Florina H. Capistrano-Baker received the Ph.D., M.Phil. and M.A. from the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University. She was director of the Ayala Museum for 7 years from 2000-2006.
Capistrano-Baker shepherded the museum to its new building in 2004, and played a key role in the transfer of the gold collection in 2006. She curated the permanent exhibition Gold of Ancestors at the Ayala Museum in 2008, and wrote the catalogue Philippine Ancestral Gold in 2011. She is the co-curator of the current exhibition Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms at the Asia Society Museum, New York City, and author of the exhibition catalogue of the same title (2015).
Capistrano-Baker is the recipient of numerous awards including fellowships from Columbia University, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Cultural Council, Ford Foundation, American Association of University Women, and the Getty Research Institute.
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