At a national level, the framework for cultural policy is managed by two main bodies. One is the Kultūros Komitetas (Committee on Culture) of the Seimas (Parliament)  which adopts decisions and analyses legislation. It is advised by 4 expert bodies with policy implementation functions: Valstybiné Kultūros Paveldo Komisija (National Commission for Cultural Heritage), the Lietuvos Radijo ir Televizijos Komisija (Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania), the Valstybiné Lietuvių Kalbos Komisija (State Commission of the Lithuanian Language), and the Etninés Kultūros Globos Taryba (Council for the Protection of Ethnic Culture).

The second is the Lietuvos Respublikos Kultūros Ministerija (Ministry for Culture) which develops and implements state cultural policy, transnational cultural programmes and international treaties. It has 16 advisory councils (e.g. the Etninės kultūros ir nematerialaus kultūros paveldo taryba – Council on Ethnic Culture and Intangible Cultural Heritage), and 6 administrative and cultural policy implementation bodies: the Lietuvos kultūros taryba (Lithuanian Council for Culture), the Lietuvos kino centras (Lithuanian Film Center), the Lietuvos kultūros Institutas (Lithuanian Culture Institute), the Lietuvos nacionalinė UNESCO komisija (Lithuanian National UNESCO Commission), the Kultūros Paveldo Departamentas (Department of Cultural Heritage), and the Valstybiné Kalbos Inspekcija (State Language Inspectorate).