3 Historical Museums You Never Know Existed Up Until Now

Nowadays, a lot of people are always busy with their work. Everyday you go to school or the office and do things as usually, a lifestyle that you didn’t choose. Travelling is the best way to enjoy your life away from all the burden you feel. Going to other places isn’t bad at all because it is the opportunity to reminisce, reflect and rediscover yourself.

Going to Manila is a great opportunity where you can explore a lot of right places. Most of the people who have their vacation are most likely to go to the resort to enjoy their leisure time. But going into the museum is brilliant idea especially for the students or millennials who want to learn the history or even a tourist who wants to know the historical events of that took place.

Though the site looks boring at first just because it tackles and shows artifacts. Don’t entertain that thought yet. Maybe going there is not as a brilliant idea as going to the beach. I will assure you that after you read this, you would likely schedule your next trip to the nearest museum. So here are the top three historical museums in Manila that you didn’t know existed.

1. National Museum

National Museum is owned by a government official, and it is located at Padre Burgos Avenue in Ermita, Manila. It is the place in which it preserved the painting of Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium” and also Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo’s “El Asesinato del Gobernador Bustamante.” National Museum has other artifacts that can be here just like paintings, sculptures, and also religious objects that this artifact they have discovered during 17th and 19th Centuries.

They also preserved the famous Manunggul Jar where it is a burial jar where they found in the Tabon Caves in Palawan Philippines. If National Museum preserved artifacts, it also highlights all the diversity of a Filipino culture from ancient to traditional script. Their Office Hours is from Tuesday to Sunday, and it will be open at 10:00 a.m in the morning and closes at 5:00 p.m. Their entrance fee is 150 pesos for adult; 120 pesos for a senior citizen; 50 pesos for students but they had a free admission every Sundays.

You can check out its official site so you will know the real-time updates from the National Museum.

2. San Agustin Museum

San Agustin Church is the oldest church in the Philippines and San Agustin Museum is a few steps away from the church. The San Agustin Museum is in General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila. The museum opens daily at 8:00 am to 12:00 p.m and it begins at 1:00 pm to 6:00 p.m. An entrance fee is required.

The museum is within hallowed halls of the Agustinian friars and the artifacts that weight 3,400 kg bell that was taken down during 1927. There is a set route so you can explore the museum without missing anything. Here are the different floors of the museum:

Ground Floor

• Sala De La Capitulacion—You will find artifacts, statues, and other pieces.
• Sacristy— You will see more figures and paintings including an altar with the size of 22 inches that was made during 1650.
• Refactory – Sala Profundis/Crypt—It is a place in the museum where they take their meals, and it is called “mausoleum.”

First Floor

• San Pablo Hall—It is the first room you will see as you climb the stairs. You will also see a lot of paintings and the scaled model of the church and the museum.
• San Agustin Hall—There are exciting pictures in the area in which you will see the churches built by the Agustinians.
• Porcelain Room—In this room is filled with the collection of artifacts from the trading between the Philippines and the China.

3. Bahay Tsinoy

Bahay Tsinoy is operated by the Kaisa Heritage Center in which it is part of our nation’s identity called Filipino-Chinese community. It shows the history of the two countries from the time they made barter system to present. And it displays different wax figures collection, and besides, some things never change just like the collections of 19th-Century prints, photographs and Chinese ceramics back in 10th Century. It opens from 1:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m from Tuesday to Sunday.

Bahay tsinoy is located at Kaisa Heritage Center, 32 Anda corner Cabildo Streets, Intramuros, Manila and expect some entrance fee in which it ranges for 60 pesos for the children and students to 100 pesos adults.

Even though we are busy with our life as a worker or a student but let us spare some time in visiting a historical museum where you will learn a lot. But remember, when going to a place make sure you are prepared for any emergency so that you will not get panic if ever there will be a turn down of events. And lastly, beware of all pickpockets and snatchers nearby so you will not be their victim.