ICONIC. Enthusiasts acquaint themselves with artworks displayed at the Manila Clock Tower Museum inside the Manila City Hall on June 5, 2023. The museum will now open on weekends starting March 2. (PNA file photo by Yancy Lim)
MANILA – The Clock Tower Museum inside the Manila City Hall will also be open on weekends starting March 2.
“Now, you can enjoy our museum even on Saturdays and Sundays," Mayor Honey Lacuna said in a statement Friday.
Jose Ma. Belmonte, project head of the Manila Clock Tower Museum, said visitors are welcome from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesdays to Sundays.
It features the colorful history of Manila as well as modern art galleries with changing art exhibits.
The nearly 100-feet Manila Clock Tower, which was completed in 1930, was designed by Filipino neoclassical artist and architect Antonio Toledo.
The rehabilitated clock tower was formally opened to the public in October 2022.
Just recently, the museum was picked Golden Leaf Presidential Awardee of the Philippine Leaf Awards Tertulia at Parangal 2024, an award that acknowledges integrity, creativity and excellence in Philippine live entertainment, performing arts, fashion and festivals.
The Leaf awards will be handed out March 8 at the Manila Metropolitan Theater.
In November last year, the museum was hailed by the National Commission of Culture and the Arts as the grand winner in the Museums and Galleries Month 2023 Audio/Visual Presentation Museum Competition. (PNA)
