1960

The Lopez Memorial Museum and Library is inaugurated on February 13 with the Lopez family and Filipino and foreign VIPs in attendance

1972
Publishes John RM Taylor’s “Philippine Insurrection Against the United States,” which is distributed for free to Philippine libraries

1980-1984

Publishes several volumes, including “Juan Luna: The Filipino as Painter” by Santiago Pilar, “The Complete Writings of Dr. Eduardo Quisumbing,” “Philippine Rariora: A Descriptive Catalogue of 17th Century Imprints in the Lopez Memorial Museum” by Mauro Garcia and “Orchidiana Filipiniana” by Helen Valmayor

1986
Moves from Pasay to the Benpres Building in Ortigas and starts a massive preservation program

1990s
Guided by Roberto M. Lopez, the museum starts acquiring works by modern Filipino artists

2002
The Roberto M. Lopez Conservation Center is established

2003
The museum gets certified to the ISO 9001 standard

2004
Starts its digitization project, under conservation consultant Maita Reyes

2008
The conservation lab receives a grant from the Society for the Preservation of Philippine Culture Inc. to purchase additional equipment

2010
“Unfolding: Half a Century of the Lopez Memorial Museum and Library”

The museum celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exhibit and a commemorative book, “Unfolding: Half a Century of the Lopez Memorial Museum and Library”

2011
The Zero In museum consortium marks its 10th anniversary with Open Call

2013
Establishes a museum and library membership program