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.

To everyone planning a visit in the Philippines, this is a highly recommended place to see first!

Tourists and non-tourists alike will benefit a lot from all the rich cultural & historical informations tastefully shown and depicted here. Lots of amazing artifacts and history.

Plan to spend an unhurried time to enjoy every details on display and presented in the museum.

Appreciations to the team of people who put all these things together making such a first class museum worth visiting many times.