After seeing on Facebook that the National Museum of the Philippines has FREE admission for the whole month of May 2016, we chose to spend the whole day inside the museum rather than watching TV, with the hot election in the mainstream. It is better to be in front of historical artifacts than listen to some people for their political agenda.
The Spoliarium by Juan Luna is the biggest painting I saw in my 20-something years of existence. This painting is also one of the superstars among others, and it was painted by prominent people in the country. We arrived at the National Museum around 11AM, so we had perfect timing and a clean shot of the Spoliarium without too many people on the sides.
One of the must-see items in the National Museum of the Filipino People is a segment of the world-famous Berlin Wall. This wall was brought to the Philippines to showcase its historical value to the Filipino people and let us see the actual Berlin Wall.
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| Photo: Actual Segment of Berlin Wall. |
I stand 5 feet, five and a half inches, standing by the wall. Can you see how tall this wall is? The Berlin Wall separated or cut the line between Europe's Western and Eastern Bloc. It was built to contain the East German population on their side and prevent them from migrating. It was demolished to signal the start of the end of the Cold War, and now the German government has given this segment of the historical wall to the Philippines.
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