Museums
National Museum of the Filipino People
The National Museum of the Filipino People in Rizal Park reveals the rich cultural diversity of the Philippines. Exhibit highlights include pre-Hispanic and 17th-century collections as well as precious artefacts from the Spanish galleon San Diego.
Metropolitian Museum of Manila
The Metropolitan Museum of Manila in Malate (Roxas Boulevard) exhibits a range of delicately engraved pre-Hispanic jewellery and pottery dating from the 7th-13th centuries. There's also a fine collection of Old Masters, and contemporary works by Filipino artists are in the Catwalk and Stairwell galleries.
Casa Manila
Casa Manila is a government museum located in a reconstructed Spanish colonial home of the 19th century. It is a Colonial Lifestyle Museum, which is part of Plaza San Luis Complex. The furnishings and artworks displayed in Casa Manila range from the 17th to the early 20th century. It showcases the Intramuros lifestyle of upperclass Filipinos at the turn of the century. Included in this lifestyle is a collection of antique furniture and furnishing from China and Europe, which dates back in the 19th century, most of which are crystal chandeliers.
San Agustin Museum
The Manila San Agustin Museum is located in the Intramuros or the walled city.The museum is an adjunct of the San Agustin Church that is a World Heritage Site. In the Sala De La Capitulacion of the museum one would find church artifacts, statues. The Sacristy of the San Agustin Museum showcases statues and paintings that includes the gold niches made in the 17th century. The Refactory section was the place where the priests used to meals and now has become a mausoleum. In the San Pablo Hall of the San Agustin Museum one will get to see the paintings and a scaled model of the San Agustin Church and the Museum.
Nayong Pilipino
Nayong Pilipino (or: Philippine Villlage) is a 45-acre theme park featuring a miniature version of the Philipppines and its culture. The display is divided into a number of geographic sections. Each of these sections contains a typical house or building and a typical landscape of its region. In the grounds of Nayong Pilipino you can also visit the Philippine Museum of Ethnology, the Museum ng Buhay Filipina (antiques museum), the Museum of Philippine Dolls, an aquarium, an aviary of Philippine birds and a garden of Philippine plants. Nayong Pilipino is located in Pasay City, Manila, not far from the International Airport.
