MUSEUM OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

INTRODUCTION

         This museum was originally designed by the Ralph Harrington Doane, the american consulting architect of the bureau of public works and his assistant Antonio Tolendo. Construction began in 1918 and it was inaugurated on 16 July 1926 then had cost 4 millions pesos.

Gallery 1,2,3,5, ( San Diego I, II, III, IV )

It is artifacts and how it appeared when discovered by the archeologists at a depth on 54 meters underwater. San Diego a spanish trading vessel built in Cebu by European builders. it is known  as "San Antonio". In Gallery II and III, there are traces the history of the battleship "San Diego" when it collided with the Dutch Ship, "Mauritius" on 14 Dec 1600 shores of the Nasugbu, Batangas bringing down 14 cannons, armaments and navigational instrumentals.  In galley IV, there are showcases treasures retrieved from the ill-fated ship, include jars, porcelain, jewelry, silver coins and pottery.

Gallery 4 ( the five centuries of maritime trade before the arrivals of the west)

One of the major links in the maritime trade among the East Asian countries before the arrivals of spaniards to the Philippine archipelago.

gallery 6 (Pinagmulan -the origin)

Present information on the origin of the Philippine islands and the Filipinos as a whole. Interactive displays and hands on gadget are installed to make the visit more enjoyable and meaningful.

Gallery 7 (Kaban ng Lahi - archeological treasures)

The potray burisl practices of ancient Filipinos and shows sample of burial jars as well as utilitarian pottery excavated in  different cave sites. There are shaped in human figures and facial expressions.

       

Gallery 8 (Kinahinathan - The filipino Today) 

It focuses on the material culture of the different ethno-linguistic groups in the country. it is divided into 4 section which the Filipino People, The Ecological Zones, The National treasures and The National Living Treasures.

Gallery 9 ( cloth traditions) 

Features of the colorful and interesting Philippines traditional Textiles as early 20th century.

Entrance fees =        Adult : p100.00 each
                               Children : p30.00 with upon presentation of ID

Exhibit days =          Daily except Monday and Tuesday

Hours =                  10.00 am - 4.30 pm

Free admission =     Sunday for walks ins only.

THE ROYAL REGALIA MUSEUM IN BRUNEI

INTRODUCTION 

This museum was built in 1992 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of his Majesty's The Sultan of Brunei to accession to the throne in 1967. the museum houses a collection of Rand also Royal Paraphelnia and also an exhibition on the constitution of the nation. 

A photostop will be made at the Sultan Omar Ali Suifuddien Mosque. it's minarel stands at 152 ft/44 m and it is the tallest structure in Bandar Sri Bengawan and presently in no other structure in the city is allowed to exceed its height. 

There are replicas of throne, various crowns, gowns, weapon and splendid examples of tributes offered to the sultan. Gifts of elaborate crystal, jade, ivory and silver that serve to remind the visitor of the Sultan inscrutable wealth. 

The most interesting section are the life sized replica of the Sultan silver jubileesin 1992 and a small room which houses the many decorations to his military service.  His silver jubilee documented with to a scale model of his parade float with scores of uniformed mannequins encompassing it to represent his honour guard. The twenties different countries military honors and education exemplify the sultan apparently the military prowess. 

Entrance :           Free of Charge (foc)

Hours :           9.00 am - 5.00 pm

Address :     Museum Royal Regalia,

                Alat Kebesaran Diraja,

                Jalan Sultan, 

                Bandar Sri Bengawan 

                Brunei.

  
All belonging include camera must be left at the counter in order to enter and enjoy the chronology in Sultan life's. 

Lao National Museum

Lao National Museum

A visit to the Lao National Museum is an excellent way to learn about the history, culture and people of Laos while spending a couple of hours out of the sun. The Lao National Museum is housed in the old French Governor’s mansion, which was built in 1925. Formerly known as the Lao Revolutionary Museum, it was renamed in 2000 and is sometimes also referred to as the Lao National History Museum. The exhibits of ancient Lao history and culture on the ground floor include a particularly interesting display from the Plain of Jars (Savannakhet), which features an intact jar from the site.  

The first fire truck in Laos from 1982

Many of the exhibits are a bit faded and the old French colonial building is falling apart, but the museum covers a lot of ground, from prehistoric times to the modern day. Although the range of artifacts and photographs is not as comprehensive or as well organised as in a national museum, there are nonetheless some fascinating exhibits here. Of the modern-day exhibits, many visitors find the one about unexploded ordinances from the American War the most fascinating and thought-provoking. From 1964 to 1973, Laos was heavily bombed, and many unexploded shells remain scattered around the countryside. 

The ground floor houses a mixture of ancient items such as dinosaur bones, pottery shards and Khmer sculptures that trace the early history of the region.Upstairs, you will find more detail in the exhibits, which depict the turbulent modern history of Laos from the Siamese invasions and the French colonial period to the American military presence during the Vietnam War, and through to the present day. There is a heavy emphasis on the struggle for independence and the introduction of communism in 1975, which explains why the museum was originally named the Lao Revolutionary Museum.

