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18th and 19th century French travel accounts of the Philippines...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:33:20 +0800

18th and 19th century French travel accounts of the Philippines in the Lopez Museum and Library collection.

May is National Heritage Month and as Musee du Quai Branly in Paris celebrate our heritage, history and national treasures, take a peek at the 18th and 19th century French travel accounts of the Philippines in the Lopez Museum and Library collection.

National Commission for Culture and the Arts: Since the signing of Proclamation No. 439 on August 11, 2003, declaring the month of May as National Heritage Month “in recognition of the need to create among the people a consciousness, respect, and pride for the legacies of Filipino cultural history, and love of country,” the whole country is given a chance to highlight and appreciate its cultural treasures. It is also an occasion to raise awareness on their significance.

Images from Lopez Museum and Library (left to right)

(1) M. L. A. Milet-Mureau, ed., Voyage de la Perouse Autour du Monde… (1797). La Perouse’s voyage, a well-written travel account from the eighteenth century, contains valuable scientific information, observations on local inhabitants, and a vast array of geographic and cartographic data. He visited Cavite, Manila, and Zamboanga and observed, among other things, that the locals had been conditioned to believe “that the present life is a mere passage and the goods of the world are useless.”

(2) Chretien Louis de Joseph Guignes, Voyages a Peking, Manille et l’île de France… (1808). An old China hand, Guignes served as an interpreter to the Dutch mission in Peking and spent seventeen years in Imperial China. He offered valuable insights on the Philippines and Manila in volume 3, pages 362-419.

(3) Dumont de Urville and Jules Sebastian Cesar, Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde… (1834-1835). Volume 2, numbers 138-139 describes the archipelago of Sulu and numbers 114-146, the archipelago of the Philippines.

Talinghaga Sa Mga Kasalukuyang Pangyayari: Felix Resurreccion...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:28:22 +0800

Talinghaga Sa Mga Kasalukuyang Pangyayari: Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo at Francisco Balagtas.

La Derotta de Limahong ni Felix R. Hidalgo.

Mga tula mula sa Pagtatagumpay ng Bagong Marte, Ika-Sampung Kabanata, Florante at Laura ni Francisco Balagtas.

Alamin ang kabuuang tula:
http://lopezseum.blogspot.com/2013/05/mga-talinghaga-sa-mga-kasalukuyang.html

With the global theme Museums (Memory + Creativity) = Social...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:44:00 +0800

With the global theme Museums (Memory + Creativity) = Social Change for International Museum Day, on view at Lopez Museum is Ship, Shift, Strip by artist Toym Imao.

Imao uses his sculptures to bring attention to specific social issues, Ship, Shift, Strip is a commentary on the USS Guardian that ran aground on Tubbataha Reef.

Read more:

http://lopezseum.blogspot.com/2013/04/staying-grounded.html

Batanes Islands: Maps and History await you at Lopez Museum...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:51:00 +0800

Batanes Islands: Maps and History await you at Lopez Museum & Library Free Admission Today May 18, 2013 for International Museum Day

Also Be a LOPEZ MUSEUM & LIBRARY MEMBER today!

MEMBERSHIP FORM Download Link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9y2ar3ugo5tee5m/Lopez%20Museum%20Membership%20Application%20-%20FINAL.pdf

The Lopez Museum wants you to become a card-carrying museum and library member! For a P1,500 individual annual fee, become a member of the Lopez Memorial Museum and Library and be entitled to the following benefits: a personalized membership card; free unlimited access to museum exhibitions; free unlimited usage of the library; free unlimited use of Wi-Fi; discounts on selected library services, including printing and scanning; discounts on lectures and workshop fees.

You will also receive members-only emails with advance notice of exhibitions, programs, events and special offers. What’s more, you may check out two books at a time for 10 days from the library’s lending section.

