New York PCG commemorates PH heritage with tour of Harvard Peabody Museum's Philippine collection
As part of its commemoration of Philippine National Heritage Month, the Philippine Consulate General in New York visited the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography at Harvard University on 21 May to view its extensive Philippine collection.
The Peabody Museum houses over 8,000 ethnographic and photographic materials from the Philippines, primarily acquired between 1900 and 1930 by renowned anthropologists, colonial administrators, and collectors such as Henry Otley Beyer, John M. Garvan, William Cameron Forbes, Lewis H. Farlow, and Olov Janse. Among the highlights of the collection were one of the earliest versions of the Philippine flag and various indigenous crafts, which reflect the country’s rich history and cultural heritage.
Selected pieces from the collection, curated by Filipino American students from the first Filipino class at Harvard, are currently on display at the Museum. The students worked with Dr. Ingrid Ahlgren, the Curator of Oceanic Collections at the Peabody Museum, to gather detailed information about the historical items.
In celebration of this heritage, the Peabody Museum invites the public to ArtsThursdays: Celebrate Filipino Heritage on 30 May 2024, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at the Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA. This event will feature the opening of the online adaptation of the exhibition titled “Balikbayan | Homecoming.”
For more information, please visit the event’s page of the Peabody Museum at https://peabody.harvard.edu/event/artsthursdays-celebrate-filipino-heritage. END
