The original Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo manuscripts are on display at the National Library’s special exhibit

For its 135th Founding Anniversary, the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) opened and inaugurated a special exhibit featuring some valuable pieces of Philippine literature and history.

Until the end of August, the original manuscript and facsimile of Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo are on display, as well as De Molucis Insulis, which is the first book written about the Philippines after Magellan’s expedition; the Acta de la Proclamacion de Independencia del Pueblo Filipino or Act of the Declaration of Philippine Independence; The Philippine Incunabula—printed works produced when printing was still in its early stages—and the Philippine Insurgent Records.

Mementos from Tagalog writer and former senator Lope K. Santos, photographs of his wife, National Artist for Theater and Music and Queen of Kundiman, Atang Dela Rama, are also exhibited. 

Many other books, documents, and photographs that are irreplaceable parts of Philippine history, culture, and heritage are also presented at the exhibit, which you can visit for free! 

The materials, which come from NLP’s Rare and Special Collections, are under the care of the Filipiniana Division.

The National Library of the Philippines located on Kalaw Street in Manila is open from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. — LA, GMA News