Science nerds, rejoice.
It looks like plans are underway to move the country’s Natural History Collections to its own space. The Department of Tourism (formerly Department of Agriculture) building is currently being converted into the Museum of Natural History.
Unlike the National Gallery of Art and the Museum of the Filipino People nearby, the proposed Museum of Natural History will display preserved animals, fungi and plants — including the Palawan peacock, Philippine eagle, Tamaraw, Palawan Bearded Pig and Green Turtle.
The team of architect Dominic Galicia and interior designer Tina Periquet are in charge of the design of the new museum, which may remind some readers of Singapore’s cultural buildings like Esplanade, National Museum and the newly opened National Gallery.
US-educated Galicia (University of Notre Dame and Pratt Institute) was in charge of The Picasso serviced residences in Makati and Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Church in Antipolo, according to his Linkedin page.
“The National Museum staff, members of the Philippine scientific community and natural heritage NGOs have been meeting to conceptualize the new museum, set the direction its exhibits will take, and decide on the educational messages the museum will present to its viewers,” reports Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Augusto F. Villalon.
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