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.

In celebration of the Museum and Galleries Month 2022, the National Museum of the Philippines will be conducting a Special Guided Tour and Storytelling Activity for the museum visitors of the Central Museum Complex.

The Special Guided Tour will be held simultaneously in the National Museum of Fine Arts and National Museum of Natural History on October 1, 2, 8, and 9 (Saturday and Sunday) at 10:00 AM, while the Storytelling activity will be held at 2:00 PM on the same dates but for the National Museum of Fine Arts only.

For those who are interested, please come early before the start of the tour and look for our frontline staff for registration as slots will be limited to 25 persons only.

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Invitation to “Artist Talk | Culture through Fashion, Arts, and Design” featuring Michael Leyva

In celebration of the Museums and Galleries Month 2022 with the theme “Embracing Uncertainty: Showcasing Solidarity, Hope, and Recovery”, the National Museum of the Philippine through the Museum Services Division’s Education and Training Services Section invites everyone to an activity entitled “Artist Talk | Culture through Fashion, Arts, and Design”. This Artist Talk program will feature the story of Michael Leyva, a well-known Filipino designer who is celebrating his 10th year anniversary in the industry of fashion at the National Museum of Natural History, Manila this October 2022.

The talk will highlight Michael Leyva’s work, journey to success, inspirations, influences, and challenges met in the fashion industry. Through the discussion, he will underscore how Filipino style and culture is incorporated in his works amidst the global influence and domination from the western world or fashion.

This program aims to increase the knowledge and skills of the participants in the work or process of showing Philippine culture embedded in style, textile, and thread. Furthermore, to promote collaborations with the weaving communities all over the country.

The activity will be on October 11, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Osmeña Hall, 2nd Floor of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila. 

Kindly register thru this link bit.ly/Artist-Talk2022

An e-mail confirmation will be sent to the registered email address of the confirmed participants. 

For more information, contact the Museum Services Division, Education and Training Services Section at educationandtraining@nationalmuseum.gov.ph or through (+632) 8298-1100 loc. 2008.

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Text by: Geneva Oaferina / MSD

DIG AND HAVE FUN. In celebration of Museum and Galleries Month this October 2022, the NM Marinduque-Romblon will open to the public on October 4, 2022 its interactive corner in the “Submerged History: The Marinduque Shipwrecks” exhibition in the mezzanine gallery.

The exhibition features the recovered artifacts from the underwater archaeological excavations in Gaspar Island, Barangay Pinggan, Gasan such as 16^th century CE Chinese stoneware dragon jars as well as Zhangzhou blue-white porcelains. It also features the documentation of wooden ship remains in Barangay Laylay, Boac wherein initial finds suggested that the wreck belongs to a possible Spanish patrol boat dated to the late 18^th century based on the type of cannons retrieved from the site. The shipwrecks found in Pinggan, Gasan and Laylay, Boac are direct material evidence of Marinduque’s active participation in local and international maritime trade. 

To engage museum visitors with hands-on activity and to promote inclusivity, children can enjoy digging the pieces of ceramics in the sand box and put them together to create a blue and white porcelain which resembles the Zhangzhou ceramics. The interactive corner aims to provide young learners a fun and interactive learning experience and inspire future generations to pursue a career in the field of archaeology.Visit the Submerged History: The Marinduque Shipwrecks” exhibition at your NM Marinduque-Romblon. We are open from Tuesday to Sunday, 9 AM to 4 PM. Admission is FREE. Kindly bring your vaccination card.