Location and History:  The Centre for National Culture, Kumasi is situated in the heart of the Garden City of West Africa - Kumasi near the Okomfo Anokye Hospital. It is the cultural home of Ghana and the first and foremost Cultural Centre to be established in West Africa if not the whole of Africa. The man who is accredited to be the founder and first Director of this great and priceless edifice is the Late Dr. Alexander Atta Yaw Kyerematen began the Centre in 1951.

Location:   The Central Region is located on the Atlantic coastline of Ghana, and shares boundaries with the Western, Ashanti, Eastern and Greater Accra Regions. The regional capital, Cape Coast, which was the seat of the British colonial administration until 1877, lies 144 km from Accra.  The Regional Centre for National Culture is situated on the Cape Coast -Takoradi Highway opposite the East Gate Entrance of the University of Cape Coast.

Establishment:  The Centre for National Culture Tamale was started with the establishment of the Institute of Arts and Culture in 1961 by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Its name was changed to the Arts Council of Ghana in 1973, and again renamed the Centre for National Culture by the promulgation of PNDC law 238 of 1990. The Centre for National Culture was established to develop preserve and promote the Cultural heritage of the country in general and that of the Northern Region in particular.

Establishment:  The Volta Region Centre for National Culture is one of the agencies under the National Commission on Culture. It used to be known as the Arts Council of Ghana, established by an Act of Parliament on 23rd December, 1958.

Profile Of Western Region:   The Western Region is situated in the South-Western part of Ghana boarded by Ivory Coast on the West, Central Region on the East, Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo in the North, and 192km of coastline of Atlantic Ocean in the South.  The Region has a total land area of 23,921 sq.km (i.e. 10% of Ghana land area)