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Specialty Museums in Manila

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Specialty Museums in Manila

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  • Czar Emmanuel
    Manila, Philippines10,311 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    There are actually three national museums close to one another in the Rizal Park area ... the National Museum of Anthropology, the National Museum of Natural History, and the National Museum of Fine Arts. Each has its own particular collection. You can visit any of them depending on your personal interests ... History, Art, etc. Entrance is free. They are closed on Mondays. They do get a bit crowded on Sundays. Queues can also be quite long and slow as they manually register guests. Collections are well-arranged and properly labeled. Some galleries are closed. Lighting system can be improved. Perhaps they need to add more elevators to give visitors easy access to the upper floors. Parking is a bit of a problem as there are very limited slots. Lastly, they could put up souvenir shops and nice restaurants as well.
    Written June 3, 2024
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  • rachell a
    Houston, Texas, United States189 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    My husband and I vacationed with my sister, brother-in-law (BIL), and my parents during the Christmas holidays. One of the sites we decided to go to was Intramuros in Manila. I am sure glad we went because it is a beautiful experience. You learn about the country's history through interesting pictures and summaries.

    I would recommend coming here if ever in the area. It is a beautiful museum and interesting to learn about Philippine history.
    Written February 3, 2020
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  • 644AndreaC
    237 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    What an interesting museum. Our first time to visit this museum. Very interesting, learned a lot of facts about the first Chinese settlers that came to the Philippines. Lots of history.Nicely done , the lay outs and all the visuals were very good. A good hour and a half or so is good enough to go through the museum.
    Written January 10, 2024
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  • Jason S
    Melbourne, Australia2,275 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Rizal Shrine is very well maintained, located in Rizal Park and easy to get to from the walled city. Shrine has two guards of honor and regular perform changing of the guards.

    Nice open space a great monument to the people of Philippines.
    Written March 21, 2024
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  • renzie22
    Luzon, Philippines100 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    we've been wanting to visit museo pambata for the longest time and finally we had a chance to do a walk-in visit last week. so many things to see and learn in this place. too bad, one room is unavailable due to renovations. we are the only visitors during that time, almost like we rented the whole place for ourselves. and amazingly, the air conditioner is working just fine. 👍🏼 there were staff who assisted us and took photos of us but not on all rooms. 🙁 no one walked us through the tour but that was understandable since it is not an actual field trip 😅 although, im kinda annoyed with the two ladies (staff) that was chatting instead of offering us assistance. they're just minding their own business and continued chatting as if there are no customers around. 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼🤬

    anyway, my personal fave in the entire tour was when we wrote something on the wall using the flashlights of our cellphones. that was sooooo cool. 👍🏼 as well as the earthquake simulation table. 👍🏼

    some facilities need to be fixed tho'.
    📍the heart beat sound machine - sounds the same for all categories. im not sure but it really sounded the same for us.
    📍body sounds - at times it wasn't working when we press the buttons
    📍wall climbing area - the helmets are too big for kids, dirty, and some are busted
    📍the outer space area - some of the buttons are not working
    📍kaleidoscope - it's too hard for kids to rotate it on their own. it is kinda heavy for adults actually.

    overall, my daughter totally enjoyed everything and that's what's important. 😊
    Written February 19, 2020
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  • ian g
    St. Albans, UK94 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Interesting for someone who knows little about the history.
    Good access, well laid out.
    Gardens outside, very nice for relaxing.
    Written February 28, 2019
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  • tolentinomaldex
    Cagayan de Oro, Philippines772 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Intramuros and Rizal and Bagumbayan is interconnected in the Philippine history as it was at this era marks the colorful life of Jose Rizal where he was imprisoned and shot to death in Bagumbayan in December 30. 1896.
    Written February 4, 2017
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  • EndlessTravels
    Greater Melbourne, Australia38,696 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    We discovered by accident while waiting for taxi at bayleaf. Lovely collection of Bonsai and other exotic plants. Located near Manila High School
    Written April 5, 2019
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