Casa Manila is a museum in Intramuros depicting colonial lifestyle during Spanish colonization of the Philippines.

Casa Manila

Type	History museum
Director	Guiller Asido[1]
Curator	Ramil B. Tibayan[1]
Mansion in Intramuros, Manila Building details
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Mansion
Architectural style	Filipino Colonial (Bahay na Bato)
Location	Intramuros
Town or city	Manila
Completed	1980s
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect	Ramon Faustmann

The museum is the imposing stone-and-wood structure c. 1850, one of the grand houses in Barrio San Luis (one of the four original villages of Intramuros) is located across historic San Agustin church and bounded by Calle Real, General Luna, Cabildo and Urdaneta streets. The other two are the Los Hidalgos, c. 1650 and Cuyugan Mansion, c. 1890.

Casa Manila is a copy of an 1850s San Nicolas House that was once located in Calle Jaboneros. The architect of Casa Manila was J. Ramon L. Faustmann.[2] It was constructed by Imelda Marcos during the 1980s and modeled on Spanish colonial architecture.[3]

See also

• List of museums in the Philippines
• International Council of Museums
• International Museum Day (May 18)
• Museum education
• Virtual Library museums pages

References

Most visited museums

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Casa Manila.

• Casa Manila Museum: A Description of Each Floor
• Casa Manila (Viator)
• Casa Manila: have you visited yet?
• Casa Manila Museum (Global Pinoy)
• Intramuros: Revisit the Past in Casa Manila (Newsflash)
• Casa Manila Museum
• List of Museums in the Philippines
• Museums at Curlie
• International Council of Museums
• VLmp directory of museums
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code