Credits

The museum

Collection photographs by Gary Cruz and the Philippine Folklife Museum Foundation. Exhibition texts by the Foundation, edited and fact-checked for this website.

José Rizal manga

José Rizal, ten volumes, written by Takahiro Matsui and illustrated by Ryo Konno, published by TORICO Co. Ltd., shown by agreement with the publisher. All rights reserved by the authors and publisher.

Voices

Narration in English and Tagalog and the performances in the José Rizal manga were produced with ElevenLabs.

Music and sound

Scene music and sound effects composed with ElevenLabs Music and Sound Effects for the Foundation. Page-turn sound licensed by the Foundation.

Illustrations of the Katipunan

Drawings of the Katipunan’s ranks, organization, and recruitment: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO), 2013, published by the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines for the 150th birth anniversary of Andrés Bonifacio. Reproduced with credit for noncommercial use.

Public-domain and openly licensed images

Historical photographs, maps, and paintings from public collections, each credited where it appears. Most come through Wikimedia Commons.

• Acta de Tejeros, March 23, 1897 · Not stated (copied from an image of the document published by malacanang.gov.ph) PD-1923
• Andrés Bonifacio in La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1897 · La Ilustración Española y Americana PD-old
• Ateneo de Manila scholars, 1900 · Unknown photographer; published by Frederic H. Sawyer PD-old-70-1923
• Baptismal record of José Rizal, Calamba · Fr. Leoncio López (died 1883) PD-old-auto-expired (deathyear=1883)
• Belfry and town hall, Ghent, 1890s · Photochrom Print Collection, Library of Congress PD-1923 (Library of Congress, ppmsc.05677)
• El Filibusterismo, 1900 Manila edition · José Rizal PD-scan (PD-old-100-expired)
• Execution of José Rizal, 1896 · Manuel Arias Rodríguez PD-Art (PD-old-auto-expired)
• Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, Manila, 1887 · Anonymous PD-old
• First prisoners of the revolution, 1896 · Unknown (Commons credits “US military personnel”; image from the University of Michigan Philippine collection) PD-old
• Fort Santiago, 1903 · U.S. War Department PD-USGov
• Francisco Mercado · Unknown photographer; reproduced in a book by Pascual H. Poblete PD-Philippines; PD-US
• Gateway of Fort Santiago, 1880 · Unknown author PD-old-100
• Heidelberg from the Philosophenweg, 1890s · Photochrom Print Collection, Library of Congress (Detroit Photographic Co. print no. 1249) PD-old-70-1923 (Library of Congress, ppmsca.00306)
• Intramuros wall and moat, 1899 · Unknown author PD-Philippines
• Jeff Werner · pineapple fiber extraction, Palawan, 2007 CC BY 2.5
• Josephine Bracken · Unknown photographer; reproduced by Austin Craig PD-US
• Leonor Rivera · Unknown photographer PD-anon-70
• Map of Manila and its suburbs, 1898 · Francisco J. de Gamoneda (spelled “Franciso” on the Commons page) PD-Philippines; PD-US
• Mi Último Adiós, first stanza · José Rizal PD-old-100; PD-Gutenberg
• Noli Me Tángere cover · José Rizal PD-scan (PD-old-auto-1923)
• Notre-Dame and the Pont Saint-Michel, Paris, 1890s · Photochrom Print Collection, Library of Congress PD-1923 (Library of Congress, ppmsc.05188)
• Photograph of Andrés Bonifacio · Chofre y Cia (now Cacho Hermanos Inc.) PD-Philippines-1972 (expired)
• Portrait of José Rizal by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, 1883 · Félix Resurrección Hidalgo (painting); photographed by Wikimedia Commons user PhiliptheNumber1 PD-Art (PD-old-auto-expired, deathyear=1913) for the painting; CC0 1.0 (self|cc-0) for the photograph
• Rizal's baptismal record · Fr. Leoncio López (died 1883) PD-old-auto-expired
• Rizal's dam at Dapitan · Unknown photographer; reproduced by Wenceslao Retana PD-scan (PD-old-auto-expired)
• Rizal, del Pilar and Ponce in Madrid, 1890 · Unknown photographer; reproduced by Wenceslao Retana PD-scan (PD-old-auto-expired)
• Rizal’s drawings of fishes from Dapitan · José Rizal (1861–1896) PD-US-expired
• Statutes of La Liga Filipina, 1892 · José Rizal PD-old; PD-Gutenberg
• Teodora Alonzo y Quintos · Unknown photographer; reproduced in a book by Pascual H. Poblete PD-Philippines; PD-US
• The Triumph of Science over Death · José Rizal (sculpture); photograph reproduced by Wenceslao Retana PD-scan (PD-old-auto-expired)
• Universidad Central, Madrid · José Irigoyen PD-Scan (PD-old-auto-1923)
• Unter den Linden, Berlin, 1890s · Unknown author (photochrom, Library of Congress ppmsca.00344) Public domain via LOC-pchrom template: PD-US-expired (with PD-Detroit, or PD-Switzerland-old-unknown for Photoglob prints)

Book plates

Costume plates from Philippine Costume by José “Pitoy” Moreno (1995), reproduced for study in the exhibition. Rights reserved by the copyright holder.

Library

Rizal’s works and related books from Project Gutenberg, public domain in the United States; status elsewhere may differ. Translations are credited in each edition.

Maps

Geography: Natural Earth (public domain). Visit map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License).

Videos

Related videos are embedded from their publishers’ YouTube channels and remain theirs.

• Iloilo Dinagyang Festival 2025 Highlights Iloilo Festivals
• José Rizal: How One Man Inspired a Revolution DW History and Culture
• Philippines commemorates Bonifacio Day NewsWatch Plus PH
• Xiao Time: Ang Pagkabunyag ng Katipunan PTV Philippines
• Portraiture and the Philippine Terno Cultural Center of the Philippines
• Ano nga ba ang kinabukasan ng pag-uukit sa bayan ng Paete? GMA Public Affairs
• The Story of the Filipino: Juan Luna NewsWatch Plus PH
• Unpacking Traditional Bags in the Philippines Ayala Museum
• Xiao Time: Kasaysayan ng Escolta, Part 1 PTV Philippines
• Takahiro Matsui on why he wrote the José Rizal manga Rappler
• Aklan piña handloom weaving UNESCO

Research

Historical context is drawn from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, the Official Gazette, the National Museum of the Philippines, the National Library, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, UNESCO, and published historians, cited where they are used.

Type and icons

Source Serif 4 and Bricolage Grotesque, SIL Open Font License 1.1. Icons adapted from Lucide (ISC License).