Culture minister
A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy and measures to protect the national heritage of a country and cultural expression of a country or subnational region. This responsibility usually manifests in the accompanying ministry, governing the following:
- an official registry of protected historic sites and other sites of cultural importance
- maintaining national archives of cultural work, including public museums, galleries and libraries
- creating a department or ministry of culture or arts
- creating arts councils, which disburse funding to artists and arts organization
- providing funding and other forms of support to artists and arts institutions.