Join us for a FREE performance-led tour at the National Museum of Fine Arts this October 23!

In celebration of Museums and Galleries Month and the 165th birth anniversary of our country’s foremost Filipino painting master, Juan Novicio Luna on October 24, the #NationalMuseumPH invites you to a performance-led tour of the Spoliarium Hall and the Far East Bank and Trust and Company – Andres and Grace Luna de San Pedro Memorial Hall (Gallery VI) of the National Museum of Fine Arts (NMFA) on October 23, 2022, Sunday.

This activity will show a glimpse of the artistic life of Juan Luna through his masterpieces in these exhibition galleries, providing an enhanced visitor experience at the National Museum of Fine Arts. Dancers, singers, and instrumentalists will come from the Far Eastern University Center for the Arts and scholars from the Friends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines (FCCP) led by FCCP President and Director Mr. Martin Lopez.

See you this Sunday at your #NationalMuseumPh!

To complete the lineup of performances for the third week of the Museums and Galleries Month celebration at the National Museum of the Philippines, the University of the Philippines Manila Chorale will perform for the museum visitors of the National Museum of Natural History on Sunday, October 26.  A short museum-themed repertoire is set to anchor the collections and exhibitions of the Museum of Natural History and the theme of this year’s MGM celebration.  

These performance-led activities at the museum intend to offer visitors different and augmented museum experiences and aim to explore various creative and alternative ways of promoting Filipino Heritage, particularly the NMP collections, exhibitions, and its advocacies making it interesting and relevant to various museum audiences.

The UPMC is the multi-awarded official performing group for choral music of the University of the Philippines Manila, presently led by its music director, Mr. John Steven Verrosa.

Make sure to be at the Museum in the afternoon to witness their choral performance!

Happy Museums and Galleries Month!

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In celebration of the Museums and Galleries Month, the National Museum of the Philippines – Ilocos Region shall conduct a free onsite half-day activity on “Panagaramid ti Tinubong: Lecture and Demonstration” on 10 October 2022 (Monday) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 nn at Ilocos Regional Museum Complex, Vigan City.

Tinubong, a coconut milk-laced rice cake in bamboo tube, is a traditional kakanin in the province of Ilocos Sur that is similar to the tupig of Ilocos Norte, and Pangasinan. It is made of sticky rice and grated coconut, and is “intubong” (placed) in a bamboo/bolo before it is cooked over a pugon (kiln) or charcoal.

This activity aims to promote the heritage and tradition in Ilocos on tinubong making as a viable strategy for women empowerment and participation in development. It primarily aims to strengthen our gender mainstreaming efforts consistent with the mandate of the NMP Gender and Development Focal Point System on gender equality, women empowerment, and continuous support to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Felicitas “Nana Ising” Ceria Unciano shall serve as our resource person. Try-outs on tinubong making by the participants shall also be conducted.

LIMTED SLOTS ONLY!

For registration and inquiries, please contact Ms. Frolaine Aprilyn D. Dannang, Information Officer III, at 09355819408 or message us through our Facebook page at National Museum Ilocos Region.

SUBMERGED HISTORY. In celebration of Museums and Galleries Month, the #NationalMuseumPH Marinduque-Romblon Area and Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Division (MUCHD) invite you to a free webinar entitled “A Vessel to History of Marinduque Ceramics” on October 10, 2022 (Monday), 9AM-12PM via Zoom Meeting.

The webinar aims to promote awareness and appreciation of Marinduque shipwrecks and their significance to the maritime and underwater cultural heritage of our country.

Despite being the smallest province in MIMAROPA region, Marinduque possesses a rich and unique cultural heritage. The province also played a significant role in the history of archaeology and the early maritime trade of the country. Early explorations of the island in the early 20^th century resulted in the discovery of pottery and tradeware ceramics, wooden boat coffins, and shell bracelets along with other artifacts in many caves. In 1981, the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) conducted an underwater archaeological excavation in Gasan town that recovered more than 1,200 artifacts comprising ceramics, iron objects, and wood remains that may have been on board a Chinese merchant vessel. In 2013, another underwater archaeological excavation was organized by the NMP in Laylay, Boac, where the team found a possible late 18th century CE shipwreck. 

Andrea Natasha Kintanar of the University of the Philippines Archaeological Studies Program will talk about the “Ceramics Found in the Philippines”, while Bobby C. Orillaneda, an archaeologist and OIC of MUCHD will discuss “The Marinduque Shipwrecks and its Context in 16^th Century Philippines”.

Zoom participants can pre-register at this link: https://bit.ly/3dyYfcQ Those who can’t join in Zoom can watch the webinar simultaneously at the National Museum Marinduque-Romblon Facebook page. For inquiries, please call (042) 332-0507 or 0919-077-9858 or email us at nm.mramso@gmail.com or marinduqueromblon@nationalmuseum.gov.ph
View the “Submerged History: The Marinduque Shipwrecks” exhibition from Tuesday to Sunday, 9AM to 4PM. The museum is located at Brgy. Malusak, Boac.

A group of remarkable experts. Enter Lyqa Maravilla, Kristoffer Pasion, and Xiao Chua. Here to share their knowledge on education, history, and art and their relation to their content-making process.

All JHS and SHS teachers in Manila are welcome to join the Vloggers Round Table: Teaching History, Culture, and Arts in the Post-Pandemic Era this October 10, Monday, from 2PM to 4PM at the Osmeña Hall, 2nd Floor, National Museum of Fine Arts.

Register now at: https://bit.ly/vloggersrt or scan the QR code above!

Celebrate the Museums and Galleries Month (MGM) with us at the #NationalMuseumPH!

As part of the activities for MGM, the National Museum of the Philippines will hold a free film screening of “K’na the Dreamweaver” at Gallery 1 of the National Museum of Anthropology from October 11 to 14, 2022.  Gallery tour at the Manlilikha ng Bayan Hall and Lumad Mindanao Gallery and a Director’s Talk with Ms. Ida Anita del Mundo, director and writer of “K’na the Dreamweaver,” will follow the film screening to provide the audience with knowledge on T’boli material culture and traditions.

This celebration, with the theme “Embracing Uncertainty: Showcasing Solidarity, Hope and Recovery,” is also made more significant as it coincides with the National Indigenous Peoples Month, also observed in the same month by virtue of Proclamation No. 1906, series of 2009.

The film screening and its corollary activities underscore the importance of safeguarding the rich cultural heritage and traditional knowledge systems of the different ethnolinguistic groups in the country to the present generation. They also aim to spread awareness and allow the audience to expand their knowledge about the life, traditions, and experiences of the different cultural communities.

The film screening and Director’s Talk are part of the NMP Visual Anthropology Program and made possible in partnership with the NMP Gender and Development Focal Point System.