About Us
BACKGROUND
WHAT IS THE MUSEO
PAMBATA?
HISTORY
VISION-MISSION
OUR LOGO
YEARLY ATTENDANCE
FUNDING
LEADERSHIP
LOCATION
FACILITIES
MUSEUM HOURS
ADMISSION FEES
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Museo Pambata
Roxas Boulevard corner South Drive
Manila, Philippines 1000
Telephone: (632) 523.1797 to 98, 536-0595
Facsimile: (632) 522.1246
Mobile: 0918-382-2212
Email: info@museopambata.org
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the
need
As more families migrate to Metro Manila, urban communities swell
with the increasing number of children who have little or no access to
stimulating learning centers.
Studies made by the Department of Education, the Department of Social
Welfare and Development, and the National Economic Development Authority
show that failure to provide children with opportunities contribute to
a wide-range of socio-economic problems affecting them in later years.
These include poor adjustment and learning gaps in the school environment
among school entrants; high drop-out rates; juvenile delinquency and drug
abuse; increase in the number of street children and sexually exploited
minors; and inadequate sense of nationhood, self-discipline and self-reliance
among adolescents and young adults. (Education for All Philippine Report,
1992).
museums
as stimulating learning centers for children
Traditional
museums are known to be places where natural, artistic, historical, or
scientific objects are exhibited and preserved. These are usually hands-off
centers where visitors are not allowed to touch the exhibits.
Children seek to understand experiences of the past and present and possibilities
for a future. They need open spaces to explore and experience learning.
Scientific facts become living experiences, for example, when children
learn to differentiate parts of the body by seeing and touching a life-size
model of the body parts or when they look through magnifying glasses to
see how an ant colony moves about. Hands-on museums use this method
to stimulate children to learn.
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The Museo Pambata is a children's interactive museum, the first of its kind in the Philippines. It is in a sense an alternative to the formal classroom environment where learning resembles a one-way street – the teacher imparts knowledge and the students absorb it. In Museo Pambata, children can use their total senses and learn various concepts at their own pace. It excites the minds of the young, inspires them to learn more, and most importantly revitalizes what child learning should be – fun and exciting!
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Opened
in 1994, Museo Pambata is the dream come true of Nina
Lim-Yuson, an early childhood educator and mother of
four, who once brought her young children to the Boston Children’s
Museum in America. They had so much fun with the museum's hands-on exhibits
that she wished there was a similar place back home where her kids - and
the millions of Filipino children - can learn and have fun at the same
time.
The Dream Unfolds Former Department of Social Welfare and Development secretary Estefania Aldaba-Lim shared Yuson’s enthusiasm over the idea of having a children’s museum in the country due to her past involvement with children for over three decades, including a United Nations appointment as Special Envoy for the International Year of the Child in 1979. They envisioned the museum as a venue for alternative learning for children, specially for those who have no access to formal education.
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| The historical Elks Club Building. |
In
March 1993, Lim and Yuson presented a proposal of their dream museum,
to be situated in the historical Elks Club Building in Manila, to then
Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim who had just
arrived from a UNICEF Mayors’ Meeting on the Rights of the Child
in Mexico City. Much to their joy and surprise, he readily approved it.
The Museo Pambata officers were elected in the first Board of Trustees
meeting held in June 1993. Mayor Lim was elected as chairman, Estefania
Aldaba-Lim as president, Elizabeth
Zobel as vice-president, Wilfrido
Tecson as treasurer and Atty.
Leocadio de Asis as legal counsel. Nina Lim-Yuson was appointed
executive director. Other founding members were renowned
stage director Zenaida Amador, Philippine
Star founder Betty Go-Belmonte,
cultural supporter and businesswoman Doris Ho,
National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin,
PCCI President Jose Pardo, Cultural
Center President Teresa
Escoda Roxas and
businessman Carlos Soriano. The board
invited former First Lady Amelita
“Ming” Ramos to be honorary chairperson.
Educators, visual artists, architects, museum workers and other professionals
met regularly to brainstorm. Concepts were then translated into several
theme rooms designed and produced "pro bono" by architect and
stage designer Joselito
Tecson.
Scale models were made and presented to prospective sponsors. A brochure
conceptualized by premier advertising agency McCann Erickson, led by Emily
Abrera,
and a 10-minute video produced by Cheche Lazaro's
Probe Productions helped "sell" the idea of Museo Pambata.
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| The Museo Pambata today. |
In
December 1993, the City Council of Manila,
in a memorandum of agreement (MOA) granted the Museo Pambata a 10-year-free-of-lease-use
of the Elks Club Building. The funds raised by the board of trustees were
used to start its rehabilitation.
In March 1994, the recognition dinner for Museo's first Ninongs
and Ninangs, (sponsors who gave one million pesos each) namely
Luis H. Lim Foundation,
Juan and Lualhati Cojuangco Foundation, A.Y.
Foundation, Petron Corporation,
Fe S. Panlilio, Don Emilio T. Yap,
Helena Z. Benitez, Security Bank and Trust
Company, Landbank and GSIS.
Finally, on December 21, 1994, the dream museum became a living reality!
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Museo Pambata is a children’s discovery museum with various programs in support of children’s rights and a broad range of creative and educational services for children and adults involved in children’s welfare.
vision
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To be a children’s discovery museum and resource center promoting Filipino culture, children’s advocacies and creative educational programs with linkages to global communities.
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Just
as children's ears tingle at the ting-a-ling of a sorbetes cart, the Museo
Pambata hopes to evoke as much excitement in their minds, whether They
are five or fifty. And just as a children's eyes light up at the sight
of a sorbetes cart's rainbow of colors, it endeavors to captivate their
imagination - and deliver a thrill to their senses as rewarding and as
pleasurable as a cone of sorbetes, so they shall tug at Mommy's skirt,
look up to her eyes with eagerness, maybe not for more sorbetes but for
yet another enriching visit to the Museo Pambata.
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An average of 180,000 children and adults visit Museo Pambata every year. At least 15% are subsidized by the Ninong/Ninang Endowment Fund.
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Museo Pambata is a non-stock, non-profit organization certified by the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC), with revnues from investment income; contributions and grants from individuals, groups, foundations, corporations, and government agencies; earned income; and admissions income.
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Museo Pambata is a private foundation with a Board of Trustees. Chairman is Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim.;
president and CEO,
Nina
Lim-Yuson,
and executive director Maricel P. Montero.
Board members are Olivia Campos, Laurie J. Westfall, Wilfredo E.J.E. Reyes, Emily Abrera, Amelia Alonzo, Larry Cruz, Leandro Locsin, Jr., Juan Miguel Luz, Gizela Gonzalez-Montinola, Alice A. Pañares, and Aleli Villanueva.
location
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The Museo Pambata is at the former Elks Club Building on Roxas Boulevard corner South Drive, Manila.
How
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Facilities in the museum include a gift shop, a changing exhibits hall, outdoor theater, playground area, and lots of parking space.
Access for wheelchairs: A ramp at the main entrance and an elevator to the second floor.
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Tuesday
- Saturday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (August to March)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (April to July)
The museum is open during lunch hours.
Sunday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The museum is closed on Mondays and other official holidays.
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General Admission (children and adults) - P 100.00
Manila
residents - FREE (with valid ID) on Tuesdays and 50%
off on other days
*Museum workers and teachers with
valid ID, streetchildren,
infants -
FREE
*Tour groups of thirty (30) or more can avail
of a special discount
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