About the Ministry
The Ministry of Culture was created on June 2, 2018, by Royal Order A/217, under the leadership of His Highness Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, the Kingdom’s first dedicated Minister of C...
Vision
A flourishing art and culture across Saudi Arabia that enriches the individual’s lifestyle, contributes to the promotion of national identity, and encourages cultural dialogue with the world.
Mission
To support and enable a vibrant Saudi Arabian culture that is true to its past and looks to the future by cherishing heritage and unleashing new and inspiring forms of expression for all.The culture sector plays a central and direct role in achieving the three strategic pillars of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030: building a vibrant society, a thriving economy, and an ambitious nation.
Message from The Minister
Culture resides at the core of the ambitious transformative journey taken by our country under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The Saudi Vision 2030 states that culture is “indispensable to our quality of life” and stresses the need to boost the Kingdom’s cultural output. Our mission at the Ministry of Culture is based on building our nation’s cultural legacy and contributing to fulfilling the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
Saudi culture stands on solid foundations with Saudi creatives across various cultural sectors. We come from a land rich in creative industries across different cultural domains and blessed with human capital whose creativity transcends borders. The Ministry of Culture will work hand in hand with the Saudi creator, the true asset of our culture, in going to great lengths to provide an ideal environment for creativity to thrive. We will leave no stone unturned in opening new doors for Saudis to channel their creative talents. Saudi culture will remain an essential part of our lives.
With a vibrant heritage and a diverse set of traditions spanning 13 regions, Saudi Arabia is home to award-winning multi-disciplinary creatives whose work has been featured regularly on the global stage. These strengths will fuel our flight into higher horizons that not only complement our nation’s standing in the world but pay a rich tribute to its authentic cultureBader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al Saud
Minister of Culture
The Strategic objectives
The National Strategy for Culture
The Ministry of Culture has placed diversity and cultural richness as a pillar in building the National Strategy for Culture, and in light of this, it has identified 16 sub-sectors of focus, namely: Music, Visual Arts, Theater and Performing Arts, Fashion, Architecture and Design, Culinary Arts, Film, Heritage, Museums, Libraries, Books, Publications, Literature, Language, Translation, Cultural and Archaeological Sites, Natural Heritage, Cultural Festivals and Events.
This Strategy resulted in the establishment of 11 cultural commissions overseen by the Ministry, the development of key performance indicators and annual objectives to be met by each commission, the monitoring of their performance, the provision of support and assistance during their founding stages, and the follow-up on implementation. It also resulted in the development of a comprehensive conception of the implementation mechanisms of the local cultural sector promotion project managed by the Ministry and its cultural commissions to create an appropriate cultural infrastructure that encourages greater cultural production and reaches all segments of society, consolidating the concept of cultural activities as part of daily life, providing incentives that support production, and implementing programs to develop creative talents from an early age, leading the cultural sector in all its legislative and regulatory aspects through the development of policies and regulations and the alignment of efforts, in addition to encouraging the private sector to attract different talents.
The National Strategy for Culture is being updated, which will further stimulate the cultural ecosystem to align with its strategic objectives.
