GSIS valuable, historical paintings transferred to the National Museum

The Government Service Insurance System and the National Museum has kicked off implementation of a partnership formalized in February and meant to make the GSIS’ historical as well as high-value paintings more accessible to the public.

On Monday, the GSIS and the museum highlighted their team-up with the transfer to the latter of Juan Luna’s “Parisian Life.”

Also under the partnership, the museum has named an area within its National Gallery as the Government Service Insurance Wing, which covered three large galleries on the third floor and which was opened on Monday.

GSIS president and general manager Robert G. Vergara said in a statement that through an agreement with the museum, the state pension fund would transfer the management of its art collection to the latter.

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