NATIONAL ART CENTERS IN THE The Heart of Philippines Arts and Culture
PHILIPPINES The Cultural Center of the Philippines
The Artists' Haven Established through Executive Order
The House of Cultural Heritage No. 30 s. 1966 by President
The Heart of Philippine Arts and Ferdinand Marcos
Culture It is administered by an 11-member
Philippine's Treasure Island Board of Trustees, currently headed
by Chairperson Margarita Moran-
National Arts Center of the Philippines Floirendo. Its current president is
Situated in Mount Makiling, Los Arsenio Lizaso.
Baños, Laguna, the establishment of Its artistic programs include the
this complex building was production of performances,
inaugurated on 1976 festivals, exhibitions, cultural
research, outreach, preservation, and
View on Contemporary Arts publication of materials on
"Contemporary arts is promoting the Philippine art and culture
talents of young artists today as
vehicles of cultural appreciation that The National Museum of the Philippines
must be preserved through time" National Museum of the Philippines
Began as Insular Museum of
National Commission for the Culture and Ethnology, Natural History, and
the Arts (NCCA) Commerce in 1901
Created by Corazon Aquino on April After the exposition, it was abolished
3, 1992 through RA 7356 as a separate bureau and was
Has three main constitutional renamed the Philippine Museum
objectives Serves as an educational, scientific
and cultural institution in preserving
General Program the various permanent national
Program on Culture and Sustainable collections featuring the
Development ethnographic, anthropological,
Program on Creativity and Artistic archaeological and visual artistry of
Development the Philippines
Program on Culture and National
Identity National Art Gallery of the Philippines