Culture

Culture statistics contain a broad range of information on activities in the area of culture relating to state, urban or municipal, and private cultural institutions.

Culture statistics  covers data on theatres, orchestras, audio-visual works, radio and television broadcastings, public, central scientific and university libraries, periodical press, museums, galleries, observatories and planetariums, zoological and botanic garden, preservation of monuments, caves, selected indicators in the five  most numerical churches, membership in public corporations, chambers and trade unions, and on income and expenditure in contributory cultural establishments.

Data source:
- the state statictical surveys of
     the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic www.culture.gov.sk
     the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic (university libraries and botanic gardens) www.minedu.sk and www.uips.sk
     the Ministry of Enviroment of the Slovak Republic (ZOOs gardens) www.enviro.gov.sk
- administrative sources
     the Slovak caves administration www.ssj.sk
     the Slovak museum for nature protection and spelunking www.smopaj.sk
The above  statistical surveys are conducted annually and  are concerned with the activities and chain of the state, regional, municipal and private cultural institutions.