National Museum: Free Admission for the Month of October

The National Museum of the Philippines is celebrating Museum and Galleries Month, and for the whole month of October, you can visit the galleries for free! So what are you waiting for? If you're a student, why don't you call your friends and visit the galleries while it's still sembreak? If you're a corporate junkie, take a breather and appreciate history and art! Or just bring the whole family then go to Rizal Park after!

 The National Museum of the Philippines is open from Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 5pm. Address: P.Burgos Drive, Ermita, Manila. *You can also visit on Sundays free-of-charge year round. 

If you don't know how to get there, here are quick guides:

Directions on how to travel/commute to National Museum of the Philippines:

*Remember to take note that National Museum's main landmark boundary streets (clockwise) are Taft Avenue and Padre Burgos. Nearest LRT 1 Station is Central Station from the North and United Nations (U.N.) Avenue Station from the South. This is the building anchoring Rizal Park.

From the CaMaNaVa* (north of Manila) area:
*CaMaNaVa stands for Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela

Photo from National Museum FB page

Option 1. From Monumento, take an LRT 1 Yellow Line going to Taft and get down at Central Station. Walk along Taft Ave passing by Manila City Hall, until you reach P. Burgos. The building at the corner is the National Museum

Option 2. From Monumento, ride a jeepney along Rizal Avenue bound for Taft Avenue and asked to be dropped at P. Burgos.

From around Manila:

Option 1. Ride a jeepney along Rizal Avenue bound for Taft Avenue and asked to be dropped at P.Burgos.

Option 2. Take an LRT 1 Yellow Line going to Taft and get down at either United Nations or Central station, walk towards P.Burgos.

Option 3. From Lawton/City Hall area, ride a jeepney or walk towards P.Burgos.

Option 4. Along Roxas Boulevard, there are FX that are Sucat-Lawton. You can ride this and asked to be dropped at Luneta/P.Burgos and walk towards Taft Avenue.

From Quezon City and Marikina:

Option 1. Take the LRT2 Purple Line and go down at Recto Station. From here, transfer to Doroteo Jose Station of LRT 1 Yellow Line and ride an LRT bound for Baclaran. Get down at Central Station. Walk along Taft Ave passing by Manila City Hall, until you reach P. Burgos. The building at the corner is the National Museum.

Option 2. From Cubao, you can ride a jeepney/FX that is bound for Quiapo and asked to be dropped at Rizal Avenue. Ride an LRT 1 bound for Baclaran via Doroteo Jose Station.
Get down at Central Station. Walk along Taft Ave passing by Manila City Hall, until you reach P. Burgos. The building at the corner is the National Museum.

Areas by the east side of Metro Manila (i.e. Pasig, Mandaluyong, Pateros etc):

Option 1. You can ride an MRT southbound to EDSA-Taft Station and transfer to the LRT1 via an elevated walkway to EDSA Station and ride an LRT bound for Monumento. Get down at United Nations Station and walk towards P.Burgos.

Option 2. You can ride an MRT southbound to EDSA-Taft Station and from there ride a Quiapo/Divisoria bound jeepney via Taft Avenue. There are also buses from the south that are bound for Lawton, you can take that, get down at United Nations Station and walk towards P.Burgos.

Option 3. You can also ride an MRT northbound to Cubao and transfer to LRT 2 Purple Line bound for Recto and ride an LRT 1 bound for Baclaran. Get down at Central Station. Walk along Taft Ave passing by Manila City Hall, until you reach P. Burgos. The building at the corner is the National Museum.  (This route is crazy and impractical, but it works).

From the south (Pasay, Makati, Paranaque and more southern area):

Option 1. Ride an FX or bus bound for Manila City Hall or Lawton and get down at P.Burgos and walk towards National Museum.

Option 2. From SM Mall of Asia or along Taft Avenue, take a jeepney bound for Divisoria either via Taft or Mabini route. Get down at P.Burgos and walk to National Museum.

Option 3. Ride the LRT 1 Yellow Line bound for United Nations Station and get down at United Nations Station and walk towards P.Burgos.

Option 4. Around Makati and Pasay, ride Libertad-LRT or Buendia-LRT bound jeepneys or Ayala-Leveriza bound buses and get down at the LRT station. Ride either an LRT or jeepney along Taft Avenue and get down at United Nations Station or Luneta/Rizal Park. Walk towards National Museum.

Option 5. Along Roxas Boulevard, there are FX that are Sucat-Lawton. You can ride this and asked to be dropped at Luneta/P.Burgos and walk towards Taft Avenue.

For private vehicles, National Museum is accessible via Taft Avenue and P.Burgos.

Of course, you can ride a taxicab from any parts of Metro Manila and just mention to the driver to bring you to "National Museum", or "Luneta".

Here's a map National Museum via Google Maps: