PHIMCOS SPONSORED EXHIBITIONS

Occupation and Victory – The Philippines in World War II

Exhibition held at the Ortigas Foundation Library on 12 March – 8 April, 2020

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Manila, PHIMCOS and the Ortigas Foundation Library present items in their collections pertinent to events prior to and during the liberation of Manila.

Mapping the Philippine Seas

Exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila from
14 March - 31 May, 2017

Arranged by the Philippine Map Collectors Society (PHIMCOS) to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its foundation, and hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Mapping the Philippine Seas is an exhibition of rare historical maps and charts of the Philippine archipelago and its surrounding seas from the early 16th century to the end of the 19th century. The exhibition showcases 165 original maps and sea charts from the collections of 17 PHIMCOS members, another private collector, the GSIS Museo ng Sining, and a reproduction of the Selden Map courtesy of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.

The First Philippine Republic & The United States - 1898-1907

An exhibit to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay and the Philippine-American Friendship Day: Yuchengco Museum from
1 May - 4 July, 2015

This exhibit covers the period from 1898 when the First Philippine Republic was established to 1907 when the First Philippine National Assembly was convened. The establishment of the First Philippine Republic marked the culmination of the Spanish rule in the country, and although it was short-lived, its establishment and the ensuing events played a pivotal role in the eventual fulfillment of the aspirations of the Filipinos in self determination.

British Occupation of Manila and Cavite, 1762 - 1764

Exhibition held at the Yuchengco Museum from 18 October - 1 December, 2012

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the British Occupation of Manila and Cavite (1762 – 1764), the Philippine Map Collector Society and the Embassy of the United Kingdom have collaborated to shed more light on and draw lessons from this little known event in Philippine history.

Three Hundred Years of Philippine Maps, 1598 - 1898

A Philippine - Spanish Friendship Day Exhibit held at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila from 26 June - 31 July, 2012

Our image of our country’s territory, location and boundaries we know because of maps, the most visual representation of our nationhood. Collections of maps tell a tale as rich as any tome on history. Maps are the graphic record of how a nation was forged, the evidence of the fate of both colonized and colonizer.

First Impression: Early View of the Philippines

Exhibition held at the Yuchengco Museum from 25 June - 20 July, 2009

Maps and prints exhibited in cooperation with the Spanish Embassy in Manila.