National Museum of the Philippines

best place to learn history about philippine

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Visited the museum last year before the COVID virus. Spectacular day and I do mean day. The building we were in was six floors with wings divided into sections. We started at the top and worked our way down floor by floor. Very enjoyable and educational museum. We took a break for lunch and spent the afternoon going through the museum. For us it definitely was a full day trip. There were groups of students going through the museum but it never felt crowded. Definitely a must see!

Spoliarium by Juan Luna is the most important work in the gallery and is a lot larger than we thought! We really enjoyed the themed collections and multiple floors and could have spent a lot longer here! This was our favourite of the three National Museums in the area, with the Museum of Natural History coming in as a close second. The free entrance doesn't hurt either!

Impressive building The National Museum is still temporary closed because of coronavirus restrictions