Austria/ 2. General objectives and principles of cultural policy  

2.1 Main features of the current cultural policy model

Austria is a federal state. The general clause of Article 15 of the Constitutional Law assigns most cultural competence to the provinces or Bundesländer ("cultural sovereignty"), while the federal government has competence over "sovereign" matters such as scientific and technical archives and libraries, artistic and scientific collections, federal museums, the National Library, federal theatres, historic monuments, religious groups, foundations and funds. Public responsibilities for cultural affairs have been re-allocated by sector to different institutions or bodies, like the Austrian Film Institute, KulturKontakt Austria, the MuseumsQuartier and the Bundestheater-Holding (Federal Theatres Holding).

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