Established the

National
Commission for
Culture and the Arts
(NCCA)
 The country’s “overall policy making
body, coordinating, and grants giving
agency for the preservation,
development, and promotion of
Philippine arts and culture.”
 It serve as the state’s initiative to
promote and develop art and culture
awareness in the country.
1.Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
serve as the premier venue in the
Philippine for culture and the arts.
2. National Historical Commission of the
Philippines (NHCP)
3. National Museum of the Philippines(NMP)
4. National Library of the Philippines (NLP)
5. The National Archives of the Philippines
6. Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF)
 It was created with a vision of “a Filipino
society with citizens informed of their
history, who love their country and are
proud of their cultural heritage.
 Its mandate by promoting “Philippine
history and cultural heritage through
research, dissemination, conservation,
and sites management.
 (http://www.ncca.gov.ph)
 Itserve as the premier venue in the
Philippines for culture and the arts.
 The home to 9 artistic resident companies
such as the national Music Competition for
Young Artists Foundation(NAMCYA), Ballet
Philippines, Philippine Madrigal Singers,
Philippine Ballet Theater, UST Symphony
Orchestra,Tanghalang Pilipino, Bayanihan
Philippine National Folk Dance Company, and
Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group.
 http://culturalcenter.gov.ph
 The country’s repository of archaeological
artifacts, national treasures, and rare
specimens found and produced in the
country.
 Responsible for putting up a network of
museums around the country to serve as a
local destination of the diverse natural and
cultural heritage of the country
 2 MAIN DIVISIONS
 1.The Natural History of Museum
 2. The Natural Art Gallery
 http://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph
 Established in 1901 and called the American
Circulating Library to serve as memorial to
American servicemen who died in Philippine
soil.
 MANDATE: serving as a “repository of the
printed and recorded cultural heritage of the
country and other intellectual literary and
information sources” and providing “access
to these resources for our people’s
intellectual growth, citizenship building,
lifelong learning and enlightenment.
 http://web.nlp.gov.ph
A guardian to over 400
documents from the Spanish era
dating 1552-1900 and various
records from the American
period to the Republic.
Visit
http://nationalarchives.gov.ph/
gallery
 Was created via Republic Act No. 7104:
“Congress shall establish a national
language commission composed of
representatives of various regions and
disciplines which shall undertake,
coordinate and promote researches for
the development, propagation, and
preservation of Filipino and other
Philippine languages”
 http://www.kwf.gov.ph