National Arts Center

National Arts Center
National Arts Center
Location within Laguna
National Arts Center
National Arts Center (Luzon)
National Arts Center
National Arts Center (Philippines)
AddressLos Baños, Laguna
Philippines
Coordinates14°09′47″N 121°12′57″E / 14.16317°N 121.21585°E / 14.16317; 121.21585
OperatorPhilippine High School for the Arts
Cultural Center of the Philippines
Capacity1,000
Opened1976 (1976)

The National Arts Center is a building complex situated in Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, the Philippines. The establishment was inaugurated in 1976. Its theater is the Tanghalang Maria Makiling or the NAC Center, which has an audience capacity of 1,000 people.

The complex occupies a total area of 13.5 hectares (33 acres) at the Makiling Forest Reservation. Most of its facilities are operated by the Philippine High School for the Arts except the Pugad Adarna, which is run by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Venues aside from the theater include the Pugad Aliguyon or the Marvilla Cottages, the Pugad Adarna or Executive House, a two-story clubhouse called the Bulwagang Sarimanok, and the St. Marc's Chapel. The chapel's cross was designed by Leandro Locsin and features an outline of a crucified Jesus Christ.