Pasinaya 2026 offers free hop-on hop-off shuttle tours to 19 museums and galleries

Cultural Center of the Philippines' Pasinaya Festival 2026 is about to take place on February 7 and 8 and they're offering a free-hop-on hop-off shuttle tours to 19 participating museums and galleries in Manila and Pasay. 

Through the Paseo Museo program, registered Pasinaya visitors may ride free shuttles provided by the Museum Foundation of the Philippines, with trips departing from the Paseo Museo terminal on Vicente Sotto Street.

The participating venues span heritage sites, university museums, and contemporary art spaces, allowing visitors to explore permanent collections while encountering live performances, workshops, and readings by volunteer artists and cultural groups.

Among the stops are long-established institutions, academic spaces, and small galleries:

• National Museum of Fine Arts
• National Museum of Anthropology 
• National Museum of Natural History 
• GSIS Museo ng Sining 
• Museo Pambata 
• Museo de Intramuros 
• Calle Wright 
• Museum of Contemporary Art and Design Manila 
• Bahay Tsinoy 
• UP Manila Museum of a History of Ideas
• National Commission for the Culture and the Arts Gallery
• Baluarte de San Diego 
• Casa Manila 
• Centro De Turismo 
• Manila Clock Tower Museum
• Museo Pambata
• Jose Conrado Benitez Gallery
• Museo Maritimo
• Adamson University

Beyond visual art, many of the venues will host live music, theater, dance, spoken word, and hands-on workshops, integrating performance into museum spaces rather than confining it to traditional stages.

The Paseo Museo tours run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the last shuttle trip scheduled at 4 p.m. on both days.

Registration is required to join the museum shuttle tours.

The. CCP Pasinaya Festival is the country's largest multi-arts event, with over 150 events slated this year. 

It will be held at the CCP Complex, Aliw Theater, Metropolitan Theater, Rizal Park, and Circuit Makati, as well as Tagum City, Province of Capiz, and Iloilo City. 

It takes during the National Arts Month. — Carby Basina/LA, GMA Integrated News