Manila’s Artistic Side Of Philippine Culture

Over the past 2 years, our family has been exploring Philippine culture through countless trips and and adventures of Filipino food, flora, fauna, and fun spanning dozens of islands across the country. Today, we’re digging deeper into its rich history at Manila’s National Museum of Fine Arts to gain a more complete understanding of the experiences that shaped the Filipino people over the past century and a half.
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We’re the Lockwoods. And we’re traveling the world to experience-up close and in person-all the natural wonders and distinct cultures that our kids would otherwise be consuming only through textbooks and TV. We think it’s a better way to learn and we’re working hard to fund this little experiment in the hope that our kids will grow up wiser, kinder, and more grateful for the beauty of our diverse planet and its people.

[@sheenavalencia0708]

i think ur the first foreigner content creator i've seen who featured the national museum... thank u for your interest and appreciation..

[@gilkweba]

no videos allowed only for permission

[@livethephilippines]

It’s entirely our pleasure 🫶

[@NoahBecomingItomers]

@@sheenavalencia0708 That is what I was about to say too

[@benitaredoble2923]

You are an amazing lady and family u guys know the Philippine history very well than most of us real Filipinos..I am here in USA since 1968 and watching u guys I am learning a lot about my own country from u..Your young man is very smart and articulate..Thank u very much for admiring my native land. God bless u and ur family always !........

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you so much for your kind words! 🙏🙏🤗

[@bornonjuly7052]

They love more the Philippines than some Filipinos abroad. Bakasyon ka na sir dito mo eenjoy ang pinaghirapan mo para makatulong sa ating ekonomiya.

[@doc2log]

I wish the Philippines will also have a Museum of Modern Art because our modern artists are no less talented. In Singapore, I always visit their MOMA and surprise, surprise...there are always a lot of artwork by Filipino artists!! BTW, thank you so much for featuring our museum. I feel that there mot enough Philippine museums which will highlight Phillipine culture. I recommend going to the AYALA MUSEUM in Makati which high;rights Pre-Spanish Filipino arts and cultural items...you's be amazed by goldworks and items on display.

[@livethephilippines]

There are very few times my breath has been taken away like that by a painting. We were impressed with the museum.

[@angelocalima6338]

Ayala Museum

[@aroque867]

We have, beside the national museum l.

[@triplang1836]

​@@livethephilippinesi think you guys should watch the movie Heneral Luna the movie has English subs which narrates the life of General Antonio Luna, Juan Luna's brother where there is a resemblance of a scene there to the Spoliarium.

[@OgStudioOfficialPH]

GREAT APPRECIATION for LTP, for giving time and research. SPECIFICALLY having PATIENCE on planning this kind of content. Giving the audience more understanding about the FILIPINO CULTURE in a way not many content creators do or did what you did 😊 KEEP IT UP! GREAT JOB!

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you so much 🙏 we appreciate you

[@RR52517]

Thank you. I have yet to see foreign vloggers who featured National Museum. We appreciate it so much.

[@livethephilippines]

We are honored to be among the first 🤗

[@rommel1324]

Thank you for showing us our National Museum and you’re the first family blogger who showed us and thankful for that because most of us has never been there. Keep up & God bless your family abundantly. One of your subscribers, Pinoy ofw in Hong Kong.

[@livethephilippines]

It is our pleasure! We love that we get to explore the Philippines and share it with everyone

[@ruthvillalva1786]

This is nice a little review of Philippine history. That is Huge painting, occupying the whole wall. ❤️

[@livethephilippines]

It’s fantastic 🤩

[@janTurtle1]

I hope this gets a lot Filipino kids as interested in their country's history as you have been, and not just because it's required learning in school. I highly appreciate the research put into this!

[@FIAT836]

José Rizal was a polyglot who mastered 22 languages including Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Malay, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog, and other Philippine languages.. There were at least nine women linked with Rizal; namely Segunda Katigbak, Leonor Valenzuela, Leonor Rivera, Consuelo Ortiga, O-Sei San, Gertrude Beckette, Nelly Boustead, Suzanne Jacoby and Josephine Bracken. These women might have been beguiled by his intelligence, charm and wit.

[@livethephilippines]

The more I learn about him the more I admire, how intelligent and passionate he was.

[@marjoriecadanilla7546]

Wow! I know J. Rizal is a playboy,but I only know Leonor Rivera and Josephine Bracken I forgot Philippine history.

