National Museum Complex (Manila) Explained

National Museum Complex
Coordinates:14.585°N 120.981°W
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Established:1998
Location:Manila, Philippines
Type:National museum complex
Owner:National Museum of the Philippines
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The National Museum Complex in Manila refers to the main or central museums of the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila, most of which are within the grounds of the Rizal Park.

Background

The National Museum Complex is the collective designation for the central museums of the National Museum of the Philippines as per the Republic Act No. 8492. also known as the National Museum Act of 1998. It reserved the Executive House Building (also known as the Old Congress Building), the Department of Finance Building and the Department of Tourism Building along the Agrifina Circle in Rizal Park, as the permanent and exclusive site of the National Museum.[1] The National Planetarium, also within the site of the Rizal Park and managed by the National Museum since 1975, was included in the complex by virtue of Republic Act No. 11333.[2] The buildings named in Republic Act No. 8492 would be converted into distinct museums.

The National Museum of the Philippines, the umbrella museum institution of the government, is responsible in managing and developing the Complex.[3]

Features

Institutions

InstitutionBuildingOpened
Executive House
(Congress/Legislative Building)
2000
Department of Finance Building 1998
Department of Tourism Building
(Agriculture and Commerce Building)
2017
1975 (now closed)

Monuments

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL MUSEUM SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR ITS PERMANENT HOME AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES . The LawPhil Project: Arellano Law Foundation . July 14, 2018 .
  2. Web site: Republic Act No. 11333 . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines . July 16, 2019 . July 22, 2019 .
  3. Web site: Duterte Signs Law Strengthening National Museum . . Merez, Arianne . July 16, 2019 . July 22, 2019 .