon
Curator: Ben Gonzales
Open Hours: 8:00 am. -4:00 pm

Modern Art Crystals and porcelain collectors



Museo De Rosendo Mejica
251 Lopez Jaena St., Baluarte Molo
Iloilo City, Iloilo, Western Visayas
Proprietor: National Historical Institute
Curator: Mrs. Carolina Mejica
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

Government museum containing furniture household objects and memorabilia of the Mejica family



Museo De Sta. Monica
Capiz
Western Visayas
Proprietor: Sta. Monica Church, Panay Parish Council
Curator: Director Father Josel Beltran
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

Church museum containing artifacts and regalia relating to the ecclesiastical history of the Western Visays.



Museo De Tarlac
Capas, Tarlac
Proprietor: Provincial Gov't of Tarlac Province
Curator: Officer-in-charge Bobby Blanco
Open Hours: 8Aam-12pm; 1pm-5pm (M-F)
Admission: FREE

Provincial Museum depicting the Death March in Capas, Tarlac during World War II through illustrations and paintings by local artist based on the data information from local historian.



Museo Del Seminario Conciliar De Nueva Caceres
Holy Rosary Minor Seminary, Naga City, Bicol
Proprietor: Holy Rosary Minor Seminary
Curator: Ermelo Almeda/Rodolfo San Diego
Open Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm. (Mon-Fri.)
Closed: Saturdays & Sundays

Ecclesiastical museum containing religious artifacts and regalia relatling to the ecclesiastical history of the Bicol Region, archaeologicla and ethnographical collections of E. Almeda.



Museo Iloilo
Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
5000 Iloilo, Western Visayas
Proprietor: Museo Iloilo Management Foundation Inc.
Curator: President: Carolos L. Jalandoni, Sr.
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Mon-Sun)

Private museum containing archaeological, historical, ethnographical and craft and tribal folk arts relating to the Western Visayas.



Museo It Akean
S. Martelino St., Kalibo, Aklan
Tel: 2472 (BUTEL)
Proprietor: Archbishop Gabriel Reyes Memorial Foundation
Curator: Ms. Sumra I. dela Cruz
Open Hours: 8-12pm; 1-5pm (Daily)

Private museum containing the memorabilia of Archbishop Gabriel M. Reyes, pina textiles, jars, potteries, religious relics, furniture, crafts, tools and artifacts from the Spanish era, literature of Aklan.



Museo Negrense
Institute of Social Research and Development
University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City
Negros Occidental, Western Visayas
Tel: 21973 (no IDD available)
Proprietor: University of St. La Salle
Curator: Officer-inc-charge Dr. Cecilia Nava


Museo Ng Batangas
Lipa City, Batangas, Southern Tagalog
Proprietor: Batangas Historical and Cultural Foundation
Curator: President: - Danny Dolor
Open Hours: 1-5pm (Mon.-Fri.)
Closed: Sat.-Sun.

Private museum containing arhaelogical and ethnographical collection relating to Batangas and the Southern Tagalog Region.



Museo Ng Katipunan
Bulaklakan, Lipa City, Batangas
Tel: 911-55-90 c/o Ms. Carolina Inigo Winebrener
Proprietor: LVHR & Kablahi
Curator: Ms. Merle Merrell Domingo
Open Hours: 8:00 am.-to 4:00pm. (Fri.,Sat.& Sun
Closed: Monday to Thurday & Holidays
Admission: P5.00

A local museum which showcases artifacts, and other momentos during the katipunan era which is highlighted by original KKK Flag, 17th century furniture & others.



Museo Recoletos
Mira-Mira House, Tandang Sora, Quezon City
Curator: Fr. Regino Z. Bangcaya, OAR


Museum For Children (Museo Pambata)
Roxas Blvd., cor. South Drive, Ermita, Manila
Tel: (632)522-1246
Proprietor: Museo Pambata Foundation
Curator: President Dr. Estafania Aldaba-Lim
Open Hours: 9am-5pm (Tues-Fri)
Closed: Mondays
Admission: (Temporarily closed)

A private hands-on children's museum containing seven theme rooms environment: Old Manila, Science through Discovery, Carreer Option, Body Works Children in the Global Village, Resource Center/Recording Room.



Museum of Filipino Culture (Museo Ng Buhay Pilipino)
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, East Ave., Q.C.
Metro Manila
Tel: (632)922-2191, (632)977071 ext 217
Proprietor: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Open Hours: 9am-4pm (Mon-Fri) &
Admission: (Temporarily closed)

Corporate museum containing a collection of furniture, jewelry, implements, religious images, and other objects and attire pertinent to the traditional lifestyle of the so-called "Lowland Christian groups."



Museum of Philippine History
National Historical Institute Bldg., TM Kalaw St.
Ermita, Manila
Tel: (632)509952
Fax: 587016, 590646
Proprietor: National Historical Institute
Curator: Director Dr. Serafin D. Quiason
Open Hours: (not yet open to the public;
exhibitions under preparation
in this new building)
Admission: FREE

Government museum containing historical relics and documents.

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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

:okay:

Wow, Lili! No need to search the books and the internet now! :)

Somebody was procrastinating....

:)

looks like rainbow-ish to me. Good colours though.


I thought the colors look more like a 'Mondrian' color scheme, so to speak...

http://tinypic.com/f21yc0.jpg


ayala museum


too bad they didnt allow me to get some pics inside...

I would like to add Escolta Museum located at Cavlo Building, Escolta Manila. Visit to the museum is by appointment only. Call (02) 2414572 for more information.

^^ I'll add that in the list. I have to edit that it to make it more readable. I wish it was geographically listed rather than alphabetically listed.

I thought the colors look more like a 'Mondrian' color scheme, so to speak...


are you talking about the Dutch artist here, Mat? I think he's mane is Piet ... he's more of an abstract painter or artist, I guess. I'm not so sure. But if he's the one you're referring with, then probably yes. But Museo Iloilo is never been a Mondrian-inspired at all. Well ... well ... well.

are you talking about the Dutch artist here, Mat? I think he's mane is Piet ... he's more of an abstract painter or artist, I guess. I'm not so sure. But if he's the one you're referring with, then probably yes. But Museo Iloilo is never been a Mondrian-inspired at all. Well ... well ... well.


The artwork's color scheme on that front panel just reminded me of a Mondrian-esque look, that's all.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/mondrian.jpg

bye the way, is that a cannon on the lower right hand side of the photo?

well probably is, Mat ... hmmm ... I'm thinking that the recent Museo Iloilo's facade colours are inspired by Nikkei-Jins artistry ... you know? Japanese loves to play with colurs and everything there is.

Anyway, do you like paintings and art as well? Somehow, some of them fascinates me. Moreso when I visited art galleries in Italy. Absolutely great! On how do I know some of them? My priest friend always toured me around ... hehehe .. i have a walking tourist-guide all the time ... hehehe.

bye the way, is that a cannon on the lower right hand side of the photo?


yes .. it's an old cannon, indeed. I don't know on which previous wars it was used .. probably WWII ... WWI is too far to have a cannon like that (just joking).

well probably is, Mat ... hmmm ... I'm thinking that the recent Museo Iloilo's facade colours are inspired by Nikkei-Jins artistry ... you know? Japanese loves to play with colurs and everything there is.

Anyway, do you like paintings and art as well? Somehow, some of them fascinates me. Moreso when I visited art galleries in Italy. Absolutely great! On how do I know some of them? My priest friend always toured me around ... hehehe .. i have a walking tourist-guide all the time ... hehehe.

to some extent, yea.
i've only been to some galleries and stuff, not a lot.
but yea, i like art.

The Museum at De La Salle University-Manila

The Museum (http://themuseum.dlsu.edu.ph/)

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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK!
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Dates:
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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK! Deluxe Tour
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December 11 - Saturday - 10:00am - Meet at Fort
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December 17 - Saturday - 3:00pm - Meet at Fort
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THE NORTH BANK!
Walking Tour of Escolta and Quiapo and the North Side
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Additional fees:
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Meet at Calvo Building on Escolta Street after Jones
Bridge across the Post Office by the Pasig River.
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Bridge across the Post Office by the Pasig River.
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ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CHINATOWN!
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MRT ADVENTURE TO CUBAO!
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Death inside the Cemetery

Eversince I started romping through her gravestones (morbid hobby I know!)I have often marvelled at this piece of mausoleum architecture at the Manila Chinese Cemetery. Now,I don't have much information about except that it belongs-according to the caretaker- to a matriach named Litai and that it was built in the 1920's.


Cemetery Musings

Ok, so it may not be everybody's ideal walking rendezvous but truth be told, I find cemeteries to be one of those eerily fascinating places to be. Let me cite the reasons:

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Walks! Woks! Walks!

the BIG Binondo Food Bowl
Nibbling our way through Tsinoy Town

Four hundred years of history and up to four hours of decadence!

The flavors of Old China are now in Manila. Come eat, talk, walk and loose those calories as we explore the breadth, the width and most intimate alleys of Manila's Chinese quarter!

We start, quite paradoxically, in a 16th-century Baroque cathedral while making our way down to a miraculous Chinese shrine! Take a peek at a traditional chocolate factory! Go Mama Mia over a mami house! Sing hurrahs to an authentic Hokkien lumpia!

We'll horse around the streets talking Filipino history, gorging Chinese treats and even checking out the district's Period architecture! Forget South Beach, it's Tsinoy chop suey and more as we nibble our way down through Tsinoy town!

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**************************26 (Saturday) at 1:00 PM
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Power, Palace and a Shot of Beer!
A San Miguel District Walk

All San Mig tours are indefinitely on hold until further notice.

Post-Holloween Treat!
Mounds, Magnates and Mausoleums!
A Chinese Cemetery Walk

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We'll skirt through the historic alleyways of this 'city of the dead' digging out the lives (and skeletons!) of the Philippines' taipans of yore.Take a peek at a lumber mogul's three-storey mausoleum! Light incense at Manila's oldest Chinese temple. Discover the exploits of the renowned 'Mami-King'! Visit a unique 'turtle tomb'!

We'll talk Filipino history, Chinese customs, architecture as well as worldly ghosts. We'll tread where no spirits have tread before! So, what are you waiting for? Warm up those muscles and lose those calories as we take a tour of the Tsinoy underworld- in style!

When: November 19, 2005**(Saturday) at 1:30 PM
Meet at Chong Hock Tong Temple, Chinese Cemetery
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12.11.05

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/aaron_ofngol/CCP_Main-theater.jpg

^^ for a moment there, I thought your signature was referring to the CCP

^:lol:

Perhaps a Santiago Calatrava design, since this architect uses lots of concrete in his works which will seamlessly complement CCP concrete structure.

Concrete? Caltrava? Isnt it his designs are like fish bones? If you could see his works especially the one in NYC Transportation Hub, I could imagine an insect, a spider and most of his designs look skeletal andd not blocky.

well, yeah... calatrava are more on skeletal-like designs... i can say that ccp is more like frank lloyd wright works, massive look...

^^ tumpak!

