Institutions with global functions:
- National Library "José Martí"
- House of the Americas
- National Author Right Center
- CUBARTE
As a basic support to the management and development of culture, there is an institution dedicated to the development of the sector's own research and its organic link with the rest of the social sciences:
- Center for Research and Development of Cuban Culture "Juan Marinello.
It articulates, in a systemic way, with the diverse branch institutions of artistic production and creation, the activity of art education, fundamentally directed to the formation of the qualified technical force, to approach the different spheres of the cultural work. The teaching institutions are:
- University of the Arts
- National Center of Art Schools
- National School of Art
- Center of Improvement for Culture
