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As a founding member of both the Council of Europe and the European Union, and a member of UNESCO since 1947, Luxembourg participates in an important number of their respective programmes, such as: Cultural routes, Herein, European Heritage Days, Eurimages (Council of Europe), Creative Europe, European Heritage Label, European Capitals of Culture (EU), World Heritage, Intangible cultural heritage, Geoparks, Man and Biosphere, Associated schools (UNESCO). Furthermore, transborder cooperation is of particular importance in the context of the “Greater Region” that encompasses two German Länder (Rhineland Palatinate and Saarland), the Belgian French-speaking and German-speaking communities of Wallonia and Ostbelgien, the French... read more →

Whereas the ministry of Foreign and European Affairs deals with international cultural relations in relation with embassies’ cultural promotion projects, the competence for the definition and implementation of international cultural policy lies with the ministry of Culture. This encompasses bilateral as well as crossborder and multilateral cultural affairs. State and other publicly funded cultural institutes manage their international networks according to their own priorities. Local authorities may be engaged in cultural activities with an international dimension on an autonomous basis, but it is rather seldom the case and depends on what is defined as such (e.g. town twinning activities might... read more →

The law of 25 June 2004 on the reorganisation of the State's cultural institutes is currently under review, a bill to that end having been submitted by the minister for Culture to Parliament in May 2022. The need for this initiative amounts, on the one hand, to modernizing the legislation governing key elements of the promotion of cultural heritage in Luxembourg. On the other hand, since 2004, these cultural institutes have been faced with the development and multiplication of their missions, as well as growing demand from audiences and cultural workers. The purpose of this bill is thus to respond... read more →

Table 1: Cultural institutions, by sector and domain Only data for performing arts available Domain Cultural institutions (subdomains) Public sector Private sector     Number (year) Trend last 5 years (In %) Number (year) Trend last 5 years (In %) Cultural heritage Cultural heritage sites (recognised) 16 (2022)         Archaeological sites 8 (2022)       Museums Museum institutions 27 (2022)   8 (2022)   Archives Archive institutions 1 (2022)       Visual arts Public art galleries / exhibition halls 5 (2022)       Performing arts Scenic and stable spaces for theatre 2 (2022)  ... read more →

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... read more →

There is no intergovernmental committee set up specifically on culture, but the ministry of Culture participates in a number of interministerial committees set up by other ministries on various topics (such as Comité interministériel de l’égalité des chances, Commission des zones rurales, Commission interministérielle du 10e plan quinquennal d’équipement de l’infrastructure touristique, Commission de subvention des gîtes touristiques, Commission interdépartementale pour les équipements sportifs, Comité interministériel pour la coopération au développement, Comité interministériel « Jeunesse », Comité interministériel de coordination de la politique européenne, Comité interministériel « Intégration », Comité de coordination interministérielle pour la coopération transfrontalière, Comité interministériel pour... read more →

The number of non-governmental professional actors has increased over the last 15 years, especially in the music business that has known a positive development of professional private actors. Private concert venues and organizers, but also bookers, managers and labels are settling now more often in Luxembourg. Professional and sectoral federations, associations or networks represent the interests of their members in most of the cultural and artistic areas and also act as spokespersons. In those areas where they still lacked, the creation of such federations has been strongly encouraged by the ministry of Culture in recent years through financial support. A... read more →

Local cultural policy is of the exclusive competence of the municipalities that exert their authority through the communal council, the board of the mayor and aldermen (communal board). Depending on the size of each municipality, administrative services and structures are more or less important, defining the existence or not of a cultural department and the intensity of cultural activities and investments. In general, the municipalities mainly finance local cultural services and facilities, intended for the use of their inhabitants and those from the geographically surrounding area, such as conservatories (in 3 cities) and music schools, libraries or theatres. There is... read more →

Although the country is subdivided into 12 cantons (that serve to define the electoral and court districts), there are no regional authorities in Luxembourg. Notwithstanding, geographical regions play a role in cultural governance insofar as: the ministry of Culture explicitly recognises the regional dimension, both in the current Cultural development plan (KEP) and by setting up already in 1990 a unit for regional cultural affairs; initially spread between three offices situated in the northern, southern and eastern part of the country, the unit has been centralised at the ministry as of 2013 and acts as prime interlocutors for municipalities, intercommunal... read more →