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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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The library holds a collection of 198 rare manuscripts written between the 17th and 19th centuries.

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Approximately 12,000 rare books are in the LML collections. Of these, over 500 items belong to the earliest period of printing in the Philippines between the 16th and 18th centuries.

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There are over 11,000 examples of photography in the Lopez Library. These images offer a unique view of Philippine history, society, and culture from the 19th century to the 1970s.

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

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The collection of grave goods comes from one of the biggest archeological projects in the Philippines, in Calatagan, located in the western portion of Batangas province.

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