After soft opening in December 2021, Ayala Museum will now be in full swing on August 3, 2022, with
the opening of the fourth floor, which houses the museum’s revamped permanent exhibitions on
Philippine Pre-colonial Gold, Indigenous Textiles & Southeast Asian Trade Ware Ceramics from the
museum’s collection.
The three exhibitions jointly tell the story of the ‘Crossroads of Civilizations’ – how the country’s identity,
imagery, and ingenuity were shaped by a millennium of interactions within the flourishing networks of
exchange within Asia and beyond.
Additionally, a Visible Storage is now added to the 4th floor where
guests can view a portion of the archaeological, ethnographic, fine arts, and historical objects in Ayala
Museum’s vast collection.
THE NEW EXHIBITIONS:
- Skeins of Knowledge, Threads of Wisdom
Indigenous textile arts in the Philippines demonstrate the ingenuity, creativity, adaptability, and
sophistication of the early Filipinos. This exhibition makes today’s Filipinos aware that among
our indigenous communities are living examples of how we might be able to restore some
balance in our lives, in our country, and among global communities.
Skeins of Knowledge, Threads of Wisdom will place the textiles in the context of community,
environment, culture, and tradition, spirit and matter. - Ceramics and Cultural Currency: Exchanges of Pottery and Prestige
Large quantities of Chinese and Southeast Asian trade ceramics found in the Philippine
archipelago indicate the active participation of our forefathers in a wide network of inland and
inter-island trade and cultural exchange in the region as early as the ninth century. What made
these ceramics so valuable that people travelled far and wide to obtain such vessels?
Ceramics and Cultural Currency: Exchanges of Pottery and Prestige examines the practical,
social, economic, and spiritual values that Filipinos ascribed to these trade wares over a
millennium of exchange. - Gold of Ancestors: Pre-colonial Treasures in the Philippines
Originally opened in 2008, the Gold of Ancestors exhibition has been refreshed for a new
generation. This exhibition of more than one thousand archaeological gold objects celebrates
the cultures that flourished before the Spanish colonization of the islands. The precious objects