UK 1.3.2

Table 1: Cultural institutions, by sector and domain

Domain	Cultural institutions (subdomains)	Public sector	Private sector	Public and private sector
Cultural heritage	Cultural heritage sites (recognised)	400+ England[1] 130+ Wales[2]
	Archaeological sites	190+ UK[3]
Museums	Museum institutions			2,500 UK[4]
Archives	Archive institutions	2140 England[5] 83 Wales[6]	172 England[7] 10 Wales[8]
Visual arts	Public art galleries / exhibition halls			Included in museums above[9]
Performing arts	Scenic and stable spaces for theatre			1,300 active UK[10]
	Concert houses	59 England[11] 5 Wales[12]
	Theatre companies			985 England[13] 224 Wales[14]
	Dance and ballet companies	12 England[15] 1 Wales[16]
	Symphonic orchestras
Libraries	Libraries	4,145 UK[17]
Audiovisual	Cinemas: sites	632 England[18] 50 Wales[19]
	Cinemas: screens	3,457 England[20] 207 Wales[21]
	Broadcasting organisations	5 multichannel TV + S4C UK[22] 40 BBC local radio stations[23]	12 main multichannel TV + specialist & single channel UK[24] Over 250 independent local radio stations[25]
Interdisciplinary	Socio-cultural centres / cultural houses	n/a	n/a	n/a

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[1] English Heritage 2019

[2] CADW 2019

[3] ARCHIUK database (www.archiuk.com) undated

[4] Museums Association 2017

[5] Refers to national, specialist, local and university archives (National Archives – undated)

[6] ibid.

[7] Refers to private and business archives (National Archives – undated)

[8] ibid.

[9] Included in ‘museum institutions’

[10] Estimated figure (Theatres Trust, undated, www.theatrestrust.org.uk)

[11] Primarily public and includes recital halls and studio halls, excludes multi-purpose venues where orchestral concerts and music recitals are only occasional (Wikipedia)

[12] ibid.

[13] Refers to companies with more than one employee, ACE, Analysis of Theatre in England, 2016

[14] Refers to production companies and includes opera and dance (www.theatre-wales.co.uk)

[15] Dance Online (https://www.danceonline.co.uk/)

[16] ibid.

[17] Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Annual Survey of British Libraries 2013/14. (NB: This figure has been reduced since due to cutbacks in local authorities’ expenditure.)

[18] BFI Statistical Yearbook 2018

[19] ibid.

[20] ibid.

[21] ibid.

[22] Various sources. 2018-19 (NB There are hundreds of TV channels in the UK. It is difficult to provide an accurate figure because some services are duplicated, or high definition versions, or time-shifted option.) The 5 multichannel Public Service Broadcasters (especially BBC and ITV) operate many channels, including regional ones, S4C or the Welsh Language Channel.

[23] BBC

[24] Various sources 2018-19 (NB There are 12 main private channels, e.g. Sky, A&E Networks, etc) operating multiple channels. In addition, there are specialist and single channels covering music, shopping, sport, etc.)

[25] These are often owned by large commercial groups (www.radioandtelly.co.uk)