Gallery III (Minerals and Energy Resources)

Gallery III (Minerals and Energy Resources) of the National Museum of Natural History, divided into two sections, features the different types of natural resources that we utilize in the Philippines.

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It builds awareness on the origin of these resources, how they are obtained and how they contribute to our everyday well-being.

Copper

One side of the gallery features the mineral resources mined locally to manufacture products we have come to need for practical, everyday use.

Nickel, Iron and Chromium

They are extracted from the earth through different methods like placer mining, surface mining, and underground mining, depending on the type, location and value of the surveyed minerals.

From Open Pit to Eco Park

Samples exhibited here are metallic minerals like gold, chromite, nickel, iron, copper and manganese.

Metallic Minerals

We also have here the non-metallic minerals such as quartz, sulfur, calcite, anhydrite, and many others.

Nonmetallic Minerals

On the other side of the gallery are the energy resources that we use in the country.

Stages of Coal Formation

On display here are samples of natural coals showing its first stage (peat) to its last stage (anthracite) of development.

Discovering Oil in the Philippines

We also have crude oil samples and drilling implements donated by the geologist who discovered the first oil wells in the Philippines.

Tools used by geologists in the field

These samples were the earliest crude oils that flowed out of the West Philippine Sea, collected for posterity.

Solar Power

We also have here eco-friendly ways of generating energy such as converting air into electricity through windmills, sunlight through solar panels, water into hydro-power and converting heat from the sub-surface of the earth into geothermal energy.

Windmill

It features life-size replicas depicting different mining procedures, Philippine geology and life through time.

Diorama of a geothermal plant

On display is an intricately detailed diorama of a geothermal power plant and a diorama featuring how underground mining looks like.

Diorama of underground mining

Gallery III (Minerals and Energy Resources): 5/F, National Museum of Natural History Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park, T.M. Kalaw cor. Gen. Luna Sts.,  Manila. Open Tuesdays – Sundays,   9 AM to 12 noon (cut off time is 11 AM) and 1 to 4 PM (cut off time is 3 PM). Tel: 82981100 local 3000 and 85277889.  E-mail:  cmvod@nationalmuseum.ph or inquiry@nationalmuseumph.gov.ph. Visitors shall be limited to 100 per museum per session. Visitors are required to pre-book online at https://reservation.nationalmuseum.gov at least a day before the visit. Confirmation of booking will be sent through email.Group reservations are limited to five (5) persons only.  Walk-in visitors will NOT be accommodated.  Coordinates: 14°34′59.9″N 120°58′55.9″E.