Calatrava has a unique concept when it comes to his works... more on "human body structural forms". He often use light weight materials and create the most distinct structures out of it...

As for the CCP complex, steph was right... more on wright's concept. :D

if you wish to see some of calatrava´s work, have a glace at my website : www.richardfischer.net, go to architecture > calendars, there you will see some of his work i photographed for assignments.
rds. from richard

nice website, u've seen many places, how i wish i can too...

By the looks of Mr. calatrava's works, he comes with a very BIG price tag. I'm surprised Dubai havent tapped his talents yet. A Caltrava designed structure in the country is more than fantasizing, it's quite impossible except of course if the government would truly expand our country's financial aptitudes.

3 architect groups win CCP design contest
By AYN VERONICA L. DE JESUS

Three professional winners have been chosen by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) for their visions of the new cultural complex.

The winners, announced on December 8 in awarding ceremonies at the CCP lobby, are the Syndicated Architects represented by De los Reyes, Juanga and Santos; the Manalang-Tayag-Ilano Architects of Tayag, Ilano, Tanzo, Natividad and Mangawang; and the JPA Buensalido Design Team of Buensalido, Dy, Go and Granda. The three architect groups won over seven finalists and a total of 15 entries.

The seven finalists were initially given P100,000 to produce their scale models. The three winners were given an additional P100,000 each as prizes. The concepts of each winner will be presented to prospective investors and stakeholders.

The purpose of the district design competition is to spur interest in the project and attract developers and businesses, and help them generate ideas as to how they want to implement their own projects, said Sid Hildawa, department manager of CCP’s visual, literary and the media arts department,

"It’s not easy to sell the idea of investing in a cultural complex without any visuals. The winning designs will give the businesses an idea of what the place will look like when the idea is sold to them.

However, "there is no guarantee that prospective investors will implement the winning designs," he said, adding that investors may choose to hire their own architects, execute their own ideas, as long as these comply with the CCP’s requirements.

For the moment, scale models of the visions are on display in an exhibit at the Bulwagang Juan Luna on the CCP’s third level. The exhibit will be open to the public free of charge until January 15, 2006, and is curated by Hildawa.

The designs were intended for the first two clusters of the complex. Cluster 1, named "The Promenade," is located in the northern seafront of the CCP complex and will be characterized by low-rise, mixed-use facilities contained in the cultural mall concept.

Cluster 2, meanwhile, is named "The Arts Sanctuary" and will feature cultural and administrative facilities, with indoor and outdoor performing arts venues.

In the student category, seven winners without ranking were chosen out of 17 entries—Alfonzo, Arcones, David, Jimenez and Tibajia of the University of Sto. Tomas (UST); Alcantara, Boncan, Cruz, Peteza and Reyes of UST; Baquir, Cabochan, Chua, Ling and See of UST; Lucena, Adriano, Bautista, Escondo and Lagman of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila; Angco, Dizon, Garrido and Lozano of the University of the Philippines (UP); Demafelis, Paz and Lobregat of UP; and Bolo and Boholst of Ateneo de Davao University.

The students were each awarded P20,000 in cash.

The competition was an initiative of the National Council for the Culture and Arts Committee on Architecture and the Allied Arts and was implemented by the Philippine Association of Landscape Architects in cooperation with the CCP.

The CCP was built in 1969 over one portion of an 85-hectare parcel of reclaimed land. Legal battles over land entitlements kept the CCP from fully developing the land. The Supreme Court’s ruling in 2002 finalizing the CCP’s ownership of the land paved the way for the design of a Master Development Plan that will render the complex a cultural hub that can as well attract business and generate revenues.

The development of the CCP under this plan will cover several phases over a 25-year duration, and entail investments from the business sector.

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it would be nice if someone could take pictures of these winning models :D wala akong mahanap sa net eh.

3 architect groups win CCP design contest
By AYN VERONICA L. DE JESUS

Three professional winners have been chosen by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) for their visions of the new cultural complex.

The winners, announced on December 8 in awarding ceremonies at the CCP lobby, are the Syndicated Architects represented by De los Reyes, Juanga and Santos; the Manalang-Tayag-Ilano Architects of Tayag, Ilano, Tanzo, Natividad and Mangawang; and the JPA Buensalido Design Team of Buensalido, Dy, Go and Granda. The three architect groups won over seven finalists and a total of 15 entries.

The seven finalists were initially given P100,000 to produce their scale models. The three winners were given an additional P100,000 each as prizes. The concepts of each winner will be presented to prospective investors and stakeholders.

The purpose of the district design competition is to spur interest in the project and attract developers and businesses, and help them generate ideas as to how they want to implement their own projects, said Sid Hildawa, department manager of CCP’s visual, literary and the media arts department,

"It’s not easy to sell the idea of investing in a cultural complex without any visuals. The winning designs will give the businesses an idea of what the place will look like when the idea is sold to them.

However, "there is no guarantee that prospective investors will implement the winning designs," he said, adding that investors may choose to hire their own architects, execute their own ideas, as long as these comply with the CCP’s requirements.

For the moment, scale models of the visions are on display in an exhibit at the Bulwagang Juan Luna on the CCP’s third level. The exhibit will be open to the public free of charge until January 15, 2006, and is curated by Hildawa.

The designs were intended for the first two clusters of the complex. Cluster 1, named "The Promenade," is located in the northern seafront of the CCP complex and will be characterized by low-rise, mixed-use facilities contained in the cultural mall concept.

Cluster 2, meanwhile, is named "The Arts Sanctuary" and will feature cultural and administrative facilities, with indoor and outdoor performing arts venues.

In the student category, seven winners without ranking were chosen out of 17 entries—Alfonzo, Arcones, David, Jimenez and Tibajia of the University of Sto. Tomas (UST); Alcantara, Boncan, Cruz, Peteza and Reyes of UST; Baquir, Cabochan, Chua, Ling and See of UST; Lucena, Adriano, Bautista, Escondo and Lagman of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila; Angco, Dizon, Garrido and Lozano of the University of the Philippines (UP); Demafelis, Paz and Lobregat of UP; and Bolo and Boholst of Ateneo de Davao University.

The students were each awarded P20,000 in cash.

The competition was an initiative of the National Council for the Culture and Arts Committee on Architecture and the Allied Arts and was implemented by the Philippine Association of Landscape Architects in cooperation with the CCP.

The CCP was built in 1969 over one portion of an 85-hectare parcel of reclaimed land. Legal battles over land entitlements kept the CCP from fully developing the land. The Supreme Court’s ruling in 2002 finalizing the CCP’s ownership of the land paved the way for the design of a Master Development Plan that will render the complex a cultural hub that can as well attract business and generate revenues.

The development of the CCP under this plan will cover several phases over a 25-year duration, and entail investments from the business sector.

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it would be nice if someone could take pictures of these winning models :D wala akong mahanap sa net eh.

can't wait to see the models

Sana may scale models na! Hindi na ako maka-hintay!

so are these designs for a new complex? wow do we really need another one? but on the architectural side of it it'll be cool we have a new landmark and for dudz and tourists it'll be more pics to take:D

renell , It's just a masterplan to develop the area as it's mostly open space now.

ang ganda siguro for sure

HEY EVERYBODY GO TO ANC KNOW THEY ARE SHOWING THE MASTERPLAN OF CCP AND IT IS SO HIGH TECH. ANG GANDA TALAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BILIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATE: THEY ARE GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE FOLK ARTS THEATER AND THE MANILA FILM CENTER!!!

im sorry to hear that they were symbols of imeldas excesses

er im confused what's ANC :D :D but looking forward to a new structure in place of Manila Film Center the area around it and the building itself is a drag very scary at night too... no idea about why Folk Arts Center will be demolished, I guess it's excess with CCP and PICC already in place?

^^ ANC, Abs-cbn News Channel

Wow, I guess thats good riddance for most people huh? I'd love to see a pic of Meldy's reaction to all of this, knowning she must have been feeling vindicated just recently when her buildings were featured by that intl design mag earlier this year. Hehehe.

The Folk Arts Center is sinking. Hence they will tear it down.

if you guys want, i can try and get more info on the ccp redevelopment masterplan and might even get to see the plan itself. ;)

^^BTW, is it Folk Arts Center or Folk Arts Theatre?

^^BTW, is it Folk Arts Center or Folk Arts Theatre?

I think both is appliable.

yes RMN, could you please? pretty please? we love you very much :) :)

if you guys want, i can try and get more info on the ccp redevelopment masterplan and might even get to see the plan itself. ;)
YES PLEASE!!!

please rmn *kneels down and begs*

last sem competition plate yan ng mga 4th yr archi students sa ust, kase my secondary level rin ung competition eh... if i can borrow some of their hand outs regarding this, i can post some... and about the folk arts to be demolished, yes that is true and rmn is right, lumulubog na kase sya kase aalisin...

Naisip ko lang, y dont we make a CCP thread sa Rate our Architecture :)

3 edifices to spur development
By Tessa R. Salazar
Inquirer



THREE MORE structures have joined the property boom bandwagon.

An unlikely complement to the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the art center of Manila, opened last week within the CCP complex. The 2-story, 1.2-hectare Harbour Square is several steps away from the bayside, the CCP main theater and the Folk Arts Theater.

Meanwhile, a 4.5-hectare tri-mall development is about to rise at the corner of Ortigas Avenue, C5 and Julia Vargas. The project targets the markets of Makati, Cainta, Quezon City, San Juan and Mandaluyong areas.

This development allocates 35 percent of its property to greenery and landscaping, with a 1,400-car covered parking capacity to boot.

The 45-story East of Galleria condominium right at the heart of the Ortigas skyline (on Topaz Street, Ortigas Center) will also rise to blend in with Robinsons Galleria Mall's proximity value using its combination of bi-level and loft-type units.
Ongoing redevelopment

Harbour Square has blended in with its environment as it provides a large area for open spaces for previews of upcoming cultural shows and performances of the CCP. Its theme is centered on tourism, food and entertainment as well as the arts.

Harbour Square becomes part of the ongoing redevelopment of the CCP and the Mall of Asia where some residential condo projects are about to start within the next few years.

With the modernistic name of Silver City, the tri-mall project will feature an Auto Mall, Fusion-tech Mall and the Wellness Mall.

Its Auto Mall is a convention-glass type of architecture, which will showcase 80 to 100 brand-new cars from leading manufacturers and automotive dealers. It will also offer car accessories and from various shops and parts dealers, while banks and finance services, insurance services, sports lifestyle boutiques, motorbikes and jet ski products, and an event center will also be accessible.

The Fusion-tech Mall has an anchor establishment 10,000 sq-m call center inside its core and is surrounded by technology-oriented retail locators such as telecommunication hubs, IT and computer products, consumer electronics and appliances.

The mall, which will be wi-fi compliant, will have food and beverage locators.

Finally, the Wellness Mall will boast of a 3-story venue for medical services, diagnostic/laboratories, ultrasound services, pharmaceuticals, beauty centers, children's playground, fitness gym and spas. The CCP management and the developer of Harbour Square had planned for CCP to be a regular destination not only for tourists but also for the locals to patronize local arts and culture in a more massive and continuing way.

