Goals (annotation): The course introduces students to the specifics of the culture industry and the concept of culture and tourism in the Czech republic. Is it discussed the approaches to culture, management, models and various types of culture in the context of a democratically states in the European Union and the perception of cultural values. The presentation is aimed at clarifying the functioning of specific cultural organizations of different legal forms and founders (castles and others historical monuments, museums, galleries, theaters, art ensembles, libraries, zoological gardens, observatories, planetariums, mass media) and forms of their cooperation in national and international context, including their impact for tourism in the Czech Republic. We will discussed type of financing and organizational and institutional ways of secure. We will also speak about the characteristics of services provided in the field of culture and tourism. In the context of the interpretation we will given concrete examples of practical functioning of cultural organizations in the Czech Republic.