Metropolitan Museum of the Philippines: Exhibit Opening

You probably have walked in the hallways of a museum at least once in your life. It may be a field trip or a class trip during your childhood days, or it may be as recent as this year.It's also possible that you haven't visited one, or at least not yet. But a visit to a museum is always an opportunity to learn about exciting people and cultures.

That is why one of the things I wanted to do this year is to visit museums. I've always been fascinated by painters who have very artistic paintings. My father is an artist too and growing up, I've noticed that each painting he was able to finish was considered as his masterpiece. I love his paintings and I admire him for his works. I can still almost picture his smiles whenever somebody compliments his works. I'm a proud daughter. :)

So when I heard about the opening of an exhibit in Metropolitan Museum of the Philippines yesterday, I didn't think twice to go. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manila exhibits the classical and the contemporary fine arts. The Museum was established in 1976 to showcase foreign art and in 1986 the exhibitions also included Philippine art with a bilingual approach. Every year at the Manila Metropolitan Museum of Art there are four major exhibitions by renowned Filipino and other foreign artists. Source

Here were some of the photographs, paintings and other artworks inside..

The photographs inside this area were taken in the city of Pasay.

Each of the photographs, although it may look simple, has a story behind.

   

There were also paintings by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, who is one of the great Filipino painters of the 19th century.

The paintings in this area were also amazing, but taking of pictures are prohibited.

The Ambassador of the Philippines to Spain, Mr. Joseph Delano M. Bernardo taking a look at the photographs together with the photographer behind some of the amazing pictures,Artur Nepomuceno.

My favorite were this colorful paintings by Vicky Faye B. Aquino. They're so artistic and colorful that I want to hang them all in our house! Hehe I wonder how old is she? :)

We also went upstairs but again, taking of pictures were prohibited. I enjoyed all of the artworks! :)

Art museums are not just buildings. They are monuments to what man has achieved and what he aspires to achieve. It is a house full artworks from people who has great minds and skills. :)

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES 

located at Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Complex, Roxas Boulevard, near Pablo Ocampo Street (formerly Vito Cruz)

Museum Hours 

Mondays to Saturdays: 9AM to 6PM

*cloed on Sundays, holidays and first Mondays of the month

Please visit their website. Click HERE

Quick Trip to National Museum!

After applying for our second target job somewhere in Paco in Manila last Tuesday (January 17), my friend Josephine (click here to visit her blog) and I have nowhere to go. Ha ha. Since it's still very early ( around 10am I think) I decided to tag her along in my parent's office, the National Museum of the Philippines just so we could have a place to relax. To my surprise, she told me that one of her interests were museums. I took her to a quick trip into the gallery where the famous Spoliarium (original) is. I don't have my camera with me and neither does she so I just used my phone's camera. Let me share with you some of the pictures that I took.

The Spoliaruim is the most valuable oil-on-canvas painting by Juan Luna. (Source)

Me standing in front of the huge Spoliarium

The famous Spoliarium upclose

After that we went to the other building where most of the exhibits and collections are. We didn't pay for the entrance since my parents were employees, we just left our bags and took with us only our valuable belongings. Taking pictures were allowed as long as you don't use the flash. Jo's really excited, while I on the other hand is not that much because I've been here a couple of times since I was a kid. Let's take a sneak-peek of what's inside :)

And then there's this amazing wall made of shells.

And of course, for the finale is my favorite picture in the museum. :)

 The battery of my phone was drained so I wasn't able to took pictures of the other galleries that we entered. But all of the rooms were really amazing and historical indeed! Along with us were some students having their field trip, which made me remember my childhood days in this museum. :) Jo and I talked about plans on visiting other museums in the coming months. Hopefully we would visit other amazing museums too :)

Here are some of the guidelines for museum tours.

Guidelines for Museum Tours

1. All guests are required to sign in the visitor’s logbook before viewing the exhibits.

2. Group tours shall be booked before hand. Only groups reserved at the Museum Education Division shall be entertained. Group tours are not allowed on Sundays.

3. Drop off point for groups is outside the NM gate along P. Burgos Avenue and Finance Road. Bags, food, and hand-carried items should be left inside the bus.

4. Buses should park outside the Museum of the Filipino People.

5. Head of the group/coordinator shall first pay the entrance fees and fill up the visitor’s logbook before the group is allowed to begin the tour.

6. Firearms, food, bottled water, and ballpens are not allowed inside galleries.

7. Smoking is prohibited in the NM premises.

8. Touching artworks and taking photos of exhibit items for commercial purposes inside galleries are strictly prohibited unless otherwise authorized through a special permit from the Director’s Office/ Museum Education Division. Picture taking is allowed for souvenir purposes only. DSLR cameras need special permit. The use of flash photography is strictly prohibited.

9. For other concerns not specified herein, please inquire at the Museum Education Division.

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VISIT them!

National Museum is located at: P. Burgos Drive, Rizal Park, Manila

They are open from Tuesdays- Sundays, 10:00AM - 5:00PM

Contact number: 527-0278 

Email: nmphilippines@gmail.com

*I'm not really sure with the entrance fee though, but my mom told me that the entrance fee for adults is Php100 :) 

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It's More fun In The Philippines.. indeed!

Ciao! :)