According to the law of 25 June 2004 on the reorganisation of the State’s cultural institutes, there are currently seven + 1 State cultural institutes: National Archives, National Library, National Audiovisual Center, National Center for Literature, National Museum of History and Art and Dräi Eechelen Museum, National Museum of Natural History, National Institute for Architectural Heritage, National Institute for Archaeological Research. This law is currently under review following the adoption and entry into force in February 2022 of the law relating to cultural heritage[1].
Other public institutions (“établissements publics”) are also under the ministry of Culture’s tutelage and benefit from an important budgetary endowment by the State, such as the Philharmonie or the Rockhal. Likewise, there are cultural structures that function mostly as non-profit associations, but benefit from more or less budgetary endowments from the State in order to perform precise missions, e.g. Mudam Luxembourg/Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, Théâtre national du Luxembourg etc.
A certain number of municipalities also support important regional cultural institutions, such as the Grand théâtre of the City of Luxembourg, the Escher Theater in Esch-sur-Alzette, the Kinneksbond in Mamer, the Trifolion in Echternach, Cube 521 in Marnach or Opderschmelz in Dudelange.
In the private and specifically commercial sector, cultural premises that would fully qualify as “institutions” are rarer, depending also on the definition of the word.
[1]https://mc.gouvernement.lu/fr/actualites.gouvernement%2Bfr%2Bactualites%2Btoutes_actualites%2Bcommuniques%2B2022%2B05-mai%2B05-reorganisation-instituts-culturels.html
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