• The NCAA is the country’s overall

policy making body, coordinating,

and grants giving agency for the
preservation, development and
promotion of Philippine arts and
culture.
• It serves as the state’s initiative to
promote and develop art and culture
awareness in the country.
• For almost 50 years, CCP has been
serving as the premier venue in the
Philippines for culture and the arts.
• It has hosted numerous shows and
exhibitions on both performance
and visual arts.
• It also responsible for bringing
together the different arts from
various regions.
• 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.”
• Promotes “Philippine history and
cultural heritage through research,
dissemination, conservation and
sites management.
• Through the efforts of NHCP, Filipino
may have “awareness and appreciation
of the noble deeds and ideals of our
heroes and other illustrious Filipinos, to
instill pride in the Filipino race and to
rekindle the Filipino spirit through the
lessons of history.”
• History makes the citizens aware and
appreciative of the country’s struggles
and triumphs.
• The country’s repository of
archaeological artifacts, national
treasures and rare specimens found
and produced in the country.
• The main task of this institution is to
solicit, document, preserve, exhibit and
promote the natural and artificial
wonders of the Philippines.
• Natural History Musuem
• National Art Gallery

SPOLIARIUM – the most valuable

artwork housed in the National
Museum.
- the largest painting in
the Philippines.
- the winning
masterpiece at the Exposition de Bellas
Artes in Madrid, Spain in 1884.
- Was then called the American
Circulating Library to serve as
“memorial to American servicemen who
died in the Philippine soil”.
- Is home to rare books and documents
such as Acta de la Proclamacion de la
Independencia del Pueblo Filipino and
the manuscript of the trial of Andres
Bonifacio.
- providing access to the resources for
our people’s intellectual growth,
citizenship building, lifelong learning
and enlightenment.
- Goes back to the Treaty of Paris in 1898
which stipulated the handover or
cession of documents from Spanish to
American authorities and provided for
the preservation of documents.
- guardian to over 400 documents from
the Spanish era dating 1552 – 1900 and
various records from the American
period to the Republic.
- 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.”
- Has annually given the Talaang Ginto:
Makata ng Taon for Filipino poetry, Aklat
ng Bayan and other grants or programs
on fundings, awards and projects.