Rediscovering - Museum of the Filipino People

May was declared as Heritage Month. Entrance to the National Museum and Art Gallery was free for the whole month of May. On normal days, the entrance fee is Php150 for adults which will get you to the 2 museums already.

We took advantage of this and of two Saturdays in May to visit our national museum. It has been ages since I last visited the national museum.National Museum has two divisions- Museum of the Filipino People and the National Art Gallery.

It was not crowded at the Museum of the Filipino People when we visited. We parked our vehicle just after the main entrance of the museum. We logged in and started our walking tour.

The ground floor has exhibit of San Diego , the wreck site and cannons.

We took the elevator to the second floor. Surprised that the elevator was a glass capsule shaped and you can see the courtyard.

The second floor has Exhibit Gallery III The San Diego -A Homecoming Exhibit. We saw collection of jars in all sizes- big Martaban, Spanish and Siamese jars that contained the provisions for the passengers of the ship consisting of preserved fruits, sardines, salted meat, wine, vinegar and drinking water.

We also saw different blue-and-white porcelain with designs related to Buddhist and Taoist luck symbols, the different shapes and sizes of plates and ewers.

The Archaeological Treasures Gallery showed burial jar collections as well as samples of other earthen wares found in different caves in the Philippines.

 A reconstructed portion of  balangay or wooden boat used for trading in the early days.

 Another part of the museum is an exhibit of the origin and the development of writing in the country as well as that of contemporary Philippine dialect.

 Also in exhibit was Abel Ilokana - A celebration of Women Weavers from Ilocos.

Samples of Filipina dresses.

Please see my separate post on the National Art Gallery. Hope this inpires readers to visit our national museum.

Museum is open 10am-5pm, Tuesday to Sundays.