Global trend

"Most of the arts and cultural centers, including museums in almost all parts of the world have started to recreate their areas by establishing food and entertainment development concepts within their respective centers. It's a global trend that has made so much sense," said Roger M. Garcia, director for communications, Meedson Properties Corp. Meedson is the developer of Harbour Square.

He added that CCP, recognized as the best cultural site in Asia for decades, has had to make such a move to remain at par with other arts and culture centers in the region.

Said Garcia: "Anywhere in the world, one of the most expensive pieces of property is located within the bay area. The world-famous Manila Bay sunset and its proximity to the arts and culture, and tourist belt areas are the key factors why a development such as Harbour Square is a must."

David Wuson, corporate planning director of MC Mall Inc., said the Automall would cut the hassle of hopping from one dealer to the other so customers could compare the cars that they want on the spot.

"We conceptualized the niche-retail consumerism pattern after what ShoeMart started 40 years ago. We would also take what MC Home Depot did with its hardware and construction materials. They started 10 years ago with one hectare of lease space to what is now 6 hectares with a lot of similar business competitors joining the bandwagon," he said.

Making better choices

The main objective of Silver City's themed malls, he added, would be the ambience and the convenience that would empower consumers to make better choices in their buying decisions.

"Since no new condo developments were being built in Ortigas for the last few years, Robinsons Land took note of the opportunity and decided to build a new tower to serve the need," said Danilo E. Ignacio, general manager of Robinsons Land high-rise building division.

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How about some photos? This may not involve skyscrapers but this probably ranks up there in my to watch out for list because unlike skyscrapers this one tourists and locals all appreciate plus it's one massive giant super large complex:D

I heard meron na daw doll museum sa Marikina.
I wonder kung kelan magkakaron ng fashion & textile museum sa Pinas.

I heard meron na daw doll museum sa Marikina.
I wonder kung kelan magkakaron ng fashion & textile museum sa Pinas.

yep, there is... we went there sa marikina last week pero nadaan lng namin ung dool museum, dun lng sya malapit sa marikina sports park...

this pic is taken from GSIS Museum, we went there last dec. 29...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/ishtefh/architecture/GSIS/viewingpaintings.jpg


did you notice the girl on the right, she's looking on a painting, well eto yun...
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/ishtefh/architecture/GSIS/wild.jpg

Nice Building...is modern and for me, comfortable!


:okay:

i'm getting itchy and scratchy about this project..... hmm.. let's see it...:D

Hope to SSC forumers tomorrow. :)

NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
STORIES ABOUT PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE:
Living Landscapes and Cultural Landmarks
World Heritage Properties in the Philippines

Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc., the
membership organization of concerned citizens of the
National Museum, art and culture ushers in the New
Year with a talk on World Heritage Sites in the
Philippines by Augusto Villalon on Saturday, January
14 from 10 am to 12 nn at the Tambunting-Villonco
Hall, 4/F National Museum of the Filipino People,
Valencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila.

After a rigorous technical procedure, UNESCO inscribes
natural and cultural (man-made) sites that exhibit
universal value in the prestigious World Heritage
List. Today there are close to 1,000 natural and
cultural sites on the List. Inscribed sites satisfy
stringent criteria that designate them as either the
most outstanding natural or cultural
properties that exhibit the highest achievement of
man. Sites include the Galapagos Islands, Great
Barrier Reef, the Great Wall of China, and the city of
Venice. The Philippines has five inscribed sites
whose significance is nationally known but in general
unappreciated. The talk will introduce the
international and national values of the five sites.

Augusto Villalon is an architect and cultural heritage
planner. Aside from his architecture practice, he has
been involved with the Heritage Conservation Society
in Manila, UNESCO in Manila and Paris, NCCA, ICOMOS in
Paris, World Tourism Organization in Madrid, the
National Trust in Australia, and other international
organizations. From his base in Manila, his projects
have taken him to various locations in the Philippines
and abroad. He is also author of a new publication by
ArtPostAsia Living Landscapes and Cultural Landmarks
World Heritage Sites in the Philippines with
photographs by Neal Oshima. The book is available for
sale during the day of the talk.

@Ishtefh, did you get who is the artist of this painting?
did you notice the girl on the right, she's looking on a painting, well eto yun...
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/ishtefh/architecture/GSIS/wild.jpg

It reminds me of a favorite painting of mine by Marc Chagall, except the kiss is more chaste.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/ECdoesit/chagal1Birthday.jpg

pikang-aso siguro ang gumawa

This here is another favorite, Gustav Klimt's The Kiss:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/ECdoesit/The-Kiss-Poster-C10312241.jpg

haba ng dila niya

sorry, ate lils, di ko poh nakuha name ng artist...

puro pilipino artist ba and dinidisplay sa gsis museum?

oo, pero nung pumunta kame dun exhibit lng daw sya, di daw permanent yun, aalisin rin daw...

natakot ata ako sa mga paintings ah. :runaway: :jk:

haba ng dila niya

hehe... cguro lamang lupa ung girl... :)

we went to CCP today and we visit the CCP design Exhibit... too bad di pwedeng cameras sa loob kaya wala akong mapost dito... ok naman mga entries.

sa secondary level: 3 entries from UST, 1 from UP, PLM, Ateneo davao... so far gusto kong entry ung sa isa sa UST (not being bias coz im from ust), kase para sa kin ok ang concept nya and design, na maintain nya ung culture ang dating as well my pagka modernistic ng konti...

sa professional level: syndicated architects, lor calma associates, lv locsin & partners, jorge yulo associates, MTIA, santaromana, buensalido design team...

halso magaganda gawa nila but some masyado ng exagerated sa design nila, parang nawawala na ang pagiging philippine culture ang dating. i like ung kay buensalido, although my structure sya na hawig sa sydney opera house... ok rin ung kna locsin, simple lng, and ung sa syndicated architects, may isang structure na parang calatrava ang dating...

^^ Aren't there any brochures(with pics) that you can scan and share?

wala poh silang binigay... ang higpit nga nung bantay kahit stolen shot lng sa phone ang hirap... but i know sa next issue ng Bluprint feature nila ang CCP design competition...

how come you cant take pictures if they already featured it in ANC before?

Cultural Center Readies Bidding For Bayside Lot
Business World - 12/20/05

After a decade’s long wait, the Cultural
Center of the Philippines (CCP) may be
on the way to realizing its vision of becoming
an Asian mecca for arts and culture
as it prepares to bid out almost 60
hectares of land reclaimed from Manila
Bay 57.8 hectares of land comprising most
of the area declared by the Supreme
Court as property of the Cultural Center
of the Philippines. As currently planned,
the area will be awarded to a single developer.
Completed in October 2003 by
Planning Resources and Operations Systems,
Inc., the master plan identifies the
strategy for the 57.8-hectare developable
area divided into five clusters: The Promenade,
The Art Sanctuary, The Breezeway,
The Art Living Rooms and The
Coastal Zone. The area, bound by Gil
Puyat Ave., Roxas Boulevard and Manila
Bay, does not include the land on which
the CCP Main Building and the Production
Design Center stand, as well as properties
managed by other government
agencies — namely, the Philippine Plaza
Hotel, Coconut Palace and Gloriamaris
Restaurant under the Government Service
Insurance System; the Philippine International
Convention Center under the
Bangko Sentral; and Star City under the
Privatization and Management Office. Only
these structures will remain untouched,
meaning that the Folks Art Theater and
the Manila Film Center may possibly be
demolished. The CCP hopes to award
the contract to a single winning bidder
within six months after the board approves
the TOR. The winner will undertake
the development of the five clusters
over the next eight years to 2014. Property
analyst Richard Raymundo of Colliers
International confirmed that the reclamation
area on which CCP Complex
stands is “a very good location”, citing
active development happening in the
nearby Central Business Park and Mall of
Asia. But he stressed that “the land use
has to be well-thought of,” adding that
retail could do very well in the area since
the land would not be up for sale, only
for long-term lease. Current Bureau of Internal
Revenue appraisal pegs the zonal value
of the reclaimed area in Pasay at P35,000 to
P39,000 per square meter, according to the
marketing department of the Public Estates
Authority.

I hope Sy doesn't bid for the reclaimed area. He's bound to pile up mounds of shit on the property. I want something architecturally significant, if not something pleasing to the eye, on this reclaimed land.

You mean SM's Sy? they already have MoA's lot, that's quite a lot to develop, and perhaps match CCP.

how come you cant take pictures if they already featured it in ANC before?

well, ganun lng ka strict siguro sa CCP...

photos taken from GSIS museum...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/ishtefh/architecture/GSIS/P1010599.jpg


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/ishtefh/architecture/GSIS/P1010598.jpg


we went to ayala museum yesterday and we can't take pictures... but the mangyan exhibit is ok so far...

GSIS Building
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/ECdoesit/GSISBuilding.jpg

On the grounds of GSIS is the Carauaje-Slide which is a whimsical yet functional work of art:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/ECdoesit/CarauajeSlide.jpg

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The Alcove Photo Gallery invites patrons and enthusiasts of black-and-white and period photography to an exhibit entitled The turn of the century: Filipinas circa 1890 to 1910. The exhibit features a collection of photographs that strikingly capture life in many aspects and angles during the period between the latter part of the colonial period and the beginning of the Philippine Republic.

There is something appealing in looking through windows of history—in this case, a series of photographs that can literally and figuratively broaden our perceptions of the past. The exhibit’s featured photographs depict Filipino life, and one is invited to reflect on each detail and expression which can be browsed in an array of images of people, accessories, clothing, pastimes, professions, industries, and the period’s way of life.

The exhibit will run from January 17 to 31, 2006. The Alcove Photo Gallery is located at the Filipinas Heritage Library along Makati Avenue, Ayala Triangle, Makati City. The gallery is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The photographs featured in this exhibit are taken from the Retrato photo library, and copies are available for purchase.

For more details, please call 8921801, email events@fillib.org.ph , or visit www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph

http://www.ateneo.edu/depts/finearts/images/amorsolo100x128.jpg
Portrait of Fernando Zobel, painted by National Artist Fernando Amorsolo. Ateneo Art Gallery Collection

Pivotal figure

CUENCA is 140 km southeast of Madrid. No one usually goes there, especially if the traveler's itinerary includes cities with the top contemporary art museums and the top industrial designs: Bilbao's still-fresh Guggenheim and its new metro, designed by Norman Foster (affectionately called fosteritos by the locals); Barcelona's Macba, designed by Richard Meier and partners; and La Caixa and Madrid's Mncars, more popularly known as the Reina Sofia, after the Queen.

So no one goes to Cuenca, unless you're incredibly bored (or boring) or born there. Except that Cuenca is home to Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, the first museum in Spain to carry Spanish abstract art.

It was a place put together in the picturesque Casas Colgadas or Hanging Houses in 1966 by Fernando Zobel, an artist born in the Philippines and a pivotal figure in Philippine art history.