Lopez Museum executive director Cedie Lopez Vargas says the lending service is a way to allow users of the library to take home and savor books that would otherwise be too expensive to purchase. “You could also take out books for your children or for your spouse,” she suggests.

Additionally, the library is also accepting book donations for the lending service. While Filipiniana would be welcome, Vargas says prospective donors should be guided by the following questions: What books would you like to share? What do you think people would like to read about? What would you like to see?

The Lopez Museum membership offer is open to individuals who live or work in the Philippines. For more info, call Ethel Villafranca or Paolo Arago at 631-2417 or 631-2425.

http://lopezlink.ph/spotlight/3659-the-lopez-museum-wants-you.html

Also, thanks to Yahoo! Southeast Asia’s recommendation to “Spend a day at the Lopez Museum” a hidden gem in the metropolis!

Read more: “There is an element of surprise in each gallery, as works by young artists are mixed with the museum’s own collection of older, established artists and National Artists—you’ll never know what awaits you.” http://yhoo.it/13wyrip

Take Flight with Free Admission this Saturday, May 18 as we...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:01:11 +0800

Take Flight with Free Admission this Saturday, May 18 as we celebrate International Museum Day at Lopez Museum & Library!

It’s halfway through National Heritage Month and take stock in the masterpieces of great Filipino Masters juxtaposed with contemporary artists in our ongoing exhibit GROUNDED.

GROUNDED: Dealing with the position of the museum as a cultural institution, the exhibition examines its relationship with different localities as it makes its way from Pasay, Pasig, and eventually to Makati. The exhibit focuses on waterscapes and features artworks from the museum’s permanent collection, along new works by invited artists Ahmed El Shaer, Khaled Hafez, Barbara Hlali, Toym Imao, Josephine Turalba, Goldie Poblador, Alma Quinto and Eric Zamuco.

Please call Tina at 6312417.

mlq3: Newsreel, first Philippine national election, 1935 (by...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:56:45 +0800

mlq3:

Newsreel, first Philippine national election, 1935 (by CinecittaLuce)

Paki-SHARE Kung Ika’y Naka-BOTO Na. MABUHAY ANG...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:19:55 +0800

Paki-SHARE Kung Ika’y Naka-BOTO Na. MABUHAY ANG DEMOKRASYA!

Inang Bayan wants your Honest Votes, Votos Honrados (Free Press,...

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:42:00 +0800

Inang Bayan wants your Honest Votes, Votos Honrados (Free Press, 30 May 1931)

How To Vote On May 13, 2013
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/08/13/infographic-how-vote-may-13

Resources: UP sa Halalan 2013
http://www.halalan.up.edu.ph/

Download the Electoral Almanac http://pcdspo.gov.ph/pub/Election-Almanac.pdf

Mga paalala para sa Halalan 2013:http://www.gov.ph/2013/05/08/mga-paalala-ukol-sa-halalan-2013/

Reminders for the 2013 Elections
http://www.gov.ph/2013/05/08/reminders-for-the-2013-elections/

Election Infographics and Reminders
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151582749069824.1073741839.90180039823&type=1&l=c86aa3b2ab

Go out and exercise your right, just as our leaders have in the...

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:37:53 +0800

Go out and exercise your right, just as our leaders have in the past. | @govph

malacanan:

It’s almost time for the 2013 midterm elections, and the PML Tumblr Team would like to encourage everyone to go out and vote. Go out and exercise your right, just as our leaders have in the past.

ABOVE: Carlos P. Garcia voting in Tagbilaran, Bohol on November 14, 1961. Running for re-election, he ended up losing to his Vice President, Diosdado Macapagal.

Some things to keep in mind for the 2013 elections.

Learn more about the electoral history of the Philippines with the Philippine Electoral Almanac.

Apotheosis of Andres Bonifacio Today we commemorate the 116th...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:54:58 +0800

Apotheosis of Andres Bonifacio

Today we commemorate the 116th Death Anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio. He and his brother Procopio were executed in Maragondon after a trial in 1897.

