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COVID-19 task force OKs reopening of gyms, skating rinks, museums in NCR Plus

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 03:30 PM

MANILA — The inter-agency task force leading the country’s COVID-19 response said on Friday it has allowed the reopening of gyms, skating rinks, museums, and other establishments in Metro Manila and surrounding Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal provinces.  Read more »

Vatican Museums to reopen Monday after virus closure

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 01:05 AM

The world-famous collections will open their doors to the public from Monday to Saturday, but visitors must pre-book tickets and will be given timed entry slots. Read more »

Vatican Museums to close again because of coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Nov 04 09:21 PM

The Vatican Museums, which house some of the world's greatest art treasures, will close for a month in line with new restrictions by Italy to tame a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths.   Read more »

Paris Louvre museum reopens Monday after crippling losses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 05:55 PM

The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum and home to the Mona Lisa, reopens on Monday but with coronavirus restrictions in place and parts of the complex closed to visitors.   Read more »

Coronavirus poses existential threat to some of world's museums: UNESCO

Elizabeth Pineau, Reuters
Posted at Jun 11 10:08 PM

In the Philippines, Indonesia, Montenegro and Iraq, among others, several new projects have ground to a halt. Read more »

Virtual no more: Real Michelangelo awes again in Vatican Museums

Antonio Denti. Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 01:45 PM

If you've ever dreamed of being in the Sistine Chapel without feeling like you are craning your neck in a packed open-top tourist bus, now is your chance.  Read more »

Saving historical artifacts in Taal a priority for heritage conservators

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 08:07 PM

A Philippine historical commission official said the retrieved artifacts “tell a story, and the stories that they tell deserve to be heard by future generations.”   Read more »

Heritage conservators rescue artifacts from Taal town museums

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 04:21 PM

Besides endangering human and animal lives, and ruining shelters and livelihood, the recent eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas also put valuable historical artifacts being preserved in Taal, a heritage town of the province, at great risk. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Marvel at a master and his works in ‘Van Gogh Alive’ exhibit

Karen Flores Layno, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 09:43 PM

The ”Van Gogh Alive” exhibit will be open to the public starting on Saturday, Oct. 26, and will run until Dec. 8 at One Bonifacio High Street in Taguig Friday. Read more »

5 places to visit on Museum and Galleries month

Kara Santos
Updated as of Oct 18 10:21 AM

October is Museum and Galleries month. Read more »

US Embassy grant helps Baguio Museum preserve its artifacts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 11:31 AM

The US Embassy in the Philippines is helping Baguio Museum conserve its unique Cordilleran artifacts through a P7.2-million grant.  Read more »

National Museum of Natural History thanks public as it marks 1 million visitors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 02:46 PM

MANILA - Since its opening a year ago, the National Museum of Natural History at the Rizal Park in Manila has drawn over 1 million visitors, the museum administration announced on its Facebook page Saturday.  Read more »