PROJECT PREVIEW
THE MIND MUSEUM,
MANILA
Next year a world class science centre will open its doors in the Philippines – the fi rst time the country has seen a project on this scale which involves the private sector to such an extent. Kath Hudson speaks to Rizza de Claro, marketing and fundraising assistant for the Mind Museum
WHAT IS THE MIND MUSEUM?
The museum will be the fi rst, world-class science museum in the Philippines. It will be our defi ning legacy that will give the next generation the wings to fl y against the chal- lenge of a future shaped largely by service and technology. With more than 150 inter- active “minds-on” and hands-on exhibits, the museum will present science as enter- taining, fun, and engaging. It’s designed to appeal to people from
six-years-old to 96 and will cover 7,595sq m (81,750sq ft) and accommodate up to 1,000 people at a time. We predict we’ll receive 576,000 visitors annually, 90 per cent of whom will be from the local area.
WHO’S INVOLVED WITH THE MUSEUM?
The Mind Museum has an institutional part- nership with National Geographic, from which a signifi cant amount of the content
The Life Gallery (top) and Atom Gallery (bottom) are two of fi ve galleries at the Mind Museum, which will be the Philippines fi rst science museum
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is being sourced. The building is designed by Ed Calma of Lor Calma & Partners. The exhibitions are being designed by vari- ous local artists, architects, and industrial designers, under the exhibition design framework prepared by Jack Rouse Associates. Singapore Science Center is also providing guidance. The project proponent is the Bonifacio
Art Foundation Inc (BAFI), with a board of trustees made up of individuals from Ayala Land and the Campos Group. Our chair is Joselito D Campos Jr and our vice-chair is Fernando Zobel de Ayala.
WHAT ARE THE FIVE GALLERIES?
The Mind Museum will present science according to fi ve main stories. Each story is not intended to be a conventional tale with a plot, but will be an experiential dis- covery of the world around us. The fi ve galleries are: The Story of the
Universe: Its Beginning and Majesty; The Story of the Earth: Its Story Across the Breadth of Time; The Story of Life: The Exuberant Varieties of Life; The Story of the Atom: The Strange World of the Very
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