ENThe aim of the article is to present the results of the research carried out at the local level in the city of Šiauliai. The first part of the article introduces the researcher's choice of theoretical approach to conducting the study, which formed the basis of a partially structured interview questionnaire, matrices. Based on the theoretical access chosen by the researcher and the information collected during the interviews with informants, matrices of the following topics were made: The situation of cultural policy in Lithuania; Cooperation; Influence of the legal base on the implementation of cultural policy; Institutional structure of cultural institutions; Resources; Cultural policy goals, objectives, priorities. The second part of the paper presents the results of the informants' attitudes research - presents the results of the systematic analysis of six matrix data. Keywords: Culture, cultural policy. [From the publication]