While the permanent collections are rather small compared to the overwhelming National Museum in Manila, the Ayala Museum is notable for its amazing revolving collections and quality educational programs. It's also on the cutting edge in terms of promoting new artists and creative exhibits. Recently added is the "Crossroads of Civilizations" exhibit which features the "Gold of Ancestors" display, quite possibly the best designed museum display in the country. Everything is housed in the most aesthetically pleasing museum building in the Philippines at the heart of the nation's commercial capital. Recently renovated, the museum has a superb, if rather expensive, restaurant called "M Cafe" and is connected to the Greenbelt Park and Malls. The guided tours are a must. If budget is tight, opt for the guidebook for the diorama exhibit. There are two gift shops inside the museum which sell books and products related to the exhibits.

nice visuals for the children but a resounding silence from the departure of the spanish to the 1936 commonwealth they should face up to this period so much was achieved then and so little since

I was able to go here... for the first time... for the so-called field trip of the Makati BnG week. So it was free, all paid for by the school. I was excited... really! But if it wasn't free, I wouldn't be that much excited. There are limited artists to see... and sometimes, I think one of the galeries was almost bare, empty... But I like their monthly exhibits... sometimes held near the main lobby... sometimes on the third... I absolutely went gaga over this mexican sculptor who tinkers with scrap metal and wields them into human forms, some distoted, some divine... I hope to see it again at the AM...