Sunday, August 14, 2011

Museo Pambata: Where Kids Learn & Adults Become Kids



We met the family of a co-student at Nagoya University (Japan), Lanie and her son, Yosh and her niece at the Children's Museum (Museo Pambata) located at Roxas Blvd. cor. T.M. Kalaw. The day was fun and educational for the kids. Julia and Yosh enjoyed playing at the theme rooms and worked with various interactive exhibits. The kids entered a giant mouth maze and discovered how food is digested. Julia and Geof learned that the intestines are so long. At the exhibits about "Old Manila", Geof listened to narrations about our national heroes like Andres Bonifacio. They rode on a tranvia - an old mode of transportation in Manila. There were exhibits about how to protect our environment and posters about young Pinoy heroes.


This was our 2nd time to visit the museum. The first time was four years ago when Julia was about two years old. The museum then has more attractions then. Now, it seems tat some rooms need renovation. The museum is a good alternative to parks and malls. I hope the City of Manila will maintain the facilities and improve the exhibits so that they can be at par with the Science Museums at Hong Kong and Singapore. It would be nice if they have  a Jollibee or McDo nearby or even inside the compound - I am sure their entrance sales will increase.
Geof and Apple
"Ang haba naman ng bituka natin ...."
Yosh and Julia had fun at MP!

2 comments:

chie said...

Hi! Thank you so much for writing about your visit to Museo Pambata. I am one of the staff members of the museum. We will be re-opening our environment theme room in November. We also have storytelling and arts and crafts during the weekend. Please do come back, we have a facebook page where we post announcements about workshops, events and other special activities about the museum.

Ji said...

Hi, this is Ji from Museo Pambata. Thank you so much for writing about your visit to the museum! We've featured this post on our Facebook page :D Hope you can drop by the museum again!