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) | 7 915 | – | ||
| Complex monuments of national and world value | 15 | +6.6% | – | ||
| Museums | Museum institutions | 18* | 216 | + | |
| Archives | Archive institutions | 2** | – | ||
| Visual arts | Public art galleries / exhibition halls | 1*** | not available | ||
| Performing arts | Performance and stable spaces for theatre | 29 | 23 | +15% | |
| Concert houses | 5 | – | |||
| Theatre companies | 29 | 23 | +15% | ||
| Dance and ballet companies | 5 | 1 | +100% | ||
| Symphonic orchestras | 4 | – | |||
| Libraries | Libraries | 1**** | 824**** | ||
| Audiovisual | Cinemas | 1 | – | ||
| Broadcasting organisations | 2 | not available | |||
| Interdisciplinary | Socio-cultural centres / cultural houses | 2 | not available | ||
| Other (please explain) | Child musical, art and painting schools | 10 | not available | ||
| Higher education institutions | 5 |
Source(s): State Department for Statistics,
* 12 museums and 4 house-museums are part of the Georgian National Museum
** Archives are under the Ministry of Justice
*** The National Gallery is part of the Georgian National Museum up to 2021
**** 2 opera and ballet theaters and 3 state folk song and dance ensembles subordinate to the state
***** “Tbilisi Modern Ballet” subordinates to Tbilisi Municipality
**** The National Library is under of the Parliament of Georgia.
***** From 2009, the information about other libraries is no longer available from administrative sources
There is no data on private cultural institutions, only incomplete and fragmented information. For example, there is data on private broadcasters, and some on museums and galleries.
However, statistics on the private sector of the other domains shown in the table are mostly unavailable.
The Ministry of Culture Sports and Youth controls 18 state museums (including the National Museum of Georgia, which includes 12 museums, 4 house museums, 1 National Gallery and 2 research centres), 29 theatres, 5 concert halls, 14 educational institutions (of which 4 are higher institutions and 10 colleges and schools of art, ballet, music and fine art), LEPL Giorgi Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Monument Protection, Films, Folklore, Theatres, Classical Music Centres, National Music Centre, Writers’ House, LEPL Circassian (Adyghe) Cultural Centre; LEPL- Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra; and LEPL Gori Women’s Chamber Choir.
The National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia under the Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs deals with cultural and historical monuments and archaeological sites.
Some institutions are managed by other state institutions, e.g. the Ministry of Justice manages the archive institutions, the Parliament of Georgia manages the National Library, and 14 state reserves are managed by the Agency of Protected Areas under the Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources.
Libraries, culture houses, some theatres, museums and music schools have been transferred to municipalities.
According to data from 2008, there were 824 libraries in Georgia (without data from the Republic of Adjara). Since 2009, information about libraries is no longer available from administrative sources.
New data (in 2022-2024) on cultural institutions are not available due to the closed nature of the Ministry, as well as due to the lack of official statistics.
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