Tumba-Tumba Children's Museum of Philippine Art

The Tumba-Tumba Children's Museum of Philippine Art (Tumba-Tumba) is a major initiative of CANVAS, situated on a two-hectare site in Ibaan, Batangas, is being developed as the Philippines’ first children’s museum dedicated to Philippine art. The museum will bring together many of the ideas that have guided CANVAS from the beginning: literacy and storytelling, creativity and imagination, children’s rights and participation, access to culture and lifelong learning.

At its heart, however, Tumba-Tumba is guided by a simple belief: every child deserves the opportunity to imagine. The museum is already alive-- What we are building now is its next chapter. The first major phase of development centers on a permanent exhibition hall called I Am the Storyteller.

This two-story structure will house approximately 200 artworks drawn from a carefully curated collection of contemporary Philippine art, many of which are currently on display at the 4th floor of the National Museum of Fine Arts.

The Storyteller Hall will serve as the heart of the museum experience. It is envisioned as an immersive storytelling environment, permanent home for a significant child-focused collection of Philippine art, a space where children become active participants in meaning-making and discovery, a place where books, stories, art, and imagination come together.

We target that the museum become fully functional and open to the public by the year 2030. Join us in our dream of building more spaces for our children to play, create, learn, discover, and imagine. We believe, after all, that a child with art and stories can change the world!