Tour the Lopez Museum Right from Your Desktop

I am now living at a time that those places of knowledge are not buildings but intercepting networks, at least the primary source of knowledge. But I have to say that I am a closet romantic and a sucker for history and for me, a museum is the perfect romantic history. Automatically, I logged into the net to search about the Lopez Museum. And I instantly love the website. It is painstakingly incorporated with that good old Filipino-Spanish feel. The website articles though seem to be not regularly updated. But what matters though are the interesting collections of paintings of Felix Hidalgo and Juan Luna that you will find in the museum. Oh yes, it is the home of Spoliarium who won the gold medal Exposicion General de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain. It also boasts of the letters and writings of Jose Rizal and home to prominent contemporary painters and has a vast Filipiniana library. It is also currently showing Fernando Amorsolo’s works. The museum was established because of the huge and rare art and book collection of the late industrialist and tycoon, Don Eugenio Lopez Sr. with his brother Fernando Lopez in 1960. It is in honor of their parents. The more I’m reading from their website, the more I want to go there and personally see the museum. The website even has a Tour the Museum button. And they also have a blog. Well, why can’t I? Benpres Building, the home of Lopez Museum, is in the heart of Ortigas Center where I got my new work. I can actually walk and be there after twenty minutes. And let’s admit it seeing it with your eyes is still better than seeing it from an LCD screen. Hopefully, the coffee is still kicking when I go to the museum after a graveyard shift. Ok, getting my planner, note: visit Lopez Museum.