Opening Hours: From 08:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 16:00, seven days a week. Closed on public holidays. 

Location: The Lao National Museum is located in the centre of town on Thanon Samsenthai, one block from the Lao Plaza Hotel and in front of the Tennis Club and the National Stadium. 

How to get there: You can easily walk, ride a rented bicycle, or take a tuk-tuk or jumbo to the National Museum from anywhere in central Vientiane. Thanon Samsenthai is one of the main boulevards in the city, and runs parallel with the river.

The Singapore Coins and Notes Museum

Introduction

The entrance of Singapore Coins and Notes Museum

The Singapore Coins and Notes Museum located at Chinatown. It is the first and only museum in Singapore that represent about currency. It shows the visitors about Singapore’s currency from the 1800s. The museum was establish to make local visitors and tourists learn about all the currency. Other than that, its also as a educational display for people and it is very ineresting part about coins and notes are used for weddings, ornamentation and other purposes in different cultures. Moreover, they can learn about the foreign coins and notes used here in colonial times. It is very unique exhibition on ancient coins, notes and items used for barter trade. As a visitors, they also can have experience to make their own coin using vintage manual press machine as a souvenir to bring home.

Gallery

This is the gallery of the currency collection for all coins and notes at this museum.

Coins

Currency Notes

Some of the currency collection

World largest coin replica 

Operation hour

Open daily 10am – 8pm

Admission Fees

Per entry

Adults - S$10
Children (3-12 years) - S$6
National Serviceman and students - S$6
Senior Citizens (above 60 years old) - S$6
Family - S$25 (2 Adults + 2 Children)

Museum Membership

Family	S$80 annually (2 Adults + 2 Children)
Dual	S$50 annually

Location

40 Pagoda Street, Singapore 059199

contact number : +65-6222-2486

How to get there

By Taxi : Drop off at the taxi stand on Temple Street

By MRT : CLOSEST MRT STATION Chinatown ( North East Line)

NATIONAL ART GALLERY NATIONAL MUSEUM AT MANILA OF THE PHILIPPINES II

Exhibits =

    

      When you enter, two sculptures by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino will greet. they are heroic monument, cast in metal, to Manuel Quezon, Former Senate the House, and Sergio Osmeno, Former Speaker of the Houses. At the lobbyof the building are two wooden relief by National Artist Napoleon Abueva assisted by renatto Rocha and Jose Mendozza. They portray Raja sulayman, His courts and the Pelisades (1967) and Lagazpi and the founding of Manila ( 1967). At the pediments of the back and front facades of the building and at the former session hall of the Philippines Senate are sculptures by Otto Fisher Credo, Walter Strauss, Vidal Tampinco, and Ramon Martinez.

The Old House of Representatives Session Hall ( The Hall of the Master

       This room dedicated to the 19th century Filipino painters Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo who achieved prominence at the 1884 Madrid Exposition. Luna's spoilarium received one of the three gold and Hidalgo's Virgenes Cristianas Expuetes al Papulacho (cristian virgin presented populace) received one of the forteen medals.

Gallery I (Luiz 1. Ablaza hall)

Colonial Philippines Religious art from the 17th to the 19th centuries, prominent among which is aretablo from the church of San Nicolas de Tolentino in Dimiao , Bohol - a national Culture Treasure - together with a selection of carved religious image (santos)  

Gallery II ( FCCP Hall)

       

         In 1821, these fourteen paintings were collectively declared as a National Culture Treasure. they depict in naive and vivid style the famous 1807 uprising in Locos against rule that would improve tariff and restrictions on their famous sugarcane based wine

Gallery III

Its featuring the museum considerable holding of the work of Juan Luna and key contemporaries. Its highlights include works by Lorenzo Guerrero, Gaston o'forrell, and many more. Features are also nearly 100 works by Luna that formed part of historic donations of Graced Luna San Pedro Collection by the far east banked Trust Company in the early 1990s

Gallery IV ( Fundacion Santiago Hall ) 

Continuing the theme and late 19th century period of the previous gallery that works by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo are featured together with sculptures Isabelo Tampinco gift from Ernesto and Aracell Salas.

Gallery V  

This galley works by the Polymath and National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal. it is including four original sculptures and one fine drawing form his 1886 in Berlin.

 Gallery VI ( Foundation of the Philippines Hall ) 

The works of the great modernists of Philippines art and featuring important works by Victorio Edades, Diosdado Lorenzo and many more.

A gallery dedicated to the progress of the medicine in Philippines. In a four set paintings by Carlos V. Francisco. These extraordinary works were placed on indefinite loan to the national museum by the University of the Philippines to secure their preservation for future generations. 

