The Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs presented to the Swedish Parliament a bill on the State cultural policy. In this bill there is given for the first time an overall view of the engagements of the State within the cultural field. It presents proposals for the eight goals of State cultural policy. It also contains a large number of…

Serious discussion of the status of children's culture in Sweden began 15 to 20 years ago. Today, it is increasingly realized that children need and have a right to personal artistic experiences. A report presented in the spring of 1983 by the National Council for Cultural Affairs on interaction between preschools and local cultural life prompted…

Describes a study that looked at keyworkers' (mediators between museums and public) contributions to lifelong learning and to helping members of public overcome cultural exclusion. Reports that field studies were undertaken in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Ireland. States that the study was used to develop museum policy, to attract public to…