In celebration of Museum and Galleries Month, the UA&P College of Arts and Sciences (Departments of History and Asia Pacific Studies), in partnership with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines‘ Museo El Deposito, opened the special exhibition “Pag-asa sa Gitna ng Kalayaan” on October 9.
The exhibit features the photography of Mr. Paul Quiambao’s travels to the Kalayaan Islands in the West Philippine Sea, along with some of the cartographic collection from the National Library of the Philippines, a miniature model of the BRP Sierra Madre, and the original flag of the Freedom Lands by Admiral Tomas Cloma.
In her opening remarks, UA&P Associate Professor and Vice President for Faculty Affairs Marya Svetlana Camacho said, “We can connect readily with the people we see in the photographs, whose daily lives have incorporated their home’s geopolitical significance and come to represent the Philippines’ place—and rights—in the regional and global order.”
NHCP Deputy Executive Director Alvin Alcid, in his message, said, “We can familiarize ourselves with our historic and legal rights. We can assert these rights in the face of naysayers, both foreigners and fellow Filipinos.”
Visit the exhibit at the Hanns Seidel Hall in UA&P. until November 14.
Read more at The Manila Times.
