via Manila Bulletin, 17 August 2020: Remote conservation of a church retablo.
The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) is remotely supervising the conservation of the La Inmaculada Conception Parish’ side retablo in Guiuan, Eastern Samar.
It took three months before the NMP was able to organize and plan a conservation program for the church having been caught out by the pandemic which also prevented museum conservators from traveling to Guiuan town.
Listed as a National Cultural Treasure, the church is one of few in the Philippines to retain a high degree of architectural integrity with its coral construction and unique seashell interior decoration.
Source: NMP supervising conservation efforts on E. Samar church’s retablo – Manila Bulletin