Cuenca affords the Filipino art lover the pleasure of seeing the works of Fernando Zobel in a singular context: among his Spanish peers.

There's a Zobel retrospective not in Cuenca but in Madrid, at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, a former hospital turned museum.

The show sourced the works from various individuals and collections from all over the world, including, of course, the Philippines. It has four curators.

At the start of the show last February, one of the curators, Belen Diaz de Rabago, toured me around the halls. Already up was a huge black-and-white photograph of Fernando Zobel sitting inside a gallery in Germany.

We met Raphael Perez Madero, main curator for the show and the acknowledged expert on Zobel. With him was Peter Soriano, Zobel's nephew who helped curate the show (the two other curators were De Rabago and Marta Gonz lez Obregozo). They greeted us, eagerly waiting for news about the Philippine works.

I told them the mishaps of art transport from Third World to First World. I was worried about the conditions into which the paintings would arrive.

Being February, it was the height of winter. Madrid was freezing cold. I had been told 15-19 degrees Celsius was as bad as it went, but it went further down (in fact, there was a rare snowfall in Madrid later).

While most of the loans had come from within Spain itself, there were pictures coming from the US; two from Hong Kong; and, of course, from the Philippines.

Madero said that it would be the first time that the early abstractions made by Zobel would be seen in Spain. Nine works had been loaned from various collections in the Philippines, majority of which making up the first room of the retrospective.

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STOP malling. Give yourself a Christmas treat by experiencing the city. See it in a new light and enjoy its hidden surprises.

Discover that, under its gruff and grimy cover, Manila hides places of charm that offer a special quality of life. All it takes is an adventurous spirit and a bit of time to experience some of these places I would like to share with you as a holiday offering.

Discover the wealth of textures in Manila. Buy a copy of "Street Bound: Manila on Foot" by Josefina Manahan (Anvil Books, 2001).

Follow her clearly mapped-out routes and detailed instructions. Do any of the 22 walking tours in the book to experience the secrets of Manila that wait to surprise you.

Nening Manahan tells you where to go. Some places are Binondo; Blumentritt in San Juan; Cartimar in Pasay; the Kamuning Market, or the row of antique and curio shops on A. Mabini and M. H. del Pilar Streets in Ermita.

Let the book take you around the central Manila triangle by the Pasig, where the Metropolitan Theater, Arroceros Forest Park and the Mehan Garden are neighbors all fighting for survival.

From there, go north, cross the river to Quiapo and end your wandering at the all-steel San Sebastian Church.
Another route from the Mehan Garden area goes southward, crossing Taft Avenue toward the National Museum Complex, Intramuros, Rizal Park, and the Manila Bay sunset. For each recommended location, she maps out short walks; meticulously points out what to see, buy, or eat; and the curiosities to gawk at.

Celdran's Manila tours

If you prefer to be guided through Manila, Carlos Celdran is the person to do it for you. He conducts lively walking tours around the older districts of Manila. His walks wander off main streets, take detours that poke around fascinating back roads and alleys around Escolta, Intramuros, Quiapo, Chinatown, and other inner city places.

Carlos' humor can be called irreverent, but he does give new life and interest to mothballed, stuffy urban heritage. Old buildings and historic districts take on a fascinating new dimension with him. Celdran's strong message is that Manila's vanishing heritage must be preserved. For information and schedules, contact celdrantours@hotmail.com

Bahay Nakpil

This was the home of prominent historical figure Dr. Ariston Bautista and his in-laws, the Nakpil family. Bautista was a philanthropist and prominent figure deeply involved in the Philippine Revolution, a close colleague of José Rizal and Juan Luna.

Sharing the house with Bautista was Katipunan official Juan Nakpil, who married Gregoria de Jesus, widow of national hero Andres Bonifacio.

The celebrated painting "Parisian Life" by Juan Luna, now the centerpiece of the GSIS Museum, originally hung in the Bautista-Nakpil house.

The Nakpil house on Calle Barbosa (now Dr. Ariston Bautista Street) in Quiapo is an outstanding example of Philippine architecture. It was designed by architect Juan Arellano in the classic bahay na bato style. The detailing done in turn-of-the-century Viennese Secession style makes the house one of a kind in the Philippines. All carvings, woodwork and grillwork are executed in the same abstracted, geometric lines depicting floral patterns.
Bahay Nakpil is now a museum open to the public. For information, call +63 2 7349341.

San Agustin Museum

Probably the best collection of Spanish colonial religious artifacts open to the public in Manila, the San Agustin Museum in the cloisters of San Agustin Church is an unforgettable experience.

San Agustin is the best place in the country to see the most exquisite santos (wooden images), religious paintings on wood and canvas, altars, silver, ceremonial vestments, old parchment missals and hymnals.

Inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage List, San Agustin Church is the oldest stone church in the country and definitely worth a visit.

A Christmas exhibit of 300 Philippine and foreign belens (Nativity creches) is now on exhibit at the second-floor cloister.

Call +63 2 5274060.

Museo Pambata

Can you actually have fun in a museum? If you have to ask that question, then you probably haven't been to museums lately.

Bring the children to Museo Pambata on the corner of Roxas Boulevard and T.M. Kalaw. Also take them to Museum of the Filipino People on Agrifina Circle at the Taft Avenue end of Rizal Park.

Museo Pambata is the ultimate children's trip. It is a "Touch me!" museum with interactive exhibits setting a fun atmosphere where children (and adults) learn basic scientific facts and the rudiments of electricity, among other things. It is where simulated jungles complete with mini waterfalls teach proper care of the environment.

Heritage is not forgotten at Museo Pambata. Scale models of Spanish-era houses in the Manila district of Binondo are living exhibits, child-size playhouses where children can enter to play with tactile exhibits which teach how their great grandparents lived.

Hearing children squeal with delight as they experience Museo Pambata is reward enough for having taken the trek to take them there. For information, call +63 2 5231797.

Museum of the Filipino People

The Museum of the Filipino People is a fun place. If you think museums are Jurassic places whose stuffy exhibits are covered with dust, this is the museum to change your mind. Its interactive exhibits light up at the touch of a button and set off a chain of sound effects. Sections in maps illuminate to show where the different people of the Philippines live. Engaging videos and amazing exhibits trace the evolution of Filipinos and their land.

The "Alay ng Dagat-The San Diego 1600 Time Capsule" traces the saga of the San Diego, a Cebu-constructed galleon that sank off the coast of Nasugbu, Batangas, as it was sailing off to battle against the Dutch. On exhibit are samples of its cargo-weaponry, ceramics, jars and even delicate rosaries-retrieved through an extensive underwater archaeology project.

It is difficult to leave the Museum of the Filipino People without rediscovering pride for Filipino culture, an elusive feeling for the Filipino these days. Call +63 2 5243005.

Manila is not a city that stands to win urban beauty contests or rank high in the yearly lists of the world's most livable cities. However, she does have a few surprises up her sleeve.

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ARTIST’S conception of a National Museum complex

TO STAY AHEAD of global competition, creative industries must innovate, improve, streamline their production and be cost-efficient.

Above all, the product -- be it a drama, a ballet, a hand-loomed textile or a native basket, a traditional house or a 50-story skyscraper, an orchestra, choir, poetry or novel, a painting or a sculpture, traditional or fusion cuisine, or furniture, furnishing, or accessory -- must be original.

Originality sets each product apart from the rest.

What kinds of stimuli are needed to fire up our creative industries and keep originality and innovation at the highest levels?

A lot of motivation is needed to keep creative ideas sparking. And where could one go in the Philippines to find the elusive creative spark?

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London was established during the Industrial Revolution to display collections of furniture, fashion, jewelry, porcelain, glass, including the best in decorative art from around the world, to serve as educational and inspirational material for artists, students and manufacturers.

But in a situation like ours, where there is a great difficulty in setting up a proper National Museum, chances for a specialized Victoria and Albert Museum are understandably slim.

However, as a resource for all of the professionals in creative industries, the Philippines has a collection of resources even more vast than the V&A's, except that the collection is literally scattered all over the place.

Start at the National Museum in Manila and its provincial branches. It has the definitive collection of Philippine treasures. Its paintings, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, weavings and carvings are just the tip of the iceberg.

Digging deeper into the museum, I have been fortunate to see a roomful of preserved leaves and incredible botanical drawings, neatly catalogued rocks and stones in the geology collection, and a bunch of bones from whales and other strange animals (including people from long ago). They set my mind going off with ideas.

Casa Manila in Intramuros, De La Salle Museum in Dasmariñas (Cavite), Casa Gorordo in Cebu, the Burgos House in Vigan -- they are the country's leading lifestyle museums from the Spanish colonial era in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

University museums

The museums of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and of University of San Carlos and the Southwestern University in Cebu have incredible collections spanning the entire range -- from rare manuscripts to pre-Hispanic gold and pottery, and colonial and modern art.

The museums are good places to check furniture designs, embroidery on pillowcases, wood carvings, glassware, and anything else that give eye-stopping product ideas, settings for historical novels, inspiration for musical compositions, fashion, or whatever else.

But sadly Filipinos do not go to their museums.

One of Manila's couture greats told me that he gets his embroidery inspiration from the intricate carvings on his client's collection of Spanish colonial furniture, proof that great craftsmanship is timeless and that ideas pop up from the most unexpected sources.

A letter sent to this column correctly focuses on the need of having examples of good decorative art available so that our designers can be inspired by them " ... Imagine if we retained [and displayed] the jewelry, footwear, outfits, porcelain, silver and the like of the Marcos family rather than selling them off to supposedly fund agrarian reform, then our industries would have some ideas to develop for their products. Marikina, at least, has its Shoe Museum as a start."

There are countless sources for good ideas. Two of this year's award-winning books are incredibly valuable. "Album Islas Filipinas 1663-1888" by José Maria Cariño and Sonia Ner and "Ginto: History Wrought in Gold" by Ramon Villegas are great references for all aspects of Philippine heritage.

The Cultural Center has an impressive library and an even more impressive collection of photographs, music and artifacts. The Design Center Philippines library is probably the most comprehensive in the country on product design. Its collection of design objects is substantial.

The Heritage Conservation Society secretariat at the Museo Pambata in Rizal Park has a vast library of books, reports and periodicals on historic preservation.

Filipinos do not go to libraries either.

Being open is the best way to get good ideas. Ideas come from anywhere. The movement of a leaf in the wind can inspire a ballet. Sounds of tribal instruments can develop into a symphony. Traditional Ifugao carved motifs can inspire a range of furnishing.

Who knows what inspires good ideas?

Another reader observed, "Creativity is the backbone and the soul of any nation. It is sad that in the Philippines, it is still undefined and officially unrecognized. But thanks to cultural workers... the creative industries are slowly getting the attention they deserve."

Heritage watch

Watch out for two significant heritage publications that have been recently published.

The first publication is "Restoration of Stone and Masonry in Historic Buildings" by the National Historical Institute. This is part of the NHI's Historic Preservation Series, a much-needed series of technical books that explain the specialized construction methods required for historic preservation.