[@LibertyHomePDX]

I love hearing about the history! What a cool museum! I definitely have to make my way there someday.

[@livethephilippines]

You should!

[@thewokksy6715]

Well done, Lockwoods! Keep up the great work. Erin is a natural! And so is Colt. All you guys. Thanks for the work you put in!

[@livethephilippines]

Much appreciated! Thanks so much 🤗

[@thewokksy6715]

Please tell Erin it’s ok that she fumbled saying “Amorsolo”. She said “Bohol” like a true local at 1:10

[@tinanugget5419]

Thank you for showing our National Museum such an honor 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭❤❤❤

[@livethephilippines]

Entirely our pleasure 🤗

[@fortuneybiernas5778]

Great to visit the National Museum of Fine Arts. There are 2 more. We are very proud of the collection there and you guys visiting is very much appreciated. As Erin eloquently narrated, the art works tell the history of our nation.

[@livethephilippines]

🤗🤗🤗

[@tonyinsf]

Love, love, love this video!

[@livethephilippines]

Yay! So happy 🤗🫶

[@NoahBecomingItomers]

Yeah, of all the youtubers I followed either locals or foreigners, none have featured our National Museum except you guys. Thank you so much! Such an interesting content. Visit more of please

[@MikeReisender]

Great tour of the museum, thanks! I visited the National History Museum in Greenbelt Makati earlier this year and it was fantastic also.

[@livethephilippines]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗

[@lodeliolegaspi]

Like in the movie if use a uv light will reveal who's in the painting (Juan luna

[@cutebalddiver]

There are very few visitors who would make an effort to visit the National Museum. Metro Manila is the cultural and arts center in the country. Understanding our art will make you understand us as a people. Thank you. Btw, one of the portraits painted by Amorsolo (came out in this video) is my grandmother. We donated her portrait together with the bust of my grandfather to the National Museum.

[@livethephilippines]

That’s is so cool that your grandmother is one of his portraits 🫶

[@yssad.958]

This channel exceeded my expectation every single time. Great narrative, editing, shots name it all of them. Keep up the good work!

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you very much!🤗🙏🫶

[@marisanuguid842]

We loved this museum on our last visit to the Philippines. I hope you got to see the more modern works of art, too (lots of sculptures). LOVED your reaction to Juan Luna's Spoliarium! I had the same.

[@KaleidoSTARPH]

you're one of the few foreign vloggers who go and visit our national museum, thanks for going there! and also, I hope you go to City of San Fernando, Pampanga for the Giant Lantern Festival where the birthplace of our national Christmas icon: the Parol

[@livethephilippines]

I bet that’s a beautiful festival!

[@adadiarota4624]

Thanks so much for showing those national museum ,me myself as a Filipino I never went anywhere in in the Philippines, coz of your blog I saw all of those places,,, From here in Maryland!!!!!

[@marccolomayt82094]

Fave museum in MNL-since 1999❤

[@livethephilippines]

We understand why. The Spolarium is spectacular 🤩

[@richeljerman5469]

What a lovely family making this kind of video makes me feel that they're not only just vloger ,i just learn something from them 😊❤

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you so much 😊

[@fkoff7649]

Nice museum, great narration. Enjoyed it. Great video!

[@livethephilippines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@thesocialspectrum2464]

You guys are just amazing, sensible, & sensical people 😊

[@livethephilippines]

😊 thank you

[@Mslulu0323]

I am impressed you are well educated with our history. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@livethephilippines]

🙏🙏🙏 thank you 😊

[@noelduyag9578]

This was so amazing, I’m looking forward to go to National art museum with my daughter. That spoliarium painting was the one that I'm rooting for. thanks ABC family for this wonderful and historical videos. 🙌👍

[@livethephilippines]

It’s all our pleasure. You will love the spolarium when you see it in person.

[@dsrdsr2574]

This is great content! Very informative. Please do more of this. Thanks.

[@livethephilippines]

So happy you like it! 🤗

[@jboycaceres2871]

You should try to visit the San Agustin Museum, just beside the church, in Intramuros. More interesting artworks from the Spanish era.

[@livethephilippines]

We are waiting to get more info about permit and filming restrictions for intramuros but we can’t wait to go there.

[@appleromas694]

Thank you for showing this arts.

[@livethephilippines]

Our pleasure 🙏

[@cecillarin5896]

this is a superb video! Erin your pronunciation is perfect! i learned so much from this video! thanks for sharing this amazing video!!!

