Diorama 32: Rizal Completes the Noli Me Tangere

Jose Rizal wrote the Noli Me Tangere as he was travelling through Europe. He finished the manuscript before

midnight on February 21, 1887 while in Berlin.

Diorama 35: The Execution of Jose Rizal

When Rizal was executed in Luneta, he was denied the dignity of facing the firing squad. To add further insult,

the Spaniards selected a Filipino troop to do the deed. Behind the Filipinos were Spanish soldiers, ready to

shoot if the former refused carry out orders.

Diorama 54: Inauguration of Quezon

Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña Sr. took their oaths as president and vice president of the

Commonwealth of the Philippines on November 15, 1935. They were sworn in by Ramon Avanceña, chief

justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on the steps of the former Legislative Building, now the National

Museum of Fine Arts.

Diorama 59: The Leyte Landing The weak defenses of the Japanese forces in the Visayas led MacArthur to pin Leyte as the site for the return

of the American forces to the Philippines. On the morning of October 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur

and President Sergio Osmeña waded ashore the Red Beach in Palo, Leyte, signaling the return of the

legitimate government