The National Museum of Anthropology (), formerly known as the Museum of the Filipino People (), is a component museum of the National Museum of the Philippines dedicated to ethnological and archaeological exhibitions. It is located in the Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park, Manila, adjacent to the National Museum of Fine Arts building.
The museum is housed in a neoclassical building constructed between 1916 and 1918 from a design by Canadian-American architect Ralph Harrington Doane, who served as consulting architect to the Philippine government. The building formerly housed the Department of Finance. Among its notable collections are artifacts recovered from the wreck of the San Diego, as well as archaeological, ethnological, and zoological specimens.
Current galleries and offices
Ground floor
Ifugao House / Courtyard Office of the Exhibition, Editorial, and Media Production Services Division Office of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines Office of the Archaeology Division Office of the Ethnology Division Office of the Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Division National Museum Library
Second floor
Marble Hall The San Diego: 500 Years of Maritime Trade Garing: The Philippines at the Crossroads of Ivory Trade
Third floor
Lantaka: Of War and Peace Manlilikha ng Bayan Hall (National Living Treasure) Lumad: Mindanao Faith, Tradition and Place: Bangsamoro Art from the National Ethnographic Collection Kaban ng Lahi (Archaeological Treasures) Biyay: Traditional Ecological Knowledge among Philippine Negrito Communities Anito: Beliefs, Traditions and the Afterlife in Northern Luzon
Fourth floor
Reception Hall (Changing Gallery) Rice, Biodiversity and Climate Change Hibla ng Lahing Filipino: The Artistry of Philippine Textiles Baybayin: Ancient and Traditional Scripts of the Philippines Entwined Spheres: Mats and Baskets as Containers, Costumes and Conveyors Office of the Museum Services Division
Fifth floor
National Ethnographic Collection Repositories
See also National Museum of the Philippines
References
External links
Museum of the Filipino People: Home to the Anthropology and Archaeology Divisions of the National Museum of the Philippines