The book is not a DIY manual but it is a good guide to understanding how to conserve stone parts of structures. The publication is available at the NHI Building, on T. M. Kalaw St. near Roxas Blvd. Call 5231037, fax 5363181, or e-mail nhi@i-next.net.

The second is "Philippine Heritage Architecture" by Maria Cristina Turalba. The documentation of Philippine architecture will be launched at the CCP Little Theater lobby at 6 p.m. tomorrow.

The book is the output of a nationwide architectural documentation project launched in 1998 by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Center for Filipino Architecture of the United Architects of the Philippines. Architect Turalba, a professor of architecture at the University of the Philippines, took over the documentation project in 2001.

Published by Anvil and the Active Group Inc., "Philippine Heritage Architecture" will be available at major bookstores.

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THE ORIGINAL planks of the centuries-old Ilocos Norte museum will soon be seen through a 2.5-meter by 11-meter open pit exhibit to provide visitors a glimpse of the structure's history.

National Museum representatives excavated 12 layers of flooring to expose the cobbled brick tiles that were once the original floor of the museum.

The Museo Ilocos is among the few remaining Spanish-era icons in the city. It was originally used as a tobacco storage house.

Restoration

Built during the 18th century, the structure had since undergone several restoration works and had been transformed into a museum of artifacts of the Ilocanos' cultural heritage.

"If you enter a museum, the first thing you want to know is its history. The open pit is an added feature. The construction of the building itself is part of the rich cultural heritage of Ilocos," Angel Bautista, National Museum senior researcher, said.

The exhibit is set to be unveiled next month, complete with a timeline of the multiple layers that have piled up through the years.

The excavation, found at the eastern corner of the museum's main door, is encased temporarily in a glass panel to give viewers an underground view of the original floor level.

History

The National Museum is piecing together significant historical dates around the world to reconcile the construction of the museum with other important chapters of world history.

Al Valenciano, Museo Ilocos' artistic director, said excavators also noted smaller windows at the base of the structure, which have been filled up with cement.

"Contrary to popular belief, the windows did not serve as added ventilation. They served as architectural support such that during an earthquake, a likely crack on the walls would not split the structure directly down the base," Valenciano said.

Bautista said peeling the layers of floors to expose the original one had been done in various museums in other countries.

"The Museo Ilocos is unique if you compare it with other museums in the country because we haven't done such excavation elsewhere," he said.

"We also exposed some unique types of the wall which would be interesting to architectural students," he added.

Paoay Church

The National Museum has also announced the start of restoration work on the Saint Augustine Church, popularly known as the Paoay Church and one of the World Heritage sites.

The church had revealed several structural decays after centuries of being exposed to the elements.

Bautista said a study on the church's structural stability would be conducted before the restoration. Primarily, the church walls would be tested for strength to determine whether these could withstand restoration works.

An excavation conducted inside the church in 2000 revealed a prehistoric human skeleton and fragmented ceramics. The artifacts are now on display at the National Museum.

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TWO NEW BOOKS BRING out diverse aspects that contribute to the rich tapestry of Philippine culture. One is a collection of essays on Manila. The other documents lighthouses built during the Spanish colonial period which stand in solitary, decaying splendor in the farthest outposts of our islands.

Manila is the city I love to hate. It is a city on the brink of self-destruction which eats up anyone who tries to improve it. I impatiently look forward to leaving, and when I do, I always return. I have days of not wanting to have any involvement with it, but in the end I realize I can't have enough of it.

Manila is my karma.

It is David Guerrero's karma as well that he and others wrote "Manila Envelope" (published by Sanserif Inc., and sponsored by the Philippine Daily Inquirer), a fascinating reality bite of an unreal city, a "compendium of interactions between the tropical dream bubble sitting next to the world's deepest ocean trench and the rich, grey, pinstriped world beyond the seas."

Guerrero's interactors are a potent compendium, indeed: Lourd de Veyra, Krip Yuson, Jessica Zafra, Randy David, Matthias Urban, Ambeth Ocampo, Conrad de Quiros, James Paterson and Uro de la Cruz all write personal and incisive takes on Manila.

Carlos Celdran walks us through the web of intricacies and inconsistencies of Quiapo, from hawker-packed Carriedo sidewalks to Evangelista Street, where you can find magic spells, amulets, charms, and potions that can guarantee your good luck or bad wishes.

He tells you where to buy sparkling beauty-queen tiaras, vegetables, ribbons, baskets, pirated DVDs, before leading you to genteel sanity and history at Bahay Nakpil on Calle Barbosa.

Ige Ramos advises Manila visitors on where to find bed-and-breakfast. His quick eye spots the gold-plated spittoons on the floor of the once venerable Manila Hotel, evidence of the Grand Dame's shaky taste origins.

To experience the bizarre, Ige says, go to the Manila North Cemetery to see the homeless living illegally in opulent mausoleums for the dead. Go to Intramuros. Visit the National and Metropolitan Museums, but don't miss the Marikina Shoe Museum where the non-skeletal contents of Imelda's closets are laid out in rows of glass cabinets.

Feast in Manila

Cuisine is at its best in upscale Makati, on gentrified Adriatico and Nakpil Streets in Ermita. Find comfort Chinese food in Carvajal Tea House at Binondo. To really taste the pulse of the city, street food is where to find it.

"Manila Envelope" takes an insightful look at Manila, but since the city is the microcosm of the country, it is an insight into Philippine psyche. Through this book our eyes open to see what Philippine culture is today.

Lighthouses of heritage

If "Manila Envelope" is an expression of the collective karma of the authors, so is "Lonely Sentinels of the Sea," written by architect and architectural historian Manuel Maximo Lòpez del Castillo-Noche and published by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House.

Lighthouses obsess Manolo Noche. He spends his hours thinking about them while in Manila teaching at UST. When he is not there, he is usually found in a desolate island outpost, researching, measuring and documenting a lighthouse. The photographs overwhelm.

Everything there is to know about Philippine lighthouses from the Spanish colonial period, Manolo knows. His search continues.

Noche journeys to lighthouses in faroff points like Isla de Palaui in Cagayan province, Bojeador at the tip of Ilocos Norte, Isla de Capones in Zambales, Lubang in Mindoro, Isla Bagatao in Sorsogon, Islote de Manigonigo in Iloilo, the Farola in Manila, and other places at the farthest reaches of the Philippine archipelago.

Manolo tells us that vessels navigated all over the globe aided by lighthouses, and when they entered Philippine waters, our system took over the navigational responsibility.

Lighthouses are classified by their importance, according to "orders" or size, and the power of the light as magnified by the complex lenses and prisms. There are six orders, with the first providing navigational aid for international vessels entering or leaving Philippine waters. Orders diminish in importance until the sixth order which provides assistance for ports and harbors.

"Lonely Sentinels of the Sea" will be launched at the Filipinas Heritage Library on Makati Avenue on Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. The launching is organized by the UST Center for Intercultural Studies and Toward a Common Future, the program for cultural cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain's Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.

The strength of these two publications is in the total commitment of the authors to their passions which open up new perspectives that add to the sadly misunderstood picture of Philippine culture and lifestyle that exists today.

At this troubled juncture in Philippine history, when each Filipino needs to rediscover the cultural uniqueness and excellence of his nation, these books show the Philippines that many Filipinos think so little of.

What both books do is reaffirm our missing pride of place.

These are books to have. They are available now at the Filipinas Heritage Library on Makati Avenue and major bookshops in Manila.

Heritage watch

The Philippines now leads an international museum association, proof of international respect earned by local professionals in the highly competitive museums field.

Director Corazòn S. Alvina of the National Museum of the Philippines has assumed chairmanship of the Asia-Europe Museum Network (Asemus), an organization of 60 museums in Asia and Europe committed to sharing of museum collections and professional competence among its members.

A forum discussing each museum's responsibilities toward their respective collections was recently held at the National Museum with participation of the directors of the Asian Civilizations Museum (Singapore), Musùe du Quai Branly (Paris), and the British Museum (London).

In the spirit of Asemus cooperation, the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden (Netherlands) loaned some Philippine objects from its collection for the exhibition "Pang-ulo" now on view at the Museum of the Filipino People. The exhibition should not to be missed.

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MONUMENTAL heritage in every sense is the Patrocinio de Maria Church of Boljo-on, listed by the National Museum as one of the 26 National Treasures of the Philippines.

THE RAMON Aboitiz Foundation in Cebu quietly launched a series of four small publications titled the "Cebu Heritage Frontier," which record the architectural heritage of four seaside towns, Argao, Dalaguete, Boljo-on, and Oslob, living pearls strung along Cebu island's stunningly beautiful and historic southeastern coast.

The publications are a pioneering effort at documentation to be made available to scholars and the public. The books are easy to read. Presented in everyday language, the well-studied work thankfully avoids the technical jargon and postmodern prose scholars love so much.

Visual feasts these slim books are. They contain photos and architectural line drawings of religious, public and private structures that still survive. Some date from the Spanish and American periods, others are from the often overlooked post-World War II period reaching as late as the 1960s.

Even more significant, the books go beyond the usual perception that heritage is only confined to the monumental. Other than monumental plazas, churches and government buildings, the homes of ordinary people are featured.

The books demolish the ivory-tower image of heritage. They document all structures, whether grand or humble. A map shows the location of each outstanding structure. The architectural and historic significance of the building is pointed out, as well as how it relates to the town's development.

The books record forgotten heritage and local traditions. Oral history discloses how the towns got their names.

In Dalaguete the members of the Cofradia de la Virgen Consolacion took turns in hosting social events during the yearly fiesta.

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A THREATENED example of folk architecture in Dalaguete is this 1912 house roofed with nipa and walled with wood planks.The sliding kapis windows have traditional ventanillas beneath with wooden spindles on the exterior.

It is believed the Spanish built present-day Oslob on the site of a pre-Hispanic village known for blacksmithing.

Argao was once the center of weaving in Cebu island, where cotton textiles and towels were hand-woven.

From the documentation of the Cebu Heritage Frontier, we realize heritage is made from everyday stuff. It is neither kept away from the community nor is it locked away behind glass cases in museums.

The books make heritage alive. They encourage people's participation in the town's heritage, guiding people in walks around the streets and into the churches, conventos, cementerios, municipios. It teaches how to appreciate the different types of houses built by the older generations.

The houses in the four towns are not all balay na tisa (bahay na bato), as we have been conditioned to think heritage houses must be.

Aside from the few grand balay na tisa that survive, the photographic journey takes us through unappreciated delights of traditional architecture: the houses of nipa; larger houses that combine wooden walls with nipa roofs; wood-framed houses from the post-World War II period; and delightful concrete houses from the 1960s.

Monumental heritage

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THE CEBU Heritage Frontier recognizes unappreciated folk architecture, like this humble wooden house, as part of the national heritage we should conserve.

Physically there is nothing monumental about these towns. These are settlements where dwelled fishermen and farmers, the ordinary "probinsyano" who lived their lives far from the big cities. However, the heritage that still remains in these towns is monumental and deserving of conservation.