[@livethephilippines]

So happy our videos are able to help you learn more 🤗

[@amirtv2702]

what a consistency with you guys you vlog always packs with a information 👌

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you 🙌

[@OmarMendoza-kd3lf]

Great vlog! National museum is my fave place in Manila.

[@livethephilippines]

It’s wonderful 🤗

[@vremerman]

In Tacloban Imelda Marcos Museum, and Church ceiling painting in Palompon and Bantayan, Cebu. Simula in Cebu, the Mother Mary curing the sick. Macarthur's Landing is also in Tacloban. Cebu-Taoist Temple, Temple of Leah, husband built a temple in honor of his wife. Magellan's Cross, Ft San Pedro, old Spanish fort

[@livethephilippines]

🫶🫶🫶

[@RochKin-n8h]

Really enjoyed this vlog. Awesome!👍🏼❤️

[@livethephilippines]

So happy you enjoyed it!

[@floratiberio6120]

God bless 🙏 to your family.Stay safe always. Thanks 😊

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you! You too! 🤗

[@leeroy0809]

Nice as always.❤

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@benedictfrancisco3978]

As a history lover myself, thank you for taking interest with Filipino history. Sadly, the new generation doesn't even know the names of those who sacrificed their lives for the peace that we are enjoying today.

[@livethephilippines]

Hopefully places like the national museums can help change that. History is everything

[@pogsp8849]

That kid is killing it. His humour is just simply funny😂. Is Enchanted Kingdom on your bucket list? Kids will enjoy it.

[@livethephilippines]

We love his sense of humor too 🤗 i’ve been looking into the enchanted kingdom lately and we hope we can take the kids

[@mariemontero7080]

...your vlog is fun , Educational ,you are really working hard ,professionally....Colt is amazing boy. Good to know about the museum 👌

[@livethephilippines]

Thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@lady_g406]

Donated. Love your video!

[@livethephilippines]

You are so kind 🙏 we appreciate you!

[@rizellenacha7891]

Nice vlog love it and beautiful Museum.

[@livethephilippines]

Thanks so much 🤗

[@mytutay878]

Thank you

[@livethephilippines]

🙏🙏🙏

[@darupinta07]

impressive information. well done!

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you! 😊

[@vargazmen9520]

You have to visit North of the Phils. Baguio city and also the rich history of Vigan City ilocos Sur as well as Ilocos Norte 🎉

[@livethephilippines]

We want to 🤩

[@frankiefernandez9225]

🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 is just Amazing 💙🥇🏆

[@livethephilippines]

We agree! 💯

[@frankiefernandez9225]

@@livethephilippines 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@jasonreyarana4034]

Thank you

[@livethephilippines]

🫶🤗🤗🤗

[@frankiefernandez9225]

Pure Awesomeness 💙❤️💙🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@livethephilippines]

Pure gratitude! 🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@frankiefernandez9225]

@@livethephilippines 💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙

[@pubkentos4501]

Nice video again…I’m really also proud of Fhil he reminds me of the great actor late 90’s F. Murray Abraham similar specialy Murray’s mid-younger days… 😊 exciting video always thankz ..😊

[@livethephilippines]

Awesome 🤩 so happy you liked it

[@ReyvenBergado-tf2sc]

Besides the fine arts I also like the National museum of natural history . Spoliarium won gold medal in Paris , France .

[@livethephilippines]

It’s incredible!

[@sgtjoe2008]

more museum vlogs please...i want to learn more about our own history, there's some history parts they don't teach in school.

[@livethephilippines]

If you go to Manila, you should see this all for yourself. The three national museums are all free.

[@ronaldofarrales3494]

Great content as usual. Brooklyn has great fashion sense and artistic side as well and nice to see Cole's enthusiasm, great kids! Phil can't can't resist (behind the scenes) LOL. You might also want to consider going to Ayala Museum in Makati within Glorietta/Greenbelt. Details can be found online.

[@livethephilippines]

Aww thank you. Brooklyn is always inspiring me with her fashion sense.

[@fortuneybiernas5778]

National Artist - only around 80 of them currently is the highest honor the Philippines bestow to its artists. If you are named, that means you are one of the best of the best.

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you for the insight 🙏

[@fortuneybiernas5778]

There also National Scientists. Around 44 of which 40 were produced by the University of the Philippines.

