The Past is Just Nearby
Two private
museums within the metropolis tell our history and describe
our identity
By Don G. Rapadas
Ayala Museum
History in Dioramas
Envisioned in the 1950s by well-known
abstractionist Fernando Zobel de Ayala y Montojo (1924-1984),
the Ayala Museum became a reality in 1967 as a project of
the Ayala Foundation. The goal was to instill awareness and
appreciation of Philippine culture and art among Makati businessmen.
Lopez Museum
Six
Centuries of Arts and Culture
The Lopez Memorial Museum was established
on 13 February 1960 – a concrete evidence of the Lopez’s
family’s commitment to preserve the nation’s cultural
heritage. Built in honor of his parents Benito Lopez and Presentacion
Hofileña, it was also Don Eugenio’s (the Old Man)
way of providing scholars and students access to his personal
collection of rare Filipiniana books, manuscripts, maps, archaeological
artifacts, and fine art. It was believed that the ‘Old
Man’ acquired all these rare collections through his
close ties with Don Alfonso Ongpin, an inveterate art dealer
and collector in the 19th century.
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