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The National
Museum of the Philippines is
the repository
and guardian of the Philippines' natural and cultural heritage. As one
of the lead government cultural agencies, it is tasked to achieve the goals
of instilling cultural consciousness and a sense of pride and nationalism
among Filipino citizens through its activities covering the sciences, education
and culture.
Established in
1901 as an ethnography and natural history museum, and subsequently housed
in its present building which was designed in 1918 by the American Architect,
Daniel Burnham, the National Museum has since then broadened its concerns
in the arts and sciences. Today, it occupies the main building (former
Old Congress Building) where the arts, natural sciences and other support
divisions are housed and the adjacent former Finance building in the Agrifina
Circle of Rizal Park now called The National Museum of the Filipino People
where the Anthropology and Archaeology Divisions are housed. |
