Yuchengco Museum

A melting pot of not just traditional, historical, and local art but also of present international,
cultural and design artworks and programs, the Yuchengco Museum is a place to be for art
enthusiasts. Opened to the public in 2005, the museum was created to display
Ambassador Alfonso T. Yuchengco's collection of artwork and cultural/historical* exhibitions
and to foster greater art appreciation from the public.
The museum primarily showcases its two collections - the Masters Gallery and the
Yuchengco Group of Companies (YGC) Gallery. The Masters Gallery, whose centerpiece
revolves around the works of Juan Luna, Fernando Amorsolo and Carlos "Botong"
Francisco, highlights the Filipino painting masters whose works depict Filipino life. Works
by national artists like Napoleon Abueva and Vicente Manansala and other genre Filipino
painters are also showcased here. On the other hand, the YGC Gallery displays
memorabilia related to the Yuchengco family's Chinese heritage, the YGC's history, and
Ambassador Yuchengco's business and diplomatic career.
Aside from its collections, the museum also exhibits other artworks. It displays works that
revolve around these three themes - the Sino-Filipino Expressions, Bridging Cultures and
Design as Art, Art as Design. One of the museum's permanently displayed artworks
showcasing these themes is the Suspended Garden - a site-specifc installation resembling
a foating Zen garden. Even artworks by relatively unknown artists are welcomed and
displayed in one of its galleries - the Water Dragon Gallery - as an efort to help artists, art
organizations, and other art galleries have an avenue and an opportunity to stage and sell
their art to a wider audience.
Going beyond housing galleries, the museum also ofers events like education and
extension programs, culture and media writing workshops, culture and developments talks,
Chinese painting workshops and outreach training programs on cultural institution and
enterprise management event rentals.
So if you're up for a walk inside the museum's galleries, visit it at RCBC Plaza, Ayala
Avenue, Makati City on Mondays to Saturdays from 10 am to 6 pm. Admission rates for
adults, students, children and senior citizens vary.
Sources:
- Yuchengco Museum's brochure
- http://www.yuchengcomuseum.org