Free Admission to the National Museum: Part 2 - Museum of Anthropology

05 May 2016

This post is the 2nd part in the "Free Admission to the National Museum" adventure that the kids and I had.  The first part can be seen here.  The focus of this post is the Museum of Anthropology, also known as the Museum of the Filipino People.  It is located at the old Department of Finance Building in Rizal Park and may be considered as an extension of the National Museum.  It contains anthropological and archaeological artifacts about our Filipino heritage.

Free Admission to the National Museum: Part 1 - The National Art Gallery

05 May 2016


I've always wanted to revisit the National Museum with my kids.  I used to be able to visit it when I worked at the Senate since at one point, it was where the Upper House held their sessions and I'd go around at idle moments.  For the month of May, since it's National Heritage Month, the National Museum has offered "Free Admission" which made it a good time for an educational/cultural trip.  The "Free Admission" allows you to enter the National Museum (the National Art Gallery),  the Museum of the Filipino People (old Department of Finance Building) and the National Planetarium and all other regional museums in the country.  The National Museum is located at P. Burgos Drive, Rizal Park, Manila.

Trip to Pililla Wind Farm: Directions and Other Info

30 April 2016

The last time we went looking for the Pililla Wind Farm, we didn't actually end up getting there.  You can read about our journey here.  This time, we decided on traveling the route we were originally on (the Sampaloc-Tanay road) before we turned around and drove down via the less-known route from near Camp Capinpin.  At the 54MW Pililla Rizal Wind Farm, we were up close and personal with six (6) 125-meter tall wind turbines capable of generating 2MW of power.  From here, we also saw a row of 9 more wind turbines at a different location, presumably along the same road which we weren't able to access at this time.