Resources: Transcript of the Trial of Andres Bonifacio

In Art heroic figures are often celebrated in an allegorical manner referred to as ‘apotheosis’ which is the elevation of a dead leader (often one who was assassinated and/or martyred) to a kind of superhuman charismatic figure.

Inang Bayan wants your Honest Votes, Votos Honrados (Free Press,...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:55:33 +0800

Inang Bayan wants your Honest Votes, Votos Honrados (Free Press, 30 May 1931)

Resources: UP sa Halalan 2013
http://www.halalan.up.edu.ph/

Mga paalala para sa Halalan 2013:http://www.gov.ph/2013/05/08/mga-paalala-ukol-sa-halalan-2013/

Reminders for the 2013 Elections
http://www.gov.ph/2013/05/08/reminders-for-the-2013-elections/

The Elections: Before and After / Las Elecciones: Antes y...

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:36 +0800

The Elections: Before and After / Las Elecciones: Antes y Despues, May 20, 1922. Philippine Free Press, Manila, P.I.

Happy Earth Day! Natural History: Francis Drake and William...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:30:13 +0800

Happy Earth Day! Natural History: Francis Drake and William Dampier, Voyage Round the World (1881). Among the great English explorers of the Pacific Ocean were Drake and Dampier. On their return, Drake was knighted by Elizabeth I. in 1684, Dampier, on board the Cygnet with Captain Swan, visited Sulu and Mindanao, where he made valuable detailed descriptions of the flora, fauna, and the Maguindanao people. (Lopez Library Archives)

Turtle Images: (middle) top right from Silliman University Natural History Museum, (middle) bottom right from Silliman University Anthropology Museum

Happy Earth Day! Flora de Filipinas! Stephen Jay Gould writes in...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:13:00 +0800

Happy Earth Day! Flora de Filipinas!

Stephen Jay Gould writes in Crossing Over: Where Art and Science Meet (2000)

The much maligned practice of taxonomy, the ordering and classification of organisms, takes a culturally imposed backseat to the more interventionist and generalizing style of experimentation and quantification in science. But taxonomy should be viewed as one of the most fundamental, and most noble, of scientific pursuits – for what can be more basic than the parsing of nature’s rich and confusing complexity? Our categories, moreover, record our modes of thought, and taxonomy therefore teaches us as much about our mental functioning as about nature’s variety.

We must taxonomize to make sense of anything diverse and complex. We therefore classify our activities and professions in various ways, just as we order other organisms in Linnaean standards.

Flora de Filipinas by Fr. Francisco Manuel Blanco

The “grand” (monumental) edition of Father Manuel Blanco’s Flora de Filipinas (1877; 1880) is one of the Lopez Library’s highlights. During the 1883 World’s Fair in Amsterdam, his drawings won the prize of honor for science. Fr. Blanco’s floral encyclopedia, “the Spanish Linneo,” consisted of four volumes of colored plates printed in Manila and two volumes of color plates printed in Barcelona.

What is Natural History?

Natural history tells the story of our living earth. It comprises the systematic observation, classification, interpretation, and description of the biosphere and its inhabitants.

Natural history is a primary component of culture. Every society develops some system for classifying, interpreting, and valuing animals, plants, and other natural phenomena. These systems shape our understanding of the world and our place in it.

Natural history is field-based. It begins with direct observation and study of organisms in the conditions under which they actually live.

Natural history is interdisciplinary. While grounded in the natural sciences, it engages the humanities, social sciences, and the arts, and it informs technical fields such as medicine, agriculture, forestry, and environmental management.

Why does Natural History matter?

Natural history helps to shape communities and individuals. It gives us deeper insights into our relationships with other beings and the places we inhabit.

Natural history promotes sound environmental practice. It grounds policy in ecological reality, guides decision-making, and inspires and enhances conservation efforts at all levels.

