The central government is responsible for:

• Overall legal framework;
• The definition of and control over appellations;
• The conservation, integrity and security of historic and artistic goods;
• Controlling the circulation and export of historic and artistic goods;
• Archaeological research;
• The expropriation of historic and artistic goods;
• State archives;
• The prevention and repression of damages to cultural heritage;
• Cultural goods, and
• Performing arts, including
• Defining guidelines;
• Promoting national production;
• Defining training requirements;
• Guaranteeing art companies;
• Defining and supporting national theatre institutions;
• Subsidies;
• Cinema;
• Supporting performing arts, and
• Promoting performing arts research.

Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities & Tourism

Regional authorities are responsible for:

• Organising regional activities in the field of culture;
• Cultural development planning;
• Setting up cultural centres;
• The definition of pluri-annual and annual plans on cultural goods and their promotion (Regional commissions for cultural goods and activities);
• The promotion and development of cultural goods;
• The protection and promotion of the historic and artistic heritage, economic and financial management (Regional Directions for cultural goods) (part of the Ministry), and
• Regional archives.

Provincial authorities are responsible for:

• Setting up and running cultural institutions, including museums, galleries, orchestras, and information centre;
• The coordination of provincial networks of cultural services;
• The promotion and development of cultural goods;
• Actions aiming at the promotion of the cultural heritage, and
• The management of provincial libraries.

Municipalities

Municipal authorities are responsible for:

• The promotion and development of cultural goods, and
• Running libraries, museums, galleries, cultural activities and theatres.

Sources

Decreto Legislativo 31 marzo 1998, n. 112 "Conferimento di funzioni e compiti amministrativi dello Stato alle regioni ed agli enti locali, in attuazione del capo I della legge 15 marzo 1997, n. 59" (G.U.  n. 92 del 21 aprile 1998 - Supplemento Ordinario n. 77 (Rettifica G.U. n. 116 del 21 maggio 1997) [Legislative Decree 112/1998].

Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri 29 agosto 2014, n. 171 “Regolamento di organizzazione del Ministero dei beni e delle attivita' culturali e del turismo, degli uffici della diretta collaborazione del Ministro e dell'Organismo indipendente di valutazione della performance, a norma dell'articolo 16, comma 4, del decreto-legge 24 aprile 2014, n. 66, convertito, con modificazioni, dalla legge 23 giugno 2014, n. 89" (G.U. n. 274 del 25 novembre 2014) [DPCM 171/2014].

Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities & Tourism.