De La Salle University has an art museum located on the second floor of Yuchengco Hall called The Museum, formerly known as the DLSU Art Gallery. Prior to its construction, the art gallery was housed at the University Library Building. The Museum can be accessed from either side of the second floor lobby or through the stairs located on the ground floor in front of the building. It houses collection of Philippine modern art generously donated by the heirs of Wili and Doreen Fernandez. Prominent artists, nine of them National Artists of the Philippines for the Visual Arts, have works displayed in The Museum, namely, Fernando Amorsolo, Jose Joya, H.R. Ocampo, Arturo Luz, Vicente Manansala, Mauro Malang, Cesar Legaspi, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Manuel Rodriguez, Sr., Bencab, Ang Kiukok, among others. Every trimester, The Museum changes its exhibit with a new theme.
The Museum has a floor area of approximately 450 square meters and is considered to have the largest exhibition space of all Metro Manila galleries. By comparison, the Main Gallery of the Cultural Center of the Philippines is 440 square meters.
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