Preventive Conservation ; Risk Assessment and Implementation

Juan Antonio Herraez and Juan Victor Cageo a visiting Museum experts , talked about Preventive Conservation ; Risk Assessment and Implementation, "How Spanish Historical Buildings Converted to become into Spanish State Museums", respectively in the five days museum workshop held at Museu de San Agustin , Intramuros, Representative from Barcelona Museum ( Sorsogon City ), Malacanang Museum, National Museum, San Ignacio Museum, Casa Manila, San Agustin Museum, Iloilo Museum eagerly discussed about the current museum practices they have been implemented on their respective museum and presented a possible preventive conservation practices that needs to be addressed using the Spanish experienced of handling better Museum Practices. To practically immersed on the idea of the preservation methodology , the museum work shoppers had an ocular tour in the upswing reconstruction of the "San Ignacio Church" soon to be named as the "Museo Intramuros". The ecclesiatical museum used to be the beautiful church in Intramuros during the pre war era. Its boost the most baroque and wood ornately church . That during the ravaged of World War II, it took a weeks of fires to consume and totally destroyed the whole church because of the foundational strength of its materials used. The church vicinity is located now at the current adjacent lot of Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines. Furthermore to re orient the museum managers the job of sustainable museum preservation , the group were encouraged to see the artifacts of the San Ignacio Church memorabellia during its might perfect built showcasing the oppulence era of that time. The San Ignacio Church will be reconstructed with its own convent, museum and library. It will display the grandeur collections of ecclestical collections ranging from sculpted ivory saints, candelabra, priest vestments cabinets, retablos, chairs, tables ( furnitures), chandelier, clocks, old maps , rare books and documents, paper of significant importance. The great collections ,that is worth of history is now at the management of Intramuros, now administered by Mr. Marco Sardillo located at Palacio Del Gobernadorcillo. The reconstruction is being funded by the NCCA National Commission on Culture and Arts . The second immersion stop over of the museum managers work shoppers about the preventive heritage conservation is at the Escuella Taller. The institution is in charge of developing young carpentry works in geared to be the next on hands workers in reconstruction, refitting,preservation , maintenance of all Spanish structures through out the Philippines. Applying a unique way of doing carpentry in demands with the corals, mortars, slabs of stones , woods that is the original materials of the structures , proper care and proportionate refitting materials needs to be used too. Like in cleansing the old intramuros wall , that was used for fortification so the first defence of war and had been the casualty of bombardment during world war II, special brush should be needing , with an acute care of brushing will be needing instead of boosing it with host of water. Holes , deformity on the surfaced of the slabs of stones can only be refitted with the same materials used like mortars (mixtures of charcoal, lime and screened sand), if cant be avoided and plastering be needing, the artisan had no option but to fillage the damage with clay bricks attuned with integrity of the original walls materials. From the Palacio Del Gobernadorcillo management likewise informed the group, that there was a massive attempt of documenting the foundational plan and structures of all Spanish structures since 70's and 80's , with this them the Museum Managers informed also that original maps of the Philippines considered to be the most credible source of actual geographical representation of the country had been now hang at Cambridge University . The maps that was lost from us during the British Invasion of Manila. The escuella taller is now an institution having a structural integrity to boost , housing at the former Spanish war arsenal inside the Fort Santiago. The final immersion process of the museum talked is the visitation at Almacenes Reales ( Fort Santiago) , the famous prison cell of the Philippine National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Located at the northest point of the Intramuros , the walled fortification of the old Manila ,( the original Spanish Settlements) against the marauding pirates. Prominent structures at this point , is the " media naranja", which means half orange in shape the way the walling was formed .

The five days Museum talk is culminated with a certificate distribution attended by the Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines, Ambassador Jorge Domecq and Mr. Marco Sardillo Administrator , Intramuros Administration.

Everyone is invited at Museum Exhibits;the Pacifico; Spain and the Adventure of the South Sea.
National Museum of the Philippines
P.Burgos Drive, Rizal Park, Manila
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" in 1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa caught sight of a new ocean for the Eurpean World, confirming what he already knew intuitively: a new sea, unknown and dark, lying between Asia and the recently discovered territories in America. Balboa named his discovery South Sea.".