The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), pursuant to making its “programs and services even more accessible to everybody,” will start operating on a daily basis from Monday to Sunday with free admission, it announced on January 1, 2025. 

Prior to NMP’s newest advisory, Mondays used to be a rest day for the state-run museum institution.

The improved schedule applies not only to the Manila-based National Museum Complex–composed of the NM of Fine Arts, NM of Anthropology, and NM of Natural History– but also to all the regional museums across the country.

“The past year has been remarkable for us at the National Museum of the Philippines. So, to start 2025 with a bang, we are delighted to announce that the NMP Central Complex in Manila and our Regional Component Museums all over the Philippines will now be OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ALL SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK! ADMISSION IS FREE!” declared NMP in an official statement on Facebook.

As of December 1, 2024, NMP operates 17 regional component museums spread across various regions in the Philippines, the newest being the recently inaugurated component museum in Davao. 

It also includes sites in Cebu, Batanes, Cordillera, Ilocos, Bicol, Iloilo, and Butuan, among others.

“Universal access has always been our priority. By opening our museums every day and maintaining free admission, we aim to make our programs and services even more accessible to everybody,” NMP added.

On December 30, 2024, as the nation commemorated the life and martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal, the National Museum of the Philippines exhibited for the first time Rizal’s “Josephine Sleeping” sculpture.