Collections

The Lopez Museum and Library art collection focuses on Philippine art from the 19th - 21st centuries.  Significant among its holdings are the paintings and drawings by 19th century masters Juan Luna and Felix R. Hidalgo.

Pampanga native, LIBORIO "GAT" T. GATBONTON (23 June 1914 - 5 May 1976), was a noted cartoonist and caricaturist who obtained his formal artistic schooling from the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts.

World War 2 turned Manila and the Philippines into a battleground between the military forces of the USAFFE and the Japanese Imperial Army. Winning the war was not just about fighting in the field, however.

The ephemeral periodicals published during the late Spanish colonial era, the Philippine revolutionary period, and early American regime

There is much that is rare in the map collection of Lopez Library, which offers indispensable source materials for those who share interests in Philippine geographical and cartographical studies.

Dr. José Rizal’s name in life as well as death has posed a challenge.