National Museum of the Philippines - Rizal

13/01/2026

📢 PUBLIC ADVISORY | NMP Angono
📍 Angono–Binangonan Petroglyphs Site

Due to the increasing number of inquiries, NMP Angono-Binangonan Petroglyphs would like to inform the public of our operating and visiting hours:

🕗 Office Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
🕘 Regular Visiting Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
⏰ Early Visits: Visitors may be accommodated as early as 8:00 AM, provided that an assigned museum employee is present.

📅 Open: Monday to Sunday
⛔ Closed: During declared religious holidays

📩 Guided Tour Bookings:
Kindly send your requests via email:
[email protected]

Thank you for your continued interest in NMP Angono-Binangonan Petroglyphs and for supporting the preservation of our cultural heritage.

We look forward to welcoming you.

30/12/2025

30/12/2025

Shout out to our newest followers!

lExcited to have you onboard! Jayson Tatlonghari, Novy Jane Quiñonez Gervacio, Rosana Ferreras David, Ellou Arco, Ceddi Vizcaya, Aileen Tendido Ty

30/12/2025

30/12/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT

Arrange your visit at in accordance with its holiday schedule:

OPEN:
-December 30
-December 31
-January 2

CLOSED:
-January 1

Regular museum hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. ENTRANCE is FREE!

30/12/2025

Explore the first digital exhibition of NMPh on Dr. Jose Rizal

28/12/2025

𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠!

Jose Rizal was many things: a nationalist, a writer, a doctor, an artist, and a reformer–but he was also an ethnologist who built his own personal collection. His Berlin Museum collection attempted to become a nucleus of Philippine Studies abroad.

In 2009, Belgian scholar and Knight of Rizal Sir Lucien Spittael helped bring these objects back to the public eye.

In three days, we will get a glimpse of the 21 Filipino ethnographic objects Rizal collected in his lifetime through our digital exhibition, “𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐥'𝐬 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲.”

Unveiling this 𝟑𝟎 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.

26/12/2025

"Learning Through Heritage: Student Research at the Petroglyphs"

Glimpses of students as they conduct their study and research at the Angono–Binangonan Petroglyphs Site 📚✨
Inspiring young minds through culture, history, and heritage.

with permission to these students for posting

26/12/2025

Season Greetings from these students after they conducted their research and survey..

25/12/2025

𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬! 🎁🎅🎄🌟

Today, we feature this watercolor painting by Jose V. Pereira, which shows one of the most beloved and enduring traditions of Filipino Christmas–caroling!

The work shows a woman singing Christmas carols as she knocks on her tambourine. To her left, a man sits and accompanies her voice with his accordion.

Christmas caroling in the Philippines is often performed in neighborhoods, churches, barangays, and even at Christmas concerts. In neighborhoods, groups of carolers often go door-to-door to knock and sing as they excitedly anticipate their 𝘱𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘰, a gift or token of gratitude from the patrons who listened to them sing. Additionally, some children make improvised tambourines out of metal wire and metal bottle caps and drums out of rubber-covered tin cans.

Aside from traditional caroling, other music practices during Christmas in the Philippines also carry religious themes and reenactments. These include the 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘺𝘢𝘯 (a dramatic reenactment of the Nativity), 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 (a reenactment of the Adoration of the Shepherds), and 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵 (a chant of the Christmas story from the Gospels).

What’s your favorite Christmas carol? 🎶🔔

🖼️Playing Accordion and Cymbal (Undated), Jose V. Pereira, Watercolor on paper, National Fine Arts Collection, Image courtesy of Bengy Toda III and the National Museum of the Philippines

*Our museums are 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 today and we look forward to welcoming you back on 26 December.