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๐Ÿ“ Housed within Fort Pilar, a National Cultural Treasure, the National Museum of the Philippines โ€“ Zamboanga preserves and promotes the rich cultural, historical, and natural heritage of the Southern Philippines. Our galleries feature marine biodiversity, ethnographic collections, contemporary art, and the enduring stories of the Sama, Subanon, Yakan, and other local communities.

๐Ÿ•˜ Open dai

ly | 9:00 AM โ€“ 5:00 PM
๐ŸŽŸ Free Admission
๐Ÿ“Œ Fort Pilar, Valderosa St., Poblacion Zone IV, Zamboanga City

Come explore one of Zamboangaโ€™s most treasured landmarks!

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐•๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆThe National Museum of ...
16/07/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐•๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ

The National Museum of the Philippines โ€“ Zamboanga proudly participated in the Regional IVY 2026 Celebrations Forum, organized by the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) in partnership with Zamboanga State College Of Marine Sciences And Technology, in celebration of the International Volunteer Year for Sustainable Development (IVY 2026).

Representing the museum as resource speaker, Ms. Maria Rosalinda K. Fernando, Supervising Administrative Officer, delivered a presentation on "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ." During the forum, she highlighted the National Museum's volunteerism journey, shared the history and development of its volunteer initiatives, and discussed the museum's practices in fostering meaningful community engagement through volunteer participation.

The online forum gathered representatives from national government agencies, local government units, higher education institutions, civil society organizations, corporate organizations, volunteer groups, and other sectors to exchange best practices and strengthen partnerships in advancing volunteerism for sustainable development.

The National Museum of the Philippines remains committed to promoting volunteerism as a catalyst for heritage conservation, public service, and community empowerment, recognizing that collective action plays a vital role in safeguarding our shared cultural and natural heritage for future generations.

As the ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ) carries the theme, "๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€," the National Museum of the Philippines affirms that every act of volunteer serviceโ€”regardless of scaleโ€”contributes to building more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities. By fostering civic participation and shared responsibility, volunteerism continues to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and create lasting positive change.

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ (๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—ฌ) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ...
16/07/2026

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ (๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—ฌ) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„! ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“ฃ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ | ๐ƒ๐ข๐š ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐š ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐š๐ง๐จToday marks the 391s...
23/06/2026

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ |
๐ƒ๐ข๐š ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐š ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ

Today marks the 391st anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Fort Pilar, one of Zamboanga Cityโ€™s most significant historical landmarks and a recognized National Cultural Treasure, now serves as a regional museum of the National Museum of the Philippines. Since 1635, Fort Pilar has stood as a symbol of resilience, faith, and cultural continuity, bearing witness to centuries of the cityโ€™s history and transformation.

Coinciding with this commemoration is ๐ƒ๐ข๐š ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐š ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ, celebrated every 23 June to honor the enduring legacy of Chabacano, the Philippinesโ€™ only Spanish-based creole language. As an important expression of Zamboangueรฑo identity, Chabacano reflects the rich cultural exchanges that have shaped the city through time.

In celebration of these milestones, the National Museum of the Philippinesโ€“Zamboanga presents the Sketch and Stay Output Exposition, featuring artworks created during the International Museum Day celebration on 18 May 2026. Inspired by Fort Pilar, the sketches capture the beauty, history, and cultural heritage of Zamboanga City through the perspectives of participating artists.

Through art and heritage, the exposition invites visitors to appreciate the enduring significance of Fort Pilar and the vibrant cultural traditions that continue to shape the identity of the Zamboangueรฑo community.

๐Ÿ“ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€“๐—ญ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐„๐ƒ๐”๐‹๐„ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญIn observance of ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, the National Museum of the Philippines โ€“ Zamboanga rema...
12/06/2026

๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐„๐ƒ๐”๐‹๐„ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

In observance of ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, the National Museum of the Philippines โ€“ Zamboanga remains open to the public on 12 June 2026.

We invite everyone to visit our galleries and exhibitions and take this opportunity to explore the rich cultural, historical, and natural heritage of our nation.

Museum Hours:
๐Ÿ•˜ 9:00 AM โ€“ 5:00 PM
๐Ÿ“… Monday to Sunday

We look forward to welcoming you to the museum.

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ!We are pleased to share a sneak peek of workshop outputs from the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ...
10/06/2026

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ!

We are pleased to share a sneak peek of workshop outputs from the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ, soon to be featured at the Creative Hub.

Inspired by museum collections and exhibitions, participants expressed their reflections, observations, and appreciation of cultural and natural heritage through their artworks. Each pieces reflect their learning journey and the heartfelt ways they connected with the stories and objects they encountered during the activity. The complete collection of workshop outputs will be officially featured and displayed at the Creative Hub, where museum visitors will be able to experience the full range of creative expressions from our young artists.

We invite everyone to stay tuned and visit the Creative Hub soon to witness the full exposition of the 2026 Summer Art Camp outputs.

๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง! ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŽจDonโ€™t miss the final days of the ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“”๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“น๐“ธ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ผ ๐“ฆ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ด๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“น ๐“ž๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“น๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“”๐”๐“น๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท at the NMP Zambo...
10/06/2026

๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง! ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŽจ

Donโ€™t miss the final days of the ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“”๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“น๐“ธ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ผ ๐“ฆ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ด๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“น ๐“ž๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“น๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“”๐”๐“น๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท at the NMP Zamboanga Creative Hub!

Experience a compelling showcase of creative works inspired by the sea, coastal communities, and our relationship with the maritime environment. Through poetry, visual arts, and creative expression, the exposition invites visitors to reflect on the beauty, challenges, and stories of our shared waters.

๐Ÿ“ Creative Hub, NMP Zamboanga
๐Ÿ•˜ Open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Take this opportunity to support local artists, explore thought-provoking works, and immerse yourself in conversations about culture, ecology, and the sea.

See you at the Creative Hub before the exposition sails away!

๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐Œ๐”๐’๐„๐”๐Œ ๐€๐ƒ๐•๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐˜Good news! The National Museum of the Philippines-Zamboanga is pleased to announce the resumption of r...
09/06/2026

๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐Œ๐”๐’๐„๐”๐Œ ๐€๐ƒ๐•๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐˜

Good news! The National Museum of the Philippines-Zamboanga is pleased to announce the resumption of regular museum operations. We are excited to welcome visitors back to explore our exhibitions and discover the rich cultural and natural heritage of our nation.

๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ:
๐Ÿ“… Monday to Sunday
๐Ÿ•˜ 9:00 AM โ€“ 5:00 PM

See you at the museum!

๐Ÿšจ ๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚ ๐€๐ƒ๐•๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐˜๐ŸšจPlease be advised that the National Museum of the Philippines โ€“ Zamboanga is CLOSED effective June 8, ...
08/06/2026

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Please be advised that the National Museum of the Philippines โ€“ Zamboanga is CLOSED effective June 8, 2026, until further notice.

Updates regarding the resumption of museum operations will be announced through our official channels.

Stay safe, everyone.

Address

Fort Pilar, N. S. Valderosa Street
Zamboanga City
7000

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+639190779861

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