The Cebu Heritage Frontier got its start in 1998. The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation supported the Boljo-on Heritage Foundation organized by the local community to protect its cultural patrimony. The original focus was on the conservation of the outstanding Patrocinio de Maria Church built in 1783.

The community soon realized the big picture, that without a town conservation plan the church conservation could not be sustained. The effort to conserve the town evolved into a private-public cooperation with the municipal government as a participant.

The pioneering organization set an example by achieving convergence among different Boljo-on sectors solely for heritage work, providing the model for the neighboring towns of Argao, Dalaguete and Oslob.

Most of the towns were planned during the Spanish colonial era, around a large fortress-church complete with rectory, cemetery, mortuary, church plaza, and perimeter fortifications that connected to a string of baluartes (watchtowers) that comprised the Spanish line of defense along the Cebu coast against Muslim slave-trade-driven sea raids.

Constructed by Fray Julian de Bermejo in the late 18th century, the religious and military structures along the coast bear a striking architectural similarity.

Street layout was more or less on the grid pattern. Structures built over the years reflected the needs of each town and shows growing economic prosperity--town halls, schools, private homes and other amenities.

The boom years were when a railway connected Cebu towns to the capital, a time when agricultural crops such as sugar, corn, and tobacco reached markets quickly. Cotton was extensively grown. The towns, especially Argao, were weaving centers.

Structures without historical, cultural, or social backgrounds were valued for their artistic merits, such as three houses in Argao with hanging ornamentation at their sides. Others are noted for construction details.

Age is considered--from the Spanish and American colonial to the post-Independence era--highlighting the architectural standouts that survive to this day.

The towns of the Cebu Heritage Frontier are among the few in the Philippines that celebrate folk architecture.

The CHF conducted in-depth interviews with local residents, probably the most significant aspect of the project.

It was an opportunity to record forgotten oral history. "It was surprising to hear vivid memories of events and personalities willingly shared to the researchers. Most of the stories related came from the elderly community members. Their knowledge and memory, if not handed down to the new generation, will be lost and taken over in time," concludes the CHF report.

The CHF team deserve accolades for the exhaustive job: Andre Bordon, Carmencita Solis, Ruel Rigor, Ralph Bagares, Laban Quintana, Randell Jusayan, Agnes Amores and Neil Manigsaca.

There are many successful heritage conservation initiatives all over the Philippines that not many know about. Cebu Heritage Frontier is one of them.

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MUSEO Iloilo is run by volunteers.

ILOILO HAS ALWAYS competed with other key Visayan capitals, such as Cebu, Bacolod and even Dumaguete, as center of commerce, education and tourism. Now, with the just-ended First Iloilo Arts Festival, it has served notice that it would also establish itself a center of arts and culture as well. What we are seeing is a cultural giant waking up.

And the waking-up seems the message of the First Iloilo Arts Festival. Organized recently by the Iloilo City Convention Bureau and its president, Ma. Teresa S. Sarabia, the festival signaled a shift in the tourism promotion of the province. From here on, for Iloilo to put its best foot forward means exposing its cultural soul to tourists, the better for them to appreciate what animates the best and the brightest of the Ilonggo.

But as a culture center, Iloilo hasn't exactly been lethargic all these years. Without fanfare, it has achieved relative success in raising heritage awareness.

Through private sector initiatives for instance, the Museo Iloilo was established by the Iloilo Cultural and Research Foundation (ICRF), making its home in a modest modern building standing on the provincial government grounds.
Work for the museum is purely voluntary, and a visitor appreciates the cooperation and professionalism that have gone into the setting up of the museum showcases and the running of museum operations.

The showcases allow the visitor to survey Panay island's rich prehistory and recorded history through archeological artifacts and dioramas of colonial lifestyle and historical developments up to the Second World War.

The presentation is succinct and efficient. It has no airs, no pretensions. It puts the visitor right where the cultural and historic heart of Panay Island is.

Solidarity

The visitor will likewise marvel at the solidarity and sense of cooperation among community leaders. As gleaned from the Museo, there appears a strong sense of urgency among Ilonggos to conserve their cultural heritage as well as mine the legacy to look for cultural guideposts for the present.

It is surprising, for example, to find that the ICRF has its own quarterly publication, Museo Iloilo, which publishes news updates as well as learned papers on Panay culture.

All of this should make Iloilo perfectly qualified to organize an arts and culture festival. And it is a credit to the good sense of the organizers that the festival focused on Iloilo's strong suits while not exactly coming less than adventurous.
The media-familiarization tour of the festival, for example, focused first on Iloilo's strong suit as a business convention site as well as a rest and recreation enclave.

The city is near the airport (the media were brought to the city by Air Philippines) and is home to a number of well-furnished hotels such as the Sarabia Manor Hotel.

Since Iloilo is a commercial center, it hosts leading business establishments as well as shopping malls.

Educational center

As an educational center, Iloilo hosts several colleges and universities as well as established medical centers such as the Iloilo Doctors Hospital, St. Paul Hospital, West Visayas University Hospital, and University of San Agustin Hospital.
The rest-and-recreation regime mainly consists of first-rate food places and bars such as Breakthrough Restaurant, which serves seafood, and Flow Resto Lounge, a top watering hole.

Iloilo's built heritage, particularly from the Spanish colonial era, is the most evident cultural resource of the island. An arts festival, or a tourism campaign for that matter, could not just ignore the churches of Iloilo, particularly the magnificent Miag-ao church, which is inscribed in the Unesco World Heritage List.

The arts component of the festival consisted of an interactive art session and art exhibit at SM Iloilo, an arts workshop for beginners and advance fine arts students by the Young Thomasian Artists Circle (YTAC) at the Museo Iloilo, and a festival of dances at Robinsons Place opened by Tourism Usec. Salvador Sarabia Jr.

The latter featured top local dance groups such as the Pag-asa Dinagyang Tribe, Hugyaw Arts Company of the St. Therese-MTC Colleges, Irong-irong Dance Company of the West Visayas State University, Binanog Tribe of Lambunao, and Kawilihan Dance Troupe of the University of San Agustin.

Highlight

The highlight of the festival was obviously the exhibit by the YTAC at the Museo Iloilo. Opened by Rosalie Trenas, wife of Iloilo Mayor Jerry Trenas, the exhibit, "dog/god," is familiar to Metro Manilans since it had previously been exhibited at the University of Santo Tomas Museum of Arts and Sciences and Cultural Center of the Philippines.
YTAC is an informal organization of young artists-alumni from the UST College of Fine Arts and Design (and its earlier version, College of Architecture and Fine Arts).

The participating YTAC artists in the Iloilo exhibit were Lindslee, Lawrence Borsoto, Ivan Roxas, Mark Magistrado, Buen Calubayan, Jaime Pacena II, Wesley Valenzuela, Andres Barrioquinto, and CJ Tanedo. Curator was Jocelyn Tullao of the UST Museum.

By hosting the touring exhibit, Iloilo got a first crack at the unique show, which is an instructive showcase of the plurality of mediums and expressions in contemporary art as well as the generous pool of young talents that has emerged lately to explore new materials and genres.

The exhibit, which will be brought to Singapore and South Korea, might have been too arriere-garde for Iloilo taste (it explores the binary between the sacred and the profane, a calculatedly ticklish theme for artists who came from the Pontifical University), but the consensus from the art scene in Iloilo was that the exhibit was bold, daring, and inspired.

Not that the Iloilo arts scene is not familiar with art trends. The Independent Artists Studio of Iloilo, for example, is an informal group of Iloilo artists experimenting with new styles and expressions. Its members -- Faith Anastacio, Nil Capinianes, Joseph Firmeza, Carlo Juntado, Liby Norman Limoso, Norman Posecion, and J. Scott Saria -- have exhibited at the Museo Iloilo, Space Between and Days Hotel Iloilo Art Gallery.

The fact that there are artist groups in Iloilo and a growing number of galleries should bode well for a more thriving arts scene on the island in the future.

But Iloilo cultural leaders aren't relaxing. Next year, according to Teresa Sarabia, the Iloilo Arts Festival will be bigger and brighter. We have no doubt it will be.

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In post #66, it was noted that Filipinos rarely go to museums and libraries. That is sad. We need to patronize these avenues of learning Filipino culture, including the walking tours and food trips. How I wish that I had more time when I travelled in the Philippines to participate in these travel tours, savor the cultural sites, and visit all these museums, libraries and educational centers.

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EVEN if the Metropolitan Theater in Manila is now in ruins, its exquisite Filipino detailing in the 1930s Art Deco style still stands out.

ALARMED by the construction of a fastfood outlet in the historic rotunda at the center of Carcar, Cebu province's premier heritage town, the Carcar Heritage Conservation Society appealed to the giant Philippine fastfood chain Jollibee to redesign the facade of its new store to harmonize with its heritage surroundings. Jollibee cooperated, agreeing to some changes in the store facade.

The issue of new construction threatening the homogeneity of heritage architecture that still survives in Carcar developed into a campaign for the town officials to enact protective legislation.

Rel Micame wrote in a recent issue of Cebu Sun-Star: "The Carcar Heritage Conservation Society should lobby with the Carcar Municipal Council for the enactment of an ordinance that will regulate the construction or reconstruction of buildings in the southern municipality. I believe Carcar municipal officials, from the mayor, vice mayor and down to the councilors, are receptive to the idea of preserving the cultural heritage of the town. If Governor Gwendolyn Garcia [of Cebu province] can help convince the town officials to pass that heritage conservation ordinance, so much the better.

"The Carcar Municipal Government should not allow the destruction of some heritage buildings in the town, especially those located along the national highway. A buyer of an existing heritage structure should be required to preserve it."

Spanish colonial period stone bridges in Bohol province declared Important Cultural Properties. A major part of the existing road system in the Philippines is based on the network of roads and bridges built as early as the 17th century, during the Spanish colonial era, heritage that is totally unappreciated today.

As a testimony to their strength and endurance, some of the old stone bridges built from the 17th to the 18th centuries are still in use today.

A highway improvement program now endangers the historic network of Spanish colonial stone bridges still in use in Bohol.

Government engineers insist on replacing the "outdated" stone bridges with their generic concrete highway bridges. In response to public outcry, the engineers suggested encasing the stone bridges in concrete, rather than demolishing them and forever burying them in concrete.

The National Museum of the Philippines has declared the heritage bridges as Important Cultural Properties because they are "artistic and engineering marvels which have stood time," and they are "extant examples of Spanish colonial expressions of unique and distinct architectural engineering designs, as in the pointed and barrel vault system of bridge construction."

Stone bridges in the towns of Dimiao and Lila in Bohol are now under custody of the Cultural Properties Preservation and Protection Act (Presidential Decree 374) that prevents their demolition.

A new solution will have to be found by local government authorities that will allow highway construction to continue, while protecting the bridges.

Restoration of the Metropolitan Theater in Manila. Built in 1939 by the noted architect Juan Arellano, the Metropolitan Theater was the ultimate theater in Asia during its day, and a national center for Philippine performing arts.

The landmark building is a stunning example of the international architectural style Art Deco, but which was reinterpreted with architectural and decorative motifs adapted from Philippine sources.

A tripartite endeavor will restore the decayed structure. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts has granted P50 million as restoration seed money.

Other stakeholders are the Government Service Insurance System, which foreclosed on the property, and the City of Manila, where the historic theater is located.

Today there is a government penchant for fast-track construction where speed, not quality of craftsmanship, is the priority. This must be a hangover from the Imelda Marcos days, when she insisted that new government buildings be constructed overnight.

Conservation, on the other hand, is a slow process. Before any construction can begin, full documentation and investigation of the structure is required.

Construction cannot be rushed, either. The NCCA has correctly insisted that thorough study must be conducted before any construction can commence.

Could progress reports showing the results of the study be published so that the public (and fast-tracking government authorities) become more aware of the steps involved in the restoration process?

Quezon Province Capitol restoration. Governor Wilfrido Enverga of Quezon Province has committed to restoring the Quezon Province Capitol. The structure, outstanding because it is one of the rare capitols in the Art Deco style, was designed by architect Juan Arellano in the 1930s, during the American colonial era when the province was still known by its old name of Tayabas.

The governor signed a contract commissioning the Heritage Conservation Society consultancy team to provide professional conservation services for the project.

Baguio City Heritage Task Force. Congratulations to the Baguio City mayor for organizing a heritage task force after meeting with members of the HCS, who had pointed out the uniqueness of Baguio as the world's only American colonial hill station. The American architect Daniel Burnham designed the mountain city in 1905 as a summer capital for colonial government officials to escape the tropical heat of Manila during the summer months.

The city government recognizes the unique history of Baguio and proposes to pass legislation that will protect local heritage sites still to be designated. The Burnham-designed road system, itself to be declared as local heritage, will link most of the proposed local heritage sites.

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PORTRAIT of Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo

TWO rare pictures unseen for a century and made by two of the most famous artists of the Philippines are highlights of the Sotheby's Southeast Asian paintings sale in Singapore on April 6.

Juan Luna's (1857-1899) "La Madrileña (En el Balcon)" and Felix Resureccion Hidalgo's (1853-1913) "La Parisienne" (1889) will attract Philippine art aficionados not only because of the paintings' elusiveness but also because both bear the similar theme of a woman holding an umbrella, with one appearing to be a competitive illustration to the other.

"La Parisienne" has been chosen as the cover for this season's sale catalog, making it the first Philippine work to appear on a Sotheby's catalog. To qualify as a catalog cover, auction houses look for rarity, uniqueness and exclusivity in a work of art. Needless to say, the piece must be of some importance.

Mok Kim Chuan, head of Southeast Asian paintings at Sotheby's, told the Inquirer, "We've had 12-13 [Southeast Asian paintings] sales since 1996 and we never had a Filipino painting on the cover. I felt this was a good time, plus this painting is unique because one would always associate Southeast Asian paintings with distinct Indonesian, Vietnamese or Philippine styles, but this is European and makes people give it a second look. It is fresh and it is about time."

The competition between Luna and Hidalgo is a historical fact and the display and sale of these two pictures take the known "subtle" competition between the two artists beyond their graves. Luna may be the better known painter with three gold medals from the 1884 Madrid Exposition.

However, Hidalgo's "La Barca de Aqueronte" won a gold in the 1889 Madrid Exposicion de Bellas Artes and a silver at the Paris Exposition Universelle that same year. It was also at the Paris Exposition that "La Parisienne" was last exhibited. Their one-upmanship is illustrated further when Luna's "Hymen o Hymenee" garnered a bronze at the same exhibition.

If anything can illustrate the competition between the contemporaries, it has to be the two pictures going on the block next month. The paintings are indeed masterpieces yet the story behind them is an equally fascinating historical tidbit.

In his lifetime, many of Hidalgo's work have appeared in Spanish art magazines, but "La Parisienne" is the only one to ever make a cover-the Feb. 28 issue of La Illustracion Española y American, one of Spain's popular weeklies.

Luna's "La Madrileña" seems a reply to Hidalgo's cover and seems to state that he can do a better portrait of a woman carrying a parasol in a more animated style yet using a less attractive model.

Viewed side by side, the paintings are a rare glimpse into the contrasting styles of two of the country's artistic geniuses: Luna's broad brushstrokes with a play of dark and light and Hidalgo's light palette in impressionist style.

Hidalgo is better known as a conventional epic painter who uses color albeit very subdued and somber. Though "La Parisienne" veers from what Hidalgo is known for, it only shows the versatility and unique talent of the artist with the use of a different color palette and style.

The painting is done in the impressionist styles of James Tissot, most notable in "Summer" (1878), and Pierre August Renoir in "The Umbrellas" (1879). Like most of Paris in the last three decades of the 19th century, these two French artists were influenced by Japanese art, particularly on the subject of women strolling usually holding parasols.

Luna's legacy

Luna was an enthusiastic painter and observer of women. He brings out the fickle and vain psychology of women from the sensuousness of "La Moza" to the coquetry of "Spanish Girl."

Yet, seriousness and dignity do not escape him as illustrated in "The Chulas" and "Lavanderas." Last October's controversial sale by Christie's of his "Parisian Life" to GSIS further illustrates his interest in women as a theme.

Some experts claim that Luna's recuerdo (remembrance) portraits of friends and relatives are his best works despite being made in a rush and lacking in detail. However, he is better known for his paintings of women and though he admitted to not enjoying commissioned and grand paintings, he made his name doing them.

Most of Luna's paintings in Philippine collections are categorized as sketches and preliminary studies. There are very few finished paintings that exist. "La Madrileña" is one of them. Fortunately there are some completed award-winning works such as "Spoliarium," "Hymen o Hymenee," "La Batalla de Lepanto," "Las Damas Romanas" (Roman Ladies), "La Muerte de Cleopatra" (The Death of Cleopatra), "España Guiando a Filipinas" (Spain Leading the Philippines).

Other notable pictures in Philippine collections are "Ladies Picking Flowers," "El Pacto de Sangre" (The Blood Compact), "Tampuhan" (Sulking) and "Una Bulaquena" (Lady of Bulacan).

Hidalgo abandoned his study of law to pursue fine art at Manila's School of Drawing and Painting. His new talent won him a scholarship to study painting at one of Madrid's foremost art schools, the Royal Academy of San Fernando. However, the academy proved boring to Hidalgo who decided to travel around Europe before setting up a studio in Paris in 1884.

"La Barca de Aqueronte" is Hidalgo's most awarded work. This painting won a gold medal in the 1887 General Exposition of the Philippine Islands in Madrid and a diploma de honor in the 1891 General Exposition of Fine Arts in Barcelona; these were aside from top prizes at the 1889 Madrid Exposicion de Bellas Artes and the Paris Exposition Universelle that same year.

Hidalgo also received the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in 1889.

Unfortunately, many of Hidalgo's known award-winning works have been lost or destroyed probably during the Spanish Civil War. The multiawarded "La Barca de Aqueronte" was bought by the Spanish government then permanently displayed at Museo de Arte Moderno. Today, there is no listing of that painting in the Prado Museum or in the Museo Reina Sofia, which inherited all the paintings of Arte Moderno. A smaller study exists at the Lopez Museum.

The "Virgenes Cristiana Expuestas al Populacho" (Christian Virgins Exposed to the Mob), which won a silver medal at the 1884 National Exposition of Fine Art, was also destroyed in a fire at the University of Villadolid in Spain. There is also no record of the existence of "Adios al Sol" (Farewell to the Sun), which won a silver medal at the 1893 Chicago Universal Exposition. "La Parisienne" is Hidalgo's only exhibited masterpiece to survive in perfect condition.

Mok Kim Chuan keeps a constant eye out for Philippine masters that may come onto the market. He admits that last year's sale of Luna's "Parisian Life" to GSIS for 46 million pesos may have heightened the interest of international and local dealers and collectors in Philippine art, but in no way did the sale influence this Sotheby's consignment of the two paintings. He said, "We were working on this before the Christie's sale and all this time, Lunas and Hidalgos were what we set out to look for."

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University museums

The museums of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and of University of San Carlos and the Southwestern University in Cebu have incredible collections spanning the entire range -- from rare manuscripts to pre-Hispanic gold and pottery, and colonial and modern art.

The museums are good places to check furniture designs, embroidery on pillowcases, wood carvings, glassware, and anything else that give eye-stopping product ideas, settings for historical novels, inspiration for musical compositions, fashion, or whatever else.

But sadly Filipinos do not go to their museums.


me, i'm glad that UST museum is still part some some school's field trip and some foreigners who goes here...

Featured sa latest issue ng BluPrint ngayon yung mga CCP Design Competition winners.
Kaso wala akong perang pambili, P199 eh. :(

Sinong may mabuting puso na gustong bumili para ma-iscan at mai-post dito :D

^^actually, they have some pics of the models in their website. they are small though :(

I hope Sy doesn't bid for the reclaimed area. He's bound to pile up mounds of shit on the property. I want something architecturally significant, if not something pleasing to the eye, on this reclaimed land.

In addition to the bidding, they should also submit the plan for use of that piece of real estate to filter out the ones who will build another shitbox over there.

Featured sa latest issue ng BluPrint ngayon yung mga CCP Design Competition winners.
Kaso wala akong perang pambili, P199 eh. :(

Sinong may mabuting puso na gustong bumili para ma-iscan at mai-post dito :D

Saan puwedeng makabili non?

^^ sa national bookstore siguro

auen: what's the URL of the website where I can see the models?

right here..
http://www.bluprintmag.com/project.htm

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^^ All of the proposals are :eek2:

great designs indeed. i really hope that they can push this project into completion. given the artistry and creativity of filipinos, i believe it can spur a cultural renewal in this country (or at the least in metro manila).

great designs indeed. i really hope that they can push this project into completion. given the artistry and creativity of filipinos, i believe it can spur a cultural renewal in this country (or at the least in metro manila).

I like the way their designs incorporate cultural elements in it. It just blends so well.

bakit la pa kong nakitang new issue ng bluprint dito sa nat'l bookstore sa min ngayon???

they didn't feature the secondary level??? sayang 3 entries pa naman dun are from UST...

wow!!! :eek2: I hope one of the designs come to life!!!

^^ mas mapapawow pa kayo kung makikita nyo talga ung mga model...

ako nga pagnaririnig ko, feel ko, natatae

got myself a copy of bluprint earlier. scanned some of the pics. here's the designs of the finalists:

1. jorge yulo and associates, jya (based on the concepts of piet mondrian):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/lexreyes/ccp-yulo.jpg

2. lor calma design associates, lcda and i. p. santos and associates, ipsa (based on current linear forms of the cultural center):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/lexreyes/ccp-calma.jpg

3. leandro v. locsin partners (platform based on curved base of main theater):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/lexreyes/ccp-locsin.jpg

4. f. l. santaromana designs, flsd (vinta-based design w/ pedestrian focus):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/lexreyes/ccp-santaromana.jpg

^^ i wanna see the work of buensalido design team, when we went to the exhibit, grabe ang ganda ng model nila...

^^ AWESOME ;)

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

2. lor calma design associates, lcda and i. p. santos and associates, ipsa (based on current linear forms of the cultural center):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/lexreyes/ccp-calma.jpg


i was amazed by their model not because i like their design but because of the material they use, buong model made of that thing, i don't know if it's glass or something, kase naman sa exhibit ni hawakan di pwede...

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

i like this one :)

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

medyo but i was thinking more of coconuts, hehe. yung basag basag na shell (weird ko)

^^ pwede na rin kase cultural eh...

i like this one :)

I agree :)

Nice so whose gonna invest in this structure

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I'll post more photos later tonight. I need to get some sleep first. :) By the way, this photo was taken October 2005 using my camera phone, which unfortunately, was stolen from me last December (sob sob). Will drop by again this afternoon to take more shots.

Is that you @Wonderboy? You look much younger than you sound/write.

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I'll post more photos later tonight. I need to get some sleep first. :) By the way, this photo was taken October 2005 using my camera phone, which unfortunately, was stolen from me last December (sob sob). Will drop by again this afternoon to take more shots.


ang cute naman nung pic...

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I'll post more photos later tonight. I need to get some sleep first. :) By the way, this photo was taken October 2005 using my camera phone, which unfortunately, was stolen from me last December (sob sob). Will drop by again this afternoon to take more shots.


Hey, Wonderboy--is this a (restored) "real" trolley car or is it just a display repro? If its' indeed an authentic one, then this is a rare find, diba? I thought all of Meralco's cars were destroyed in 1945. I'll wait for your reply when you wake up bright and refreshed (sorry--Hawaii is a whole day behind Manila, so I'm wide awake and just in from a day's work as you and the rest of 'Pinas snooze.

I wish they can put trolleys like this in areas with developments in Manila like Fort Bonifacio or the reclaimed Manila bay. It will make a great transpo!!

Is that you @Wonderboy? You look much younger than you sound/write.

He he..yes, that's me Lili. Geez, I woke up late so I wasn't able to go to the museum. Maybe next week.

Hey, Wonderboy--is this a (restored) "real" trolley car or is it just a display repro? If its' indeed an authentic one, then this is a rare find, diba? I thought all of Meralco's cars were destroyed in 1945. I'll wait for your reply when you wake up bright and refreshed (sorry--Hawaii is a whole day behind Manila, so I'm wide awake and just in from a day's work as you and the rest of 'Pinas snooze.

Hawayano, this is just a reproduction. I woke up late so I couldn't post anything yet. My bad. But I believe Meralco was able to 'keep' some of their trolley cars. I'll confirm with the tour guide when I visit the museum next week.

Argh! I hate it when I wake up late and my itinerary for the day goes kaput. For the time being, I scanned two photos from my last year’s trip to Meralco museum. Here’s hoping that rugby training will be cancelled next week (just like today) so I have time to take some photos.

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Meralco Museum

I was finally able to go back to Meralco Museum a while ago. I will divide my postings into four parts. Below is the first installment of photos.

Meralco tranvia

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I will post other photos later.

I’m glad that Meralco also reproduced the advertisements inside the tranvia. It makes the streetcar look authentic. It’s funny, when I stepped in the tranvia, “Moonlight Serenade” was playing in the background. It gave me the shivers because I remember posting a few days ago in the Intramuros thread that If I’d be able to time travel, I’d like to ride the tranvia, have an ice cream that I bought from Clarke’s Ice Cream Parlor in Escolta while singing, “Moonlight Serenade.”

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I’m assuming Chanco is an artist? Check out the five-digit telephone number.

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Coca-cola! By the way, is this Creole Spanish? Ah…Misericordia Street (now Tomas Mapua)…those were the days…

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I believe R. Hidalgo Street in Quiapo still has a couple of photo supply shops.

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A friend told me that there was still Mennen (in metal containers) during the 70s.

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Cigarette ads

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Meralco posters encouraging establishments to advertise their business.

¡Qué hermosa las fotos! ¡Muchas gracias Sr. Wonderboy!

You're welcome Animo! I will post more photos later.

Wow, Wonderboy! Awesome photos! (So I'm assuming they allow picture-taking in Meralco's museum? heheheh!) Anyway, you're really tempting me to go back to Manila--I'm way overdue for a visit...it's just these damn bills! Oh well--prioritize, prioritize, prioritize! Thanks for allowing me a chance to vicariously visit the city of our affection. :)

Speaking of museums, does anyone in here have any update on the DLSU Cavite museum? I've seen their website, but nothing outside of that.

Thanks Hawayano! The security guard actually asked me to leave my bag in the counter and I hid the camera in my pocket. I'm not sure if picture taking is allowed.

By the way, can you send the weblink of DLSU Cavite museum? I'm planning to go there sometime next month.

hope they revive the street cars.. not in manila of course. best fit for bgc-makati area :) thanks for the pics wonderboy!!

Thanks Hawayano! The security guard actually asked me to leave my bag in the counter and I hid the camera in my pocket. I'm not sure if picture taking is allowed.

By the way, can you send the weblink of DLSU Cavite museum? I'm planning to go there sometime next month.


'Pare--doesn't it get so frustrating when so many places get uptight about picture-taking? Makes me begin to wonder what security risks that would pose aside from counterfeiting artwork...?

Anyway, here's the DLSU Dasmariñas museum link:
http://www.dasma.dlsu.edu.ph/museum%5Fcomplex/museo

You're right Hawayano. While I was inside the museum taking pictures, I've already prepared my counter attack if the security confiscates my camera. Good thing it was one hour before closing so they were just too lazy to roam inside. Besides, I was the only visitor.

Thanks Hawayano for providing the weblink. Will give you feedback on DLSU Dasmariñas museum sometime soon.

Cool avatar, by the way!

Thanks! I think a streetcar is better than posting my photo.

Thanks! I think a streetcar is better than posting my photo.


Heheheh---that's why I haven't posted my pic on the "Samahan" threads! Besides, a flag speaks a lot!

hope they revive the street cars.. not in manila of course. best fit for bgc-makati area :) thanks for the pics wonderboy!!

You're welcome Allan_dude.

Later Hawayano. Have to go back to sleep. :)

Wonderboy,

Ang galing ng pictures mo! Maraming salamat for sharing! Mabuhay ka!

Regards,
Jon

Wonderboy,

Ang galing ng pictures mo! Maraming salamat for sharing! Mabuhay ka!

Regards,
Jon

How's Jersey? I've lived there for a couple of months. I still have plenty of relatives there. Edison, Union.... I remember going to Woodbridge mall in the mid 80's beautiful mall.

Wonderboy,

Ang galing ng pictures mo! Maraming salamat for sharing! Mabuhay ka!

Regards,
Jon

Thank you Jonduffy67! I'm glad you like the photos.

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Coca-cola! By the way, is this Creole Spanish? Ah…Misericordia Street (now Tomas Mapua)…those were the days…


no. that's not Ermitaño Chavacano. That's perfect Castillian Spanish.

Gracias por compartir esas fotos con nosotros, Wonderboy. :cheers:

Thanks for the clarification Manileño!

hope they revive the street cars.. not in manila of course. best fit for bgc-makati area :) thanks for the pics wonderboy!!

That is what I have in mind too. Yeah, if they want to avoid the costly lrt/mrt system, then using trams along the narrow streets of Manila or other urban centers isn't a bad idea at all.

That is what I have in mind too. Yeah, if they want to avoid the costly lrt/mrt system, then using trams along the narrow streets of Manila or other urban centers isn't a bad idea at all.

I think Meralco woudln't mind operating the tranvia in the streets of Manila again.

How's Jersey? I've lived there for a couple of months. I still have plenty of relatives there. Edison, Union.... I remember going to Woodbridge mall in the mid 80's beautiful mall.

I live in Bridgewater township and maraming Pinoy sa Northern and Central Jersey. My town is about 15 miles west of Edison. In fact, there's a Filipino supermarket in Edison (Phil-Am Supermarket) that I go to when I do some food shopping.

Aside from Woodbridge, 3 other big malls have come up in Central Jersey since the time you visited. They are Short Hills Mall (upscale), Bridgewater Mall and Jersey Gardens. Each one of them is about the same size as Woodbridge Mall. Hope you'll have the chance to visit again.

Take care,
Jon

Hello everyone! One of the highlights of my trip to Meralco Museum, aside from the Meralco tranvia is marveling at the meticulously crafted scale models of old Manila. Rarely does a local museum devote a budget for the said display. Below are some photos I took last Saturday. I apologize if some photos are blurry. I still can’t figure out how to ‘go against the light.’

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The scale models practically covered the major parts of Manila (Intramuros, Sta. Cruz, Binondo, Tondo, San Miguel, Malate, and even San Juan).

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Mural of Old Manila

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San Miguel district (San Sebastian church still looks magnificent even in scale models).

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I have a weird fixation over San Sebastian Church lately.

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Malacañang Palace

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Ayala Bridge/ Hospicio de San Jose/ Germinal Cigar Factory --- you’re right TheCameraReturns, Germinal is near Ayala Bridge!

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Malate Church (look how close the church was to the shores of Manila bay --- I believe in front of Malate Church is the Ermita beach).

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Sta. Ana Church. The street is lined with graceful vacation houses.

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Binondo district (The tracks of the tranvia at Calle Rosario leads all the way to Binondo Church).

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Escolta district

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Plaza Goiti

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Monte de Piedad (Sta. Cruz district)

I could have taken more photos of other areas like Bonifacio Drive, Ermita, etc. Maybe next time. :)

I'll probably post the last installment (old photos of Manila) in the Philippine 'Then and Now' Photos IV.

I live in Bridgewater township and maraming Pinoy sa Northern and Central Jersey. My town is about 15 miles west of Edison. In fact, there's a Filipino supermarket in Edison (Phil-Am Supermarket) that I go to when I do some food shopping.

Aside from Woodbridge, 3 other big malls have come up in Central Jersey since the time you visited. They are Short Hills Mall (upscale), Bridgewater Mall and Jersey Gardens. Each one of them is about the same size as Woodbridge Mall. Hope you'll have the chance to visit again.

Take care,
Jon

I dont know if Jersey will be on my travel plans anytime soon but anyway thanks for the update.

Jon

@Wonderboy: Amazing!! The city used to have an excellent city planning as depicted on the scale model. In addition, the model also showed the lay out of the tranvia lines very clearly.

You're right Askal. Urban planning was very organized then. I'll post more photos later.

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Kamiseta Kid: thanks for the update on Santa Ana--I was wondering if the church is faring in the midst of all the modernization and whether it still displays the excavation of pre-Spanish burial grounds. At any rate, it's good to know that there are a few remnants of old Manila still standing.


Wonderboy: You never fail to amaze us with your walang takot strategies to get pics where pics are verboten! Thanks for being the matapang one and showing us those scale models--almost made me imagine what the Japanese aviators saw in December, 1941, as they began the cycle of destruction that we suffer today!

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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.