Culture

Support of the young talents, children's art education, professional art, organizing cultural leisure-time and socio-cultural activities; libraries IT network development are nowadays in the focus of attention.

Theatres:

• State National Theatre of the Republic of Karelia
  e-mail
• State Russian Drama Theatre of the Republic of Karelia
  e-mail
• State Music Theatre of the Republic of Karelia
  e-mail
• State Youth Theatre "Creative workshops"
• Petrozavodsk State Puppet Theatre
  e-mail

Museums:

• Karelian State Museum of Local Lore, History and Economy (Regional museum)
  e-mail
• Museum of the Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia
  e-mail
• State Ethnographic, Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve "Kizhi"
  e-mail
• Marine Museum "Polar Odysseus"

Libraries

• National Library of the Republic of Karelia
  e-mail
• Republican Children's Library e-mail
• Republican Youth Library
  e-mail
• Centralized system of the city libraries (15 libraries)
  e-mail

Exhibitions

• Art Gallery "Doll's Home"
  e-mail
• City Exhibition Hall
  e-mail
• Exhibition Hall "Aquarium"
  e-mail
• Exhibition centre "Vyhod"
  e-mail

Centres

• Cultural Entertaining Center "Karelia"
  e-mail
• Centre of National Cultures
  e-mail
• Marine Historical and Cultural Centre
• Karelian Centre of Folk Arts
  e-mail
• Producer centre "Fabrika grez" (Dream factory)
• Republican Centre of Cultural Initiatives
• Social and Cultural Centre and its Branches: Handicraft Centre, there are branches in 5 city districts

Institutions of supplementary education

• Art Palace for Children and Youth
  e-mail
• G.Sinisalo Children Musical School N 1
  e-mail
• Children Musical and Choral school
  e-mail
• Children School of Arts
  e-mail
• Children Artistic School
  e-mail
• Children Centre of Theatre
  e-mail
• Republican Children Museum Centre
  e-mail
• Republican Centre for Children and Youth Development
  e-mail
• Centre for Children and Youth
• Art Palace for Children and Youth N 2
• G.Sviridov Children Musical School

Orchestras and Concert Halls

• State Ensemble "Kantele"
• Karelian State Philharmonic Society
  e-mail
• Russian Folk Music Orchestra "Onego".
• Karelian State Philharmonic Symphonic orchestra

Other cultural institutions

• City Dance Club "Rythm"
• Art palace "Mashinostroitel'"
• City Leisure Park
• Board of Cultural Programs (organization of the city festivals)e-mail

Cinemas

• "Kalevala"
• "Pobeda" 

Artistic Guilds

• Artists' Union of Karelia
• Creative Artists' Union of Karelia
• Composers' Union of Karelia
• Writers' Union of Russia (Karelian branch)
• Union of the Russian Writers (Karelian branch)
• Architects' Union of Karelia (Branch of the Russian Architects' union)
• Designers' Union of Karelia
• Union of Theater Workers of Karelia