Natural history informs and energizes environmental education. It connects students with nature, creates synergy across fields, and draws strength from all major divisions of the university. It prepares students to live honorably and responsibly in a sustainable world.

Source: http://naturalhistorynetwork.org/about/

On April 27, 4-6 pm: Off The Ground: An Afternoon of Music,...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:21:00 +0800

On April 27, 4-6 pm: Off The Ground: An Afternoon of Music, Poetry, and Visual Arts

27 April from 4-6 pm, spend an afternoon engaging in classical music, contemporary art, and literature at the Lopez Museum and Library. Organized in partnership with High Chair to celebrate the birth month of National Artist for Music/Literature Levi Celerio, “Off the Ground” will treat visitors to a poetry reading by Raymond John de Borja, Marlon Hacla, and Franz Joel Libo-on, whose newest books, they day daze, Glossolalia, and Humigit-Kumulang will also be launched during the event. Soprano Elainne Marie Vibal will sing select songs penned by Levi Celerio songswhile accompanied by a quintet of music scholars from the Orchestra of the Filipino Youth.

Also on display is the museum’s latest exhibition, Grounded, which juxtaposes works of guest contemporary artists Alma Quinto, Goldie Poblador, Josephine Turalba, Toym Imao, Eric Zamuco, Barbara Hlali, Khaled Hafez, and Ahmed El Shaer with works from the Lopez Museum collection such as those of Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, Fernando Amorsolo, Jose Joya, Nena Saguil, just to name a few.

High Chair is a non-profit small press that seeks to promote genuine interest in poetry in the country through print and online publication, lectures and conversations, community workshops, and the development of poetry-teaching modules for use in the classroom and the community. Orchestra of the Filipino Youth is an after-school program that offers opportunities for children from deprived communities to achieve their full musical potential.

The Lopez Memorial Museum is at the ground floor, Benpres Building Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. Museum days and hours are Mondays-Saturdays, 8am-5pm, except holidays. For information and registration, call Fanny at 631-2417 or email

Araw ng Kagitingan / Day of Valor: Wartime sketch of evacuees by...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:05:07 +0800

Araw ng Kagitingan / Day of Valor: Wartime sketch of evacuees by Fernando Amorsolo (collaged with the bombed out Manila Post Office)

“In Bataan we showed the world once more our heritage of heroism. By every nation’s first duty of self-defense and self-preservation, we took up arms and fought the invader. No self-respecting nation could have shirked the challenge of that treacherous attack that started in Baguio on December 8, 1941. To have avoided that challenge or to have cowered before it would have been to lose all pride and dignity, to have suffered a bottomless humiliation.”

http://www.gov.ph/1943/11/15/inaugural-address-of-president-manuel-l-quezon-november-15-1943/

The Lopez Museum and Library will be closed on April 9, Tuesday in commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan / Day of Valor (also known as Bataan Day)

Telegram of President Quezon to President Roosevelt, February 8,...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:40:00 +0800

Telegram of President Quezon to President Roosevelt, February 8, 1942

The situation of my country has become so desperate that I feel that positive action is demanded. Militarily it is evident that no help will reach us from the United States in time either to rescue the beleaguered garrison now ﬁghting so gallantly or to prevent the complete overrunning of the entire Philippine Archipelago. My people entered the war with the conﬁdence that the United States would bring such assistance to us as would make it possible to sustain the conﬂict with some chance of success. All our soldiers in the ﬁeld were animated by the belief that help would be forthcoming. This help has not and evidently will not be realized. Our people have suffered death, misery, devastation. After 2 months of war not the slightest assistance has been forthcoming from the United States. Aid and succour have been dispatched to other warring nations such as England, Ireland, Australia, the N. E. I. and perhaps others, but not only has nothing come here, but apparently no effort has been made to bring anything here. The American Fleet and the British Fleet, the two most powerful navies in the world, have apparently adopted an attitude which precludes any effort to reach these islands with assistance. As a result, while enjoying security itself, the United States has in effect condemned the sixteen millions of Filipinos to practical destruction in order to effect a certain delay. You have promised redemption, but what we need is immediate assistance and protection.We are concerned with what is to transpire during the next few months and years as well as with our ultimate destiny. There is not the slightest doubt in our minds that victory will rest with the United States, but the question before us now is : Shall we further sacriﬁce our country and our people in a hopeless ﬁght? I voice the unanimous opinion of my War Cabinet and I am sure the unanimous opinion of all Filipinos that under the circumstances we should take steps to preserve the Philippines and the Filipinos from further destruction.

