Culture institutions
In Smiltene County, the function defined by the State – to take care of culture and promote the preservation of traditional cultural values and the development of folk creativity – is performed by the Smiltene County Cultural Administration and institutions and departments, which are under its supervision and subordinate to it:
- Smiltene County Culture Centre;
- Smiltene county library (with substructures):
- Apes Library
- Bilska library with Birzuļi and Lobergi departments
- Blome Library in the Branti Library
- Drusti library with the Gatart department
- Gaujiena library
- Grundzale library
- Launkalne library
- Palsmane library
- Rauna library with Roze department
- Trapene Library
- Variņi library
- Vidaga Library
- Tourist information center (with substructures):
- Smiltene tourist information center
- Rauna tourist information Center
- Smiltene County Museum;
- E. Zālīte Memorial House
- Trapene regional research center
- Vireši regional research center “Mājvieta”
- Drustu Regional History Museum
- J. Vītola memorial museum “Anniņas”
- Rauna Museum
- Folk applied art studio “Smiltene”;
- Ape Culture House;
- Blome Culture House;
- Drustu Culture House;
- Gaujiena Culture House;
- Rauna Cultural Center;
- Varini Culture House,
- Launkalne Folk House,
- Birzuļi culture centre of Bilska parish,
- Grundzāle Cultural House,
- Palsmane Culture House;
- Trapene House of Culture;
- Vireši Culture House.
The objectives of the management are:
To develop cultural and tourism institutions and structural units, as multifunctional and high-quality cultural and tourism service providers, which contribute to the creation of a diverse cultural, tourism and lifelong learning process accessible to the active participation of society; To ensure the creation, preservation, cultivation and development of creative processes of folk art and cultural values in Smiltene county and Smiltene city; Promote the balanced development of cultural processes and the availability of culture in the Smiltene district, ensuring the residents’ right to quality living space.
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