Don’t be surprised of one of these days you’ll see an on-going construction of a large ship by the Manila Bay beside the SM Mall of Asia. It is not Noah’s Arc being recreated or the second Noah because another great flood is coming, it is a construction of The Galèon- a new museum to rise in Manila by the end of 2015!
The SM Group of Companies in collaboration with Museo Del Galeón, Inc. held the ground-breaking ceremony for The Galèon Museum Manila , enivisioned to be a worthy addition to the community of museums, to open in late 2015.
The Manila – Acapulco Galleon Museum will be a cultural facility with an 8,000 sqm. Total exhibition space, featuring a full-scale reproduction of a magnificent galleon. Unlike all other galleon reproductions attempted before in the Philippines, the new museum bases its reproduction on a very precise set of naval architectural plan published in 18th century Manila.
Asian silk, spices, and ceramics in global circuits that are still used today by more than 40 modern nations.
The 300 year exchange produced extraordinary cultural change on both sides ol the Pacific. Notably, the thousand year old tradition of boat-building in the Philippine archipelago transitioned into ship-building according to European design.
When Madame Margarita Zavala spouse of former Mexican President Felipe Calderon, visited the Philippines in 2011, she enthusiastically endorsed the plan to build a galleon museum in Manila .
This is situated beside the SM MOA IMAX! I can’t wait!
Stay gorgeous everyone!
