The Franz Mayer Museum in Mexico City now displays a Spanish colonial-era Manton de Manila (Manila shawl), adding to its collection of galleon trade-related objects from the Philippines. The exhibit highlights the shared history and enduring relations between the Philippines and Mexico, featuring pieces like Philippine wooden trunks, ivory crucifixes, and Chinese porcelain. The museum is known for its vast decorative arts collection, focusing on furniture, porcelain, and objects from the galleon trade.
MANILA-ACAPULCO Galleon objects are in full display at the Franz Mayer Museum in Mexico, which emphasized the shared history and enduring relations between the Philippines and the Latin American nation.
Its installation this month will add to the growing number of galleon trade-related objects in the museum, which already includes Philippine wooden trunks, ivory crucifix, and Chinese porcelain. The “Galleon Talk” is among the many collaborations the Philippine Embassy in Mexico and the museum committed to conduct in the coming months.
The museum also houses other collections from well-known personalities that add diversity to the museum’s overall collection. It loaned objects to the Manila Galleon Exhibition held at the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore from November 2023 to March 17, 2024.
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