national museum: national art gallery

National Museum: National Art Gallery

Address: Finance road corner P. Burgos



The museum is open from Wednesday to Sunday, 10AM until 4PM.

Admission is FREE.




how we got here:

I and pamangkins rode the LRT-Line 2 (Santolan-Recto) and alighted at Recto Station, which is the last station. From there, walked along Quezon Avenue, going to Quiapo Church. From Quiapo Church, took a jeep bound for Manila Hotel.
(If I'm not mistaken, you can take a jeep bound for the Pier, Kalaw or Harrison-Mabini.)



What's instore for you:

When we visited this last month, we saw the following:

First Floor (where the entrance is):
> Paintings and Portraits by Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo
> J. Luna's Spolarium
> F. Hidalgo’s La Tragedia del Gobernador Fernando de Bustamante y Bustillos
> Old Pictures and Masterplan of Manila
> Manunggul Jar (Burial Jar) and other religious artifacts including a wooden altar from Bohol
> Tau-Tao Exhibit, from the Bagobo mythology


Second Floor:
> Hall for Contemporary Arts
> Hall of National Artists for Visual Arts
- Napoleon Abueva
- Benedicto Cabreras
- Vicente Manansala
- Jose Joya
- Carlos "Botong" Francisco
- Guillermo Tolentino
- Arturo Luz
- Victorio Edades
- Fernando Armosolo
- Abdulmari Imao
- Cesar Legaspi
> Bones and Skeletons of Different Animals:
- horse
- carabao
- cattle
- sea cow
- bat
- deer
- monkey
- tarsier
- stegodont
- tortoise
- rhinoceros
- sperm whale (which suffered from osteoarthritis)
- lancelet
- giant great white shark
- hammerhead
- tiger shark
- marlin
- sea catfish
- stone fish
- porcupine
- barracuda
- toad
- frog
- crocodile
- monitor lizard
- hawksbill
- crow
- heron
- chicken
- lemur
- flying squirrel
- bearcat
- anteater
- small-clawed otter