National Museum Complex (Manila)

The National Museum Complex in Rizal Park, Manila is composed of the National Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Anthropology and the National Museum of Natural History and is the home of the National Museum of the Philippines. The Complex is designated as the Central Museum of NM, and all the other museum established outside of Manila will be considered as Satellite Museums. It was established through Republic Act No. 8492, also known as the National Museum Act of 1998, which establishes that the whole Executive House Building (also known as the Old Congress Building), the Department of Finance Building and the Department of Tourism Building in Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park, shall be the permanent and exclusive site of the National Museum, which shall be known as the National Museum Complex.[1] The National Planetarium in Rizal Park, which was managed by the National Museum since 1975, was included in the complex according to Republic Act No. 11333.[2] The National Museum of the Philippines is responsible in managing and developing the Complex.[3]

Features

Executive Building: The building shall be known as National Museum. It was formerly called as the Old Congress Building.

Preservation of the Congrate and Senate Session Halls: Both RA 8492 and RA 11333 mandates that the National Museum shall preserve the Session Halls of the Congress and Senate (located on the Executive Building) as a tribute to the legacy of the great men and women of the Philippine legislature for their invaluable contribution to the Filipino people.[1][2]

Master Plan: The National Museum shall develop the National Museum Complex within and adjacent to Rizal Park with reference to the Burnham Plan of Manila in 1905, to include such institutional exigencies as public exhibition, activity and function halls, office and operational spaces, museological and technical facilities, premises for commercial operations, vehicular parking, integrative infrastructure for its constituent buildings, parks and green areas, and other kinds of public spaces.[2]

Gomburza Monument: The Gomburza Monument by Solomon Saprid, opposite the Executive Building, shall be maintained by the National Museum.[2] Redevelopment took place on November 2019 up to January 2020, exposing the features of the walls and former moat of Intramuros, and creating a large public plaza and park that enhances the frontage of the Executive Building in accordance to the Master Plan.

Sentinel of Freedom (Lapu-Lapu Monument): The Sentinel of Freedom, or the Lapu-Lapu Monument by Juan Sajid Imao in the present Agrifina Circle is likewise maintained by the National Museum.[2]

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



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