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.
