Museum Tour: Asia through my Insta
In honor of the day, I want to take you on a little tour across Asia, with a sneak peek of museums I have visited across the region via some of Instagram posts in the last three or four years.
Indonesia: House of Sampoerna Museum Surabaya
Surabaya is an industrial town that has worked towards becoming a model for a sustainable city. It does not have the flair or hectic energy of Indonesia's capital, but I was very glad to discover one of its museums during a 2016 visit.Japan
This photo comes from Kyoto during a 2015 visit. I cannot remember what the name of the place was, only that it was part of a sprawling zen garden that has been turned into an artistic and historical experience.Malaysia
I came by this museum quite by accident. The hotel I was in sent me an invitation to the opening of their in-house gallery and I decided to visit. So here are the treasures I found there.Singapore
This came from a museum extension exhibit in a mall. I snapped these as we were waiting for the showing of Les Miserables.Thailand: H Gallery
During my last work assignment in Bangkok, I was too tired to actually go around and just barely found the strength to leave my hotel room. The museum I found closest to my hotel is H Gallery. I went there, but found that they were renovating the whole place. Luckily, the curator was present (and in jeans and paint-splattered shirt), and decided to let me in and show me the museum's collection. Sure, they were in storage and not prettily hang up on the museum's walls but it was a pretty good experience nonetheless.Philippines: Pambansang Museo ng Pilipinas
I will end with this one because this is home.One thing I recently learned about the National Museum of the Philippines is that it is not just the two buildings in Manila, but instead it is a collection of museums across the Philippines. I have to admit that I have only visited maybe three of them, and my undoubted favorite is the one now housed in the Old Senate Building because I liked looking at the artwork inside better than learning about Philippine history and culture in the other museum building.
I've of course featured the National Museum before, in 2017 with The Gentleman Farmer and in 2015 with a colleague who encourage me to see Juan Luna's Spoliarium.
Do consider visiting the new National Museum of Natural History, which opened on International Museums Day too!
Bonus Philippine museum: Metropolitan Museum of Manila
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