Czechia 1.3.2

Data on cultural institutions are collected in statistical surveys by NIPOS, a state organisation. The most accurate data provided by statistical surveys are on the public sector. The information in Table 1 on the private sector had to be drawn from multiple sources given the considerable inaccuracy of data from statistical surveys on this sector. Archives in the CR are the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior, not the Ministry of Culture. Some data are not tracked at all – for example, the number of concert halls. On selected areas there are comprehensive overviews of the number of institutions that differ from the data provided by statistical surveys.

Table 1: Cultural institutions, by sector and domain

Domain	Cultural institutions (subdomains)	Public sector		Private sector
		Number (2020)	Trend last 5 years (In %)	Number (2020)	Trend last 5 years (In %)
Cultural heritage	Cultural heritage sites (recognised)[1]	40 242	+1.22	N/A	N/A
	Archaeological sites[2]	3 374	N/A	N/A	N/A
Museums	Museum institutions	339	-0.88	98	+3.16
Archives	Archive institutions	52	N/A	11	N/A
Visual arts	Public art galleries / exhibition halls	96	-1.03	148	-24.45
Performing arts	Scenic and stable spaces for theatre	89	+17.11	89	-11.88
	Concert houses[3]	41	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Theatre companies	72	N/A	422	N/A
	Dance and ballet companies	9	N/A	87	N/A
	Symphonic orchestras	14	0.00	2	0.00
Libraries	Libraries	5 307	-0.86	13	N/A
Audiovisual	Cinemas[4]	1 065	+68.25	N/A	N/A
	Broadcasting organisations	20	+900.00	297	+65.92
Interdisciplinary	Socio-cultural centres / cultural houses	526	+17.67	87	+38.10
Other (please explain)	–	–	–	–	–

Sources: NIPOS, Basic Statistical Data on Culture 2020 and 2015; Theatre companies – Database of the ATI, IDU 2022; Annual reports of the Ministry of Culture for 2020 and 2015; Database of the accreditation archives at the Ministry of the Interior, 2022; Cinemas – Czech Film Fund, 2022; Cultural Heritage Sights – National Heritage Institute, 2022;. Archaeologial Sites –Digital archive of the Archaeological map of the CR, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2022.

[1] The National Heritage Institute does not have a list of the owners of the sites, so there is no way to determine whether the monument is owned by a public or private institution.

[2] Digital archive of the Archaeological map of the CR.

[3] Concert houses – the main concert halls for music are a mixture of public and private entities.

[4] Cinemas in the CR are not tracked according to the owner or operator but are differentiated as cinemas with continuous services, cinemas with occasional services, and outdoor cinemas (summer cinemas, mobile cinemas, and drive-in cinemas).

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