30.04.2025 - In 2024, 982 museums and museum branches were operating, visited by 44.4 million people. Museums presented 2.8 thousand permanent exhibitions and organised 4.6 thousand temporary exhibitions in Poland. The largest number of museums and museum branches were located in Mazowieckie and Małopolskie...

17.04.2025 - In 2024, theatres and music institutions presented 60.5 thousand performances and concerts, with 12.2 million audience. As of the end of the year, theatres and music institutions had 378 scenes and 102.9 thousand seats in permanent halls....

10.04.2025 - In 2024, art galleries organised 4.1 thousand exhibitions in Poland, which were visited by 4.5 million people. In comparison to 2023, the number of exhibitions increased by 11.0% and the number of visitors – by 12.0%....

27.03.2025 - In 2023, there were 124.1 thousand enterprises classified as cultural and creative industries, of which 99.1% were micro-enterprises. The number of employed people amounted to 236.7 thousand people, and the average paid employment amounted to 92.5 thousand full-time jobs. On average, the gross...

13.03.2025 - In 2024, the financial results of cultural institutions were higher in comparison to the previous year. Total revenues increased by 14.9% and total costs rose by 14.7%. Investment outlays were lower than in the previous year – by 9.2%. Total revenues of cultural institutions in 2024 were higher by...

27.02.2025 - Gross value added created by the area of culture amounted to PLN 60 billion. Three domains dominated in the majority of transactions that make up the culture satellite account: Advertising, Audio-visual arts and multimedia and Books and Press. In connection with the announcement of the state of...

12.12.2024 - The financial results of cultural institutions for the three quarters of 2024 were higher compared to those obtained in the same period of the previous year. Total revenues increased by 14.5% during this time, total costs increased by 14.6% and capital expenditures decreased by 5.3%....

30.09.2024 - Analysis of the activities of public and private entities conducting cultural activity, including: theaters, music and entertainment institutions, cinemas, museums and institutions related to musems, public and other library and information institutions, art galleries and centres of culture,...

12.09.2024 - In the first half of 2024, the financial results of cultural institutions increased compared to those obtained in the corresponding period of the previous year. Total revenues increased by 17.1% in this period, total costs increased by 16.8% and investment outlays decreased by 13.0% during this...

13.06.2024 - In the first quarter of 2024, the financial results of cultural institutions increased compared to those obtained in the corresponding period of the previous year. Both total revenues and total costs increased by 18.6% and investment outlays by 19.0% during this period....

06.06.2024 - Assets (liabilities) of the surveyed cultural institutions as of 31 December 2023 amounted to PLN 26,117.0 million. Total revenues were higher by 17.3%. Also total costs increased – by 17.2% in comparison to 2022....

29.05.2024 - Folder containing basic information about the social situation and the economic condition of Poland in 2023 and in previous years. The folder has also been published in an interactive version for easy browsing on mobile devices. We encourage you to use:...

29.05.2024 - As of the end of 2023, there were 3,961 centres of culture, cultural establishments, cultural centres, clubs and community centres. During the year these entities organised 258.8 thousand events, in which 33.5 million participants took part. Most centres of culture, cultural centres and...

13.05.2024 - In 2023, there were 974 museums and museum branches, visited by 42.3 million people. Museums presented 2.7 thousand permanent exhibitions and organised 4.6 thousand temporary exhibitions in Poland. In terms of the number of museums and museum branches, in 2023 two Voivodships dominated –...

25.04.2024 - In 2023 theatres and music institutions presented 59.0 thousand performances and concerts, with 12.3 million audience. 798 premieres took place. Theatres and music institutions had 5.0 thousand performances and concerts in their repertoire. Stage activities were conducted by 207 theatres and music...

24.04.2024 - In 2023, 317 art galleries were operating in Poland, which organised 3.7 thousand exhibitions for 4.0 million visitors. In comparison to the previous year, the number of exhibitions increased by 5.2%, and the number of visitors – by 34.9%. Most of galleries were located in Małopolskie Voivodship...

23.04.2024 - The share of culture in the national economy in 2019 did not change compared to 2018 and accounted for 2.8%. Three domains dominated most of the transactions that made up the cultural satellite account: Advertising, Audio-visual arts and multimedia as well as Books and Press. The culture satellite...

28.03.2024 - 130.1 thousand enterprises belonging to the cultural and creative industries operated in 2022, of which 99.1% were micro-enterprises. Number of employed persons amounted to 256.0 thousand and average paid employment amounted to 101.6 thousand full-time jobs. Gross monthly salary per one employee...

14.03.2024 - In 2023, the financial results of cultural institutions were higher in comparison to the previous year. Total revenues increased by 16.2%, total costs by 15.7% and investment outlays by 13.5%. Total revenues of cultural institutions in 2023 amounted to PLN 14,396.7 million. In the structure of...

14.12.2023 - The financial results of cultural institutions for the three quarters of 2023 were higher compared to those obtained in the same period of the previous year. Total revenues increased by 17.1% during this time, and capital expenditures by 20.5%. Total revenues of cultural institutions for the first...

04.12.2023 - Basic data and indicators describing the functioning of cultural and creative industries in Poland in 2017-2021. The first chapter presents data about number of entities classified as cultural and creative industries. The next two chapters contain analysis of the number of persons employed,...

28.09.2023 - Analysis of the activities of cultural entities and other institutions leading cultural activities: theatres, music and entertaintment institutions, cinemas, museums and institutions related to musems, public libraries, scientific, specialized and pedagogic libraries, art galleries and cultural...

14.09.2023 - In the first half of 2023, the financial results of cultural institutions increased compared to those obtained in the corresponding period of the previous year. Total revenues increased by 17.4% and investments outlays increased by 15.1% during this period. Total revenues of cultural institutions...

14.06.2023 - In the first quarter of 2023, the financial results of cultural institutions increased compared to those obtained in the corresponding period of the previous year. Total revenues increased by 20.5% and investments outlays increased by 4.4% during this period. Total revenues of cultural...

06.06.2023 - Assets (liabilities) of the surveyed cultural institutions as of 31 December 2022 amounted to PLN 23,334.9 million. Both total revenues and total costs were higher by 17.7% in comparison to 2021....

31.05.2023 - As of the end of 2022, there were 3958 operating centres of culture, cultural establishments, cultural centres, clubs and community centres. During the year these entities organised 227.3 thousand events, in which took part 27.3 million participants....

25.05.2023 - Brochure containing the basic information concerning the social situation and the economic condition of Poland in 2020 and in previous years....

11.05.2023 - In 2022 there were 963 museums and museums branches, visited by 36.7 million people. Museums presented 2.6 thousand regular exhibitions and organised 4.4 thousand temporary exhibitions in Poland....

27.04.2023 - In 2022 theatres and music institutions presented 53 thousand performances and concerts, with 9.3 million audience. 771 premieres took place. Theatres and music institutions had 5.0 thousand performances and concerts in their repertoir....

26.04.2023 - The share of culture in the national economy accounted for 2.8%, which was mainly due to the activity of entities in Advertising domain. Audio-visual arts and multimedia as well as Books and press had also a significant share. As in 2017 these domains dominated most of the transactions that made...