�► The Legislative Building (now the

National Art Gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines)

BASCO, Jessalyn M.

�► The Legislative Building (now The National Museum

Art Gallery)

BACKGROUND

Presently known as the National Art Gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines

Along P. Burgos Drive and Taft Avenue in Manila

Designed by Arch. Ralph Harrington Doane and his Filipino assistant Antonio Toledo

Was originally meant to be the National Library under the original plans of Arch. Burnham for Manila

�► The Legislative Building (now The National Museum

Art Gallery)

Source: Nostalgia Filipinas (http://nostalgiafilipinas.blogspot.com/2012/09/neoclassical-masterpiece-legislative.html)

The construction of the building began in 1918 and was delayed several times because of money issues.

When the legislature decided to occupy the building, renowned Arch. Juan Arellano took charge of the revisions of the plans.

�► The Legislative Building (now The National Museum

Art Gallery)

Source: Nostalgia Filipinas (http://nostalgiafilipinas.blogspot.com/2012/09/neoclassical-masterpiece-legislative.html)

The original pre-war structure occupied a ground area of 6,000 square meters and a total floor area of 2.5 hectares.

The Legislative Building was inaugurated on July 16, 1926 and cost P4,000,000 to build.

�► The Legislative Building (now The National Museum

Art Gallery)

Source: Nostalgia Filipinas (http://nostalgiafilipinas.blogspot.com/2012/09/neoclassical-masterpiece-legislative.html)

The Legislative Building (1929)Source: tanawin.wordpress.com

The Legislative Building during Quezon’s inauguration (1935)

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The Legislative Building after the Second World War© Life

The Legislative Building after the Second World WarSource: forum.axishistory.vom

The reconstruction of the Legislative Building after the Second World War

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The building was formally called the Congress Building

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Art Gallery)

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