The Maritime Experiential Museum and Aquarium

Introduction

Entrance of Maritime Experiential Museum & Aquarium

The Maritime Experiential Museum is located in Resorts World Sentosa on the other side of the Bull Ring from Universal Studios Singapore. The museum sits on the water's edge and is shaped like an overturned hull of a ship. The museum is first and only museum that shows people the history about maritime heritage of Asia. At the museum have around 400 amazing objects. The Maritime Experiential Museum is inspired by Admiral Zheng. People will have opportunity to visit the eight ports of call at The Souk where visitors will be fascinated by the sight, smell and sounds of the people and cultures and the interesting stories about these ports along the maritime trade routes.

Attractions

Omani Dhow (Jewel of Muscat)

The main product of the Maritime Experiential Museum is the Omani Dhow (Jewel of Muscat). This is a gift from the government of Oman to the people of Singapore is a reconstruction of a 9th century Arab dhow built using traditional materials and construction techniques. Following ancient maritime routes, the Jewel of Muscat sailed from Oman to Singapore in 2010 without any modern navigational equipment and completed the journey in five months. 

Typhoon Theatre

Other attraction is Typoon Theatre. It has 150 seats and 360-degree theater that takes visitors on a perilous voyage on board a 9th-century Chinese junk.

Location

Resorts World Sentosa 
8 Sentosa Gateway098269

Contact Number : 6577 8899

Admission fees

Museum Admission Ticketing

Adult :                                               $5.00

Child (4-12 years) :                             $5.00

Senior Children ( 65 years and above) :  $3.00

Typhoon Theatre Ticketing

Adult :                                               $6.00

Child (4-12 years) :                             $4.00

Senior Children (65 years and above) :   $3.00

Operation hour

Hours of Operation Museum
10am - 9pm daily

Typhoon Theatre
10am - 8pm daily

Vietnamese Women's Museum

Vietnamese Women's Museum is located at Thuong Kiet, Hoan  Kiem, Ha Noi. This Museum is fascinating look at the strength and sacrifices of Vietnamese women. This Museum containing about 1000 artifacts. 

This Museum present three galleries with three themes which are Women In Family, Women In History, and Women's Fashion. The objective of this Museum is to shows to the visitors about the Vietnamese Women cultural and their role in community.

Here, visitors can learned the traditional cultural, women life, marriage customs, childbirth, women's clothing, and family life. Besides that, this Museum also has a store and a cafe where visitors can purchase traditional handicraft and traditional Vietnamese food.

The operation hours of this Museum is 8.00 - 5.00 pm everyday except Monday

NATIONAL ART GALLERY NATIONAL MUSEUM AT MANILA OF THE PHILIPPINES

About The Building =

             The building was originally designed as the public library by Ralph Harrington Doane, the American consulting  architect of the bureau of the public works and his assistant Antonio Toledo. the construction began in 1918 but was suspended several times because of lacks of funds. when it was decided that the building should be used by Legislature, the revision of the plans was entrusted to Juan Arellano, then supervising architect of the bureau. the building inaugurated on 16 July 1926 and by then had cost four million pesos

The building was part of Danial Burnham's plan for the development of Manila. Upon its collections, the second, the third and the fourth floor were occupied by the Senate and House of Representatives while the ground floor was occupied by the National Library.

The 1934 Constitutional Conventional was held in this building. on its front steps Manuel L. Quezon was sworn in as President of the Commonwealth. The Legislative Building was a casualty during the bombing and shelling of Manila in 1945. It was reconstructed in 1946 following the original plans with some revision such as the the replacement of flat pilasters of the stately rounded engaged columns. In mid-1996, the senate of the Philippines moved out of the building. In 2003, renovation started to transform it into National Art Gallery of the National Museum. 

National Museum of Cambodia

Introduction

The National Museum of Cambodia

National Museum of Cambodia was inaugurated by King Sisowath and the French Resident Francois Baudoin on 13 April 1920. The French archaeologist George Groslier designed the museum building with red bricks. The museum comprises four pavilions, facing the pretty garden.

Gallery

The museum houses one of the world’s greatest collections with over 14,000 items of Khmer cultural artifacts including sculpture and ceramics from the prehistoric, pre-Angkorian, Angkorian and post-Angkorian periods. The Museum promotes awareness, understanding and appreciation of Cambodia‘s heritage through the presentation, conservation, interpretation and acquisition of Cambodian cultural material. It aims to educate and inspire its visitors. At the museum, they provide French and English spoken guides for their visitors and they also have an opportunity to purchase books or pamplets.

The Khmer collection of sculptures

Stone Head of Khmer empire period

Bronze Statue 

The Khmer collection of sculptures

Garuda, Mythical Bird-Man 

Location

Museum Map

Located at north of the Royal Palace - Street 13, Sangkat Chey Chumneas, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Admission Fees

Ticket - US$5

Operation hour

Open daily : 8 am – 11:30 am & 2:30 pm – 5 pm