The Ayala Museum has recently represented the Philippines in the collaboration of various museums in Southeast Asia and Australia, the SEA-Collections Project, which has already been made available online as a digital exhibition.
The museum’s contributions to the project include artifacts from the Philippines’ pre-colonial period, such as the Bakus Belt, the Fikum Hip Ornament, the Caracoa Boat Model, and the Kalis Seko Kris.
The local items joined pieces from Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, and Australia with the collective goal of investigating maritime themes across the region in order to understand how each historical token contributes to a much broader narrative of history.
The project also aims to spearhead new approaches and themes in interpreting and communicating the shared histories of the region.
Led by the University of Sydney’s Sydney Southeast Asia Centre in partnership with the Southeast Asia Museum Services (SEAMS), the SEA-Collections Project is funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the ASEAN-Australia Centre. It is also supported by the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Timor-Leste.
The digital exhibition can be visited at https://seaexhibition.com.
