Editing Metro Manila (section)

===Arts===
{{See also|List of museums in Metro Manila}}
[[File:'Spoliarium' by Juan Luna.jpg|thumb|"''[[Spoliarium]]''", displayed at the [[National Museum of the Philippines]]]]
Metro Manila is the home to the [[National Museum of the Philippines]], the national museum of the country. It operates a chain of museums located in the grounds of [[Rizal Park]] just outside [[Intramuros]], such as the [[National Museum of Fine Arts (Manila)|National Museum of Fine Arts]], the [[National Museum of Anthropology (Manila)|National Museum of Anthropology]] and the [[National Museum of Natural History (Manila)|National Museum of Natural History]]. The National Museum complex occupies the place and buildings that were a part of a new capital center proposed by [[Daniel Burnham]] in 1901.

Prominent museums in Metro Manila include the [[Ayala Museum]], [[Bahay Tsinoy]], [[Casa Manila]], [[Lopez Museum]], [[Metropolitan Museum of Manila]], [[The Mind Museum]], [[Museo Pambata]], [[Museo Valenzuela]], [[Museum of Philippine Political History]], [[Pasig City Museum]] and the [[Rizal Shrine (Intramuros)|Rizal Shrine]]. Museums established by educational institutions are the [[Ateneo Art Gallery]], [[Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center]], Museum of Contemporary Art and Design,<ref>{{Cite news |last=John Batten |title=Manila essence: your guide to city's contemporary art scene |work=South China Morning Post |url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1725010/manila-essence-your-guide-citys-contemporary-art-scene |url-status=live |access-date=March 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308141349/http://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1725010/manila-essence-your-guide-citys-contemporary-art-scene |archive-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> [[University of the Philippines Museum of a History of Ideas|UP Museum of a History of Ideas]], and the [[UST Museum of Arts and Sciences]].

The national theater of the Philippines, known as the "''[[Tanghalang Pambansa]]''", is situated on a {{convert|62|ha|acre}} cultural center called the [[Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex]]. The complex is located between the cities of [[Manila]] and [[Pasay]]. Aside from the CCP, other popular performing arts venue include Cuneta Astrodome, [[Mall of Asia Arena]], [[Rizal Park]], [[Quezon Memorial Circle]] and [[Smart Araneta Coliseum]]. Other venues used are the UPFI Film Center and UP Theater in the [[University of the Philippines Diliman]]. The famed [[Manila Metropolitan Theater]], also known as The Met, was constructed in 1931 and was known as the "Grand Dame" among all the [[Art Deco theaters of Manila]]. Years of neglect forces its closure in 1996. The Met will be restored through a tripartite agreement with the [[National Commission for Culture and the Arts]], the National Museum of the Philippines and the Escuela Taller.
{{Further|topic=the artist-run art gallery|Light and Space Contemporary}}