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National Museum of Fine Arts to close for almost a month for Marcos Jr. inauguration

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<p>MANILA—The National Museum of Fine Arts will be closed from June 6 until July 4, it announced, hours after the camp of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he will take his presidential oath at the institution.</p><p>&quot;To allow for special preparations and arrangements to be presided over by the inauguration committee, we will need to close the National Museum of Fine Arts temporarily,&quot; the National Museum said in a statement on Facebook.</p><p>It will reopen on July 5.</p><p>The institution, meanwhile, said that &quot;the National Museum of Anthropology and National Museum of Natural History will continue regular operations until further notice.&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/nationalmuseumofthephilippines/posts/5499061346784805" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Marcos Jr.&#x27;s inaugural committee &quot;recently conducted an ocular inspection of the area and found it to be a suitable venue,&quot; Zenaida Angping, incoming chief of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS), said earlier Thursday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/02/22/marcos-to-hold-oathtaking-ceremony-at-the-national-museum">Marcos to take his oath as PH&#x27;s 17th President at the National Museum</a></li></ul><p>Marcos Jr. earlier said he hoped to be inaugurated at the Quirino Grandstand - where most previous presidents took their oath of office - but the venue is still being used for the government&#x27;s COVID-19 management program.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DRe9D0HBvgI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

'The National Museum of Anthropology and National Museum of Natural History will continue regular operations until further notice.'