A wooden sculpture of national hero Jose Rizal depicts him writing. John Carlo Magallon
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Visiting Rizal

Jude Roland Ay-Ay, senior shrine curator of the Rizal Museum, and museum technician Emily Bonaobra conducted technical cleaning of some artifacts related to national hero Jose Rizal at the Rizal Shrine Museum in Manila on Saturday, 27 December 2025, three days before his 129th death anniversary.

Author : John Carlo Magallon
Original copies of Jose Rizal's overcoats preserved at Rizal Shrine in Intramuros, Manila.
Photo shows a preserved fragment of Dr. Jose Rizal’s vertebra that was struck by a bullet during his execution, on display at the Rizal Shrine in Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila, taken on Saturday, 27 December 2025, three days before his 129th death anniversary.
Jude Roland Ay-Ay, senior shrine curator of Rizal museum and museum technician Emily Bonaobra clean the original 19th-century wall clock of the Rizal family at the Rizal Shrine Museum in Manila on Saturday, 27 December 2025, ahead of the 129th death anniversary of national hero Jose Rizal. Historical accounts note that Rizal’s execution in Bagumbayan ended at around 7:03 a.m. on 30 December 1896.
A photo of Jose Rizal's skull along with some of his letters displayed at Rizal Shrine in Intramuros, Manila.