A last extension, and then we really have to end the exhibit!
Thank you everyone for the feedback, the joys shared, the happinesses, the questions, the provocations! Promote #UsableHistory, because if the past is not usable, what's the point!
KALOKA-LIKES AND THE IMPORTANCE of CURIOSITY
Two different Filipinos are in the first photo (collage). Can you spot the difference? Is it the curve of the nose? The hairline? The tight curls that grow from it? The pursed lips that break out into a wide smile? While they bear an[READ]
HUMAN NATURE
A One-Day Choir of 140 voices gathered to sing Human Nature at YSpace the other day. We thank Yuchengco Museum's Gloria Ocampo for taking and sharing the gorgeous clip! The #PastsRevisited exhibit is extended to August 8 - catch it and see the exquisite[READ]
MUSIC OF THE HEART
uchengco Museum friends shared a clip of the Bayan Ko-Ako Ay Pilipino medley, a 30-year old arrangement by NY-based Dr Rene Dalandan (on the piano, Yspace homecoming performance) last Saturday. It certainly blended well with the #PastsRevisited Constantino Exhibit . Have a great week everyone,[READ]
Exploring History Together: Exhibit Until August 8
We've had a wonderful time working with colleagues in the Yuchengco Museum. More than sharing love of history and a commitment to the nation's future, we have developed new friendships and initiatives that we know will bear sweet fruit soon, as our collaboration deepens. And[READ]
HISTORIANS IN LOVE
Theirs was a unique romance. They were a couple who wrote together and who fought for causes they shared. The move story of Renato and Letizia Roxas Constantino was epic. In her diary entry on 6 February 1978, Letizia shares the way she and Renato[READ]
WRITERS TO WRITERS
The reward of delight often goes to the curious, because stories abound. But one must look closely to capture details that reveal more than is immediately evident. There is a panel in the exhibit #PastsRevisited, right beside the image of Senator Nene Pimentel’s speech,[READ]
A Romance of Minds and Hearts
Letizia found Renato's mind deeply attractive. He was clearly handsome, she once told her grandchildren, and his sense of integrity stood out above his peers, but she was captivated by his mind and found in him an equal and a sweetheart she would love[READ]
Three weddings and a usable past
By WILSON LEE FLORES, The Philippine Star Published Jul 19, 2026 5:00 am There is a curious alchemy to marriage—that mysterious collision of two lives becoming one shared story. Some unions glitter with the wattage of wealth and celebrity. Others endure like ancient coral reefs,[READ]
Historian to Historian
At the #PastsRevisited exhibit, there is a handwritten note that gives visitors a sense of the scholarly ties that animated key figures who wrote about our people's past.“May I tell you how much I have enjoyed Renato Constantino’s INSIGHT AND FORESIGHT and congratulate you both[READ]
