Diorama 14: Brother Juan Clemente’s Hospital In 1578, the Franciscan friar Juan Clemente pioneered hospital work in the Philippines with a

makeshift facility for lepers, soldiers, sailors, and later, for the poor and the sick.

Diorama 15: The First Books The first books printed in the Philippines were evangelical publications

-Doctrina Christiana en lengua Española y Tagala and the Doctrina Christiana en letra y lengua

China.

Diorama 17: Construction of the University of Santo Tomas

In 1611, the Dominican Order established the Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, a

seminary school offering core courses in grammar, theology, and the humanities. Eventually, its

facilities and courses would be expanded when it became the Royal and Pontifical University of

Santo Tomas (UST), the oldest existing university in Asia.

Diorama 19: Parian Scene Many Chinese immigrated to the Philippines during the Spanish period because of lucrative

trade. They were settled outside the walled city of Intramuros. In these markets called parian,

they sold silk and other goods to locals and Spaniards.

Diorama 21: Dagohoy Revolt Enraged by the parish priest’s refusal to give his late brother a Christian burial, Francisco

Dagohoy began his uprising by killing Father Gaspar Morales of Inabangan in the Jesuit house

of San Javier in Bohol.

Diorama 23: British Occupation In 1762, the British Army surrounded the walled city of Manila, attacking with cannons while

cutting off the city’s access to supplies. The Spanish surrendered the capital and the British

continued to hold it until the end of the Seven Years War in Europe in 1764.

Diorama 26: Damian Domingo’s Studio Damian Domingo, the most famous Filipino painter of the 1800s, opened the first formal art

school in the Philippines that taught Spanish, indio, and mestizo students alike.

Diorama 27: Sunday Mass at Santa Ana Sunday mass was the social highlight of the week in lowland Christian areas. Parishioners

would make every effort to attend mass in their finest clothes to show their devotion and status.