In 2019 Godwit the local budget allocated 3 429 445,0 tenge and mastered 3 429 438,0 tenge (100%).
To date, the Department has 18 divisions. These are 5 theaters, 5 libraries, 3 centers, 1 circus, 1 zoo, 1 concert organization, 1 archive, 1 Museum
11 official and about 242 cultural events were organized and held, where more than 400 thousand residents or 50% of the city's population took part.
Indicators of the indicator for the "development Program of Shymkent for 2016-2020" are agreed with the Ministry of culture and sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan and are 100% fulfilled.
In 2019, 27 premieres, 1459 performances were staged in 5 professional theaters, and the audience coverage was 303371 viewers.
The number of productions of the Shymkent Circus institution in 2019 was -146 productions, where 62920 visitors took part.
Theaters of the city go on tour to foreign countries and cities of Kazakhstan. Shymkent Circus took part in the jazz festival in India, as well as tours to the cities of Nur-Sultan, Taraz, Turkestan, the Russian drama theater went on tour to the cities of Baikonur, Nur-Sultan, Kokshetau, St. Petersburg and took part in the festival "in the homeland of A. p. Chekhov" held in Taganrog of the Russian Federation.
In connection with the year of Kazakhstan in Uzbekistan and in order to strengthen interethnic harmony, the staff of the Shymkent city Uzbek drama theater went on tour to the Republic of Uzbekistan, to the city of Taraz, to the Crimea of the Russian Federation, and also took part in the festival of national theaters held in Kostanay.
For further cooperation and familiarization with the culture and art of the city of Shymkent, on November 25, 2019, cultural events were held in Uzbekistan as part of the day of the city of Shymkent. There was a meeting of writers and poets of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, a Gala concert with the participation of famous artists of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, as well as other masters of the stage and creative teams. Number of visitors to the Shymkent city Museum of victims of political repression – 2019 there were 92056 lectures delivered -21, events held (thematic exhibition, photo exhibition, film collection) - 2019-19, excursions held in 2019-240, permanent exhibitions in 2019-18, visiting exhibitions in 2019-19, collected exhibits-200 .
In 2019, the "center of traditions and customs" held-254 / exhibitions, excursions and lectures, cultural events, creative meetings and educational evenings at various levels with scientists and ethnographers), events with coverage of 8200 visitors.
The exhibition center held 39 cultural events, conferences, round tables, 13 exhibition fairs with coverage of 40061 spectators in the Shymkent state Zoological Park the number of animals for the reporting period is 2568, 266 species of animals, the number of visitors is 368038. 96 animals were purchased from the Moscow zoo of the Russian Federