The
National Museum of the Philippines is the repository
and guardian of the Philippines' natural and cultural
heritage. As one of the lead government cultural agencies,
it is tasked to achieve the goals of instilling cultural
consciousness and a sense of pride and nationalism
among Filipino citizens through its activities covering
the sciences, education and culture.
Established in 1901 as an ethnography and natural
history museum, and subsequently housed in its present
building which was designed in 1918 by the American
Architect, Daniel Burnham, the National Museum has
since then broadened its concerns in the arts and
sciences.
Today,
it occupies the main building (former Old Congress
Building) where the arts, natural sciences and other
support divisions are housed and the adjacent former
Finance building in the Agrifina Circle of Rizal Park
now called The National Museum of the Filipino People
where the Anthropology and Archaeology Divisions are
housed.
To
everyone planning a visit in the Philippines, this
is a highly recommended place to see first!
Tourists
and non-tourists alike will benefit a lot from all
the rich cultural & historical informations tastefully
shown and depicted here. Lots of amazing artifacts
and history.
Plan
to spend an unhurried time to enjoy every details
on display and presented in the museum.
Appreciations
to the team of people who put all these things together
making such a first class museum worth visiting many
times.
