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]
Art, History, and Music in Harmony: A Filipino Equation
Silaw Artist Collective will have a show in October at the Yuchengco Museum. You can see the painter Eghai Roxas getting acquainted with the space while an ensemble practices pieces on the floor. A lovely Filipino equation: Art + history + music = busog. Letizia[READ]
TREES AND SEAS
There is a lot more to say about July 12, the day "an international tribunal invalidated China’s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea,” a ruling that “continues to reshape the region’s strategic and legal landscape."* It is elating so many continue to add[READ]
FRIENDSHIP ACROSS GENERATIONS
The exhibit Pasts Revisited contains details about the intellectual collaboration and friendship enjoyed by Renato Constantino and Letizia Constantino with scholars over the years. One letter shows the humorous interaction of Letizia with one of the authors of Roots of Dependency, the seminal study[READ]
“Pasts Revisited” exhibit extended until July 31 by Flow Galindez
Visitors have more time to experience a unique intersection of history, art, and intellectual resistance, as the Constantino Foundation and Yuchengco Museum have officially extended the run of “Pasts Revisited: An Exhibit on a Usable History and the Romance of Renato Constantino and Letizia[READ]