[@fortuneybiernas5778]

If your family can tour UP Diliman, the campus has many works by National Artists. Buildings, statutes, etc. The Catholic church is a collaboration by 5 National Artists.

[@Catherine-ju7ny]

Dr. Jose Rizal has about a few statues too in Germany. His contemporary painted The Spolarium and is also a great piece of art. I ❤❤❤❤ your contents amd find myself more and more of a Filipino with all your contents which details more national orientations. Great job. Lifetime ❤ your subscriber.

[@livethephilippines]

Thank you so much 😊 so happy to bring you value.

[@rickbuencamino358]

I was a freshman in High School when I saw the Spolarium during a field trip to the National Museum. I had nightmares for days after I saw it.

[@livethephilippines]

Oh wow. It’s a powerful painting

[@merciseignuer1030]

Wowwww!!! ❤

[@livethephilippines]

🤗🤗🤗

[@arniehere]

Amazing❤

[@livethephilippines]

Thanks 😄

[@pocholoflores1761]

Oh my God!!! That Spolarium paintings reminds me of what the Denver Broncos and Bo Nix are going through now!!! LOL!😂 watching here from Colorado Springs Colorado… very nice 👍 video

[@livethephilippines]

I believe in Bo! Nobody works harder. But I have to admit. I try to keep an ear out, but I stop watching after they leave Oregon. I am purely college football. 🏈

[@redviperbear]

good thing you were able to record video there,m they didnt allow us to even film my kid walking around

[@livethephilippines]

Sorry to hear that. We reached out ahead of time so we were grateful they were accommodating

[@frankiefernandez9225]

Beautiful Art 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[@livethephilippines]

Indeed! 💯

[@frankiefernandez9225]

@@livethephilippines 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💙💙💙

[@mrussel2392]

I love the anthropology one

[@livethephilippines]

We tried to go to that one too, but our schedules would not align for us to have permission to film there. So we just had to go ahead ahead with the one museum.

[@vivicavids3486]

My favorite museum in the country. Apart from the 3 you have mentioned (which is part of the NM Complex), the NM has more than 15 regional museums like in Cebu, Bohol and Zamboanga. Colt will probably appreciate Natural History more, it has tons of animal specimens.

[@livethephilippines]

Awesome. We’d love to see more museums 🫶

[@vivicavids3486]

@@livethephilippines And I would watch it all!

[@betchrichardrichardbetch6827]

i miss you guys...its been a while.

[@livethephilippines]

We’re here 🤗 and already on our way to our next experience in PH

[@betchrichardrichardbetch6827]

@@livethephilippines and may i know where it will be? never been here in negros occidental right? after dumaguete pls drop by here its just only 5 to 6 hours bus ride... you will be amazed as well of our culinary culture here. :)

[@supremo7217]

Reminds of a song by Eraserheads titled Spolarium, I think the title is inspired by that painting.

[@livethephilippines]

Oh interesting 😊

[@frankiefernandez9225]

🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 Full of History

[@livethephilippines]

We love learning more as we explore 🇵🇭

[@frankiefernandez9225]

@@livethephilippines that’s why your family is so loved in the 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@cutebalddiver]

Btw try visiting the Ayala Museum also. It’s in Makati, the financial capital of the Philippines

[@livethephilippines]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@harrypingol3430]

Jose Rizal is the National Hero ofvthe Philippines 🇵🇭 ! I get that cos im filipino but until now i Wonder WHY he has a statue and monument All over the World ?

[@livethephilippines]

He was an incredible human being 🫶

[@marjoriecadanilla7546]

We have one here in Montréal a monument of Jose Rizal,he visited here.

[@harrypingol3430]

@@marjoriecadanilla7546 yes, thats what im talking about ... Everywhere in the Map of the World theres a monument or Statue of our National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal i mean Who is this Guy ? In the Philippines of course hes the National Hero thats why ! What heroic deeds he accomplished to recognize by the World !

[@russelalvaro3974]

I like this content. it is new...

[@livethephilippines]

So happy you like it 🤗

[@Hmpryyyy]

Great vid while eating lunch!

[@livethephilippines]

Enjoy your lunch 😊

[@ronvelasco8935]

13:42 “That’s what she said.” 😂

[@livethephilippines]

😂

[@InnocentGazelle-hl3jw]

My favorite luna painting is the wedding of a Egyptian. I forgot the name of the painting

[@livethephilippines]

It sounds wonderful. I bet it’s beautiful.

[@InnocentGazelle-hl3jw]

@@livethephilippines its actually roman wedding, the painting named "hymen oh hyménée". One of the lost painting of luna and found last year and brought back to the Philippines. After 139 yrs in Europe.

[@russel242]

it would be awesome if someone can help you visit the Ayala museum to see the gold artifacts.

[@livethephilippines]

That would be cool 😎

[@renatzkigab2616]

And that is why my Grandma is of Spanish descent because she originate in Loboc under the Bongabong clan. Lol!

[@livethephilippines]

🫶🫶🫶

[@maryjoyreyes5100]

Nice ❤

[@livethephilippines]

Glad you like it 🤗

[@vlogsfavorsphileco8788]

I hope and pray china will respect the Philippine Sovereignty! As a world power they must have Ethics in everything they do to be respected even by small kids! If they have history and ancient civilization.. We have also rich history and ancient civilization !

[@livethephilippines]

🫶🫶🫶

[@pocholoflores1761]

I know Erin how you feeling right now about Bo Nix you’re a big Oregon fan 😅

[@livethephilippines]

I’m a HUGE Oregon fan 💚 Proud of Bo Nix

[@philipprubia609]

❤

[@livethephilippines]

🤗

[@LaureneBuzzo-u6p]

Jast Lights

[@lodeliolegaspi]

According to some historian it is not his wife cause his wife Paz is half Indian

[@livethephilippines]

I’m not sure why people would have said it was his wife.

[@GabrielEvergreen-lx1df]

Try to go to Omniverse Museum

[@livethephilippines]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@mrussel2392]

Museums here are mostly freee

[@livethephilippines]

It was so great to learn that it’s free to see such a beautiful art

[@kcindtt718]

Yes he does looks like Dr. Phil(lippines) Colt is funny😊

[@livethephilippines]

🫶🤗😂

[@martinhare6085]

Never knew Juan Luna had a tragic life.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

The accepted "meaning" of Spoliarium may be just a theory. Being from the upper class, I doubt if Juan Luna experienced the class struggle between the Filipinos and Spaniards. I always take these "meanings" with a grain of salt as they were formulated by scholars years and years after the artist died. The scholars who came up with thesw meanings are obviously ultranationalists who want to romanticize certain elements of Philippine history.

[@livethephilippines]

That’s a valid point. I will say the painting felt very powerful seeing it in person.

[@regaladoromulo1191]

Jose Rizal wrote about the Spolarium thus: "To speak of the impression that it produced, of the polemics that it raised, is to repeat what everybody knows. It obtained the first of the first medals, and the Filipino youth in Europe presented the illustrious artist a palette surrounded with laurels. The Spolarium that thrills, seizes and agitates violently, drying the tears that looms in the eyes, is the condemnation of the barbarism and despotism of a great people towards a small one that thirst for light and liberty."

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@livethephilippines I agree. The first time I saw the Spoliarium, I felt chills coursing through my body. I think even someone who has little knowledge of art will be able to appreciate a powerful painting such as this.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@regaladoromulo1191 I've always felt that people who quote scholars often have very little of their own to say and are incapable of original thought.

[@regaladoromulo1191]

@@eatsmylifeYT quoting Rizal means presenting evidence from a primal source, not a modern day interpretation.

[@sheepboy2560]

If it's not good enough, it's not in the British museum.

[@raimondeiuxpark6561]

Juan luna beat picasso and his instructor in the world of olympic arts in paris at that time .

[@livethephilippines]

That’s incredible. He’s so talented.

[@xris03]

Too bad you were not able to show the 13 basi revolt paintings. It was painted by the artist live on sight while it is happening in 16th century when spaniards are executing and torturing filipinos because of just wine rebellion... your gonna get into tears when you see the painting and read the story...

[@livethephilippines]

That sounds so amazing!

[@lipskie7202]

142nd

[@nemo8198]

"thats what she said" AHHAHAAHHAHAHA

[@livethephilippines]

Sounds like you watched the behind the scenes 😂

[@eduardochavacano]

Your tittle needs editing, "Philippines Culture", you may want to state Philippine Culture or Filipino Culture.

[@livethephilippines]

Thanks for the tip. We will make that change. 👍🏻

[@jellyjoy1505]

You need a face towel Phil 😂

[@livethephilippines]

It gets hot in Manila 🥵