http://philippinediaryproject.wordpress.com/

http://www.gov.ph/1942/02/08/telegram-of-president-quezon-to-president-roosevelt-february-8-1942/

A very poignant scene depicted by Fernando Amorsolo in the detail of his painting The Burning of the Intendencia (1942).

Fernando C. Amorsolo
The Burning of the Intendencia (1942)
Oil on canvas
43.7 x 59 cm.
Lopez Museum Collection

Oh! Mother, House Lannister! Art Exploration for Kids 4-6 Years...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:00:36 +0800

Oh! Mother, House Lannister! Art Exploration for Kids 4-6 Years Old! Art Exploration: The Lopez Museum and Library will be holding a summer kids’ workshop on April 11, 16, 18, 23 from 9.30 - 11.30 am.

Art Exploration, designed for kids ages four to six years old, will cover basic art concepts and feature the museum’s collection to serve as examples and inspiration for the kids. Sessions will include activities that will help the children explore and discover figure drawing, still-life, portraits, and landscapes.

Registration fee for the workshop is Php 2,500.00 (exclusive of workshop materials). For inquiries and registration, please call Fanny or Tina at 631-2417 or send an email to lmmpasig@gmail.com

The Month of April at Lopez Museum and Library Image Inspired...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:21:54 +0800

The Month of April at Lopez Museum and Library

Image Inspired by the 225th Birth Anniversary of Francisco Baltazar (April 2, 1788 - February 20, 1862)

April 11, 16, 18, and 23: Art Exploration workshop for Kids ages 4-6 years old.

April 27, 9 am -4:30 pm: FREE Workshop: Dis/grasya, part of the series of workshops facilitated by Grounded guest artist Alma Quinto

April 27, 4 pm - 6 pm: FREE Off the Ground: An Afternoon of Music, Poetry, and Visual Arts.

Art Exploration

April 11, 16, 18, and 23

9:30 - 11:30 AM

with Eric Roca

Fee: Php 2,500.00 (exclusive of materials)

A four-day art workshop designed for kids ages four to six years old that will cover basic art concepts and feature themuseum’s collection to serve as examples and inspiration for the kids. Sessions will include activities that will help the children explore and discover figure drawing, still-life, portraits, and landscapes.

Dis/grasya: Transforming narratives of pain struggle into power.

April 27 9 am - 4:30 pm

with Alma Quinto

FREE

Participants of the workshop will explore how they can foster resilience and turn daily struggles into a learning experience. Grounded guest artist, Alma Quinto, will use the creative process of art as a tool for empowerment. This special workshop for public school teachers aims to help them realize that engaging students in art need not be an expensive endeavor.

Off the Ground: An afternoon of music, poetry, and visual arts

April 27, 4-6 PM

FREE

Spend the afternoon engaging your senses as Lopez Museum and High Chair launch latest books of Raymond John de Borja, Marlon Hacla, and Franz Joel Libo-on. Listen to excerpts from the their collection of poems while being serenaded with select Levi Celerio songs and viewing artworks from the current exhibition, Grounded.

Maligayang Araw ng Pagkabuhay ni Kristo! Happy Easter from Lopez...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 07:47:05 +0800

Maligayang Araw ng Pagkabuhay ni Kristo! Happy Easter from Lopez Museum and Library.