Exhition Review: Museum Pambata

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starstarstarstar 4 of 5 Stars

Posted: February 7, 2010

Museo Pambata
Roxas Boulevard corner South Drive
Manila, Philippines 1000
Telephone: (632) 523.1797
Facsimile:(632) 522.1246
Email:info@museopambata.org

Website: http://www.museopambata.org

Admission Price: 100 Pesos ($2.17 USD)

Size: approximately 30,000  sq. ft. of exhibits

Wheelchair Accessible: Yes

My Review:

The museum is just doing so many things right!

  • A mobile library
  • An in museum library
  • Fun entrances to spaces
  • Layers of information
  • Spending money on theming as appropriate
  • Including Children’s Art
  • Cultural Galleries

Summary:

  • A collecting Museum
  • A “true” Children’s Museum in the model of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum (The first museum for children)
  • Excellent Exhibits
  • Lighting, painting, finishes could be improved
  • Issues of ergonomics, tables to tall, graphics hung too high
  • Exhibit cover a wide range of topics in a relatively small space

Ground Floor:

  • Old Manila
  • Environment
  • Children of the Global Village

Second Floor:

  • My Body Works
  • Science Through Discovery
  • Marketplace
  • Career Options
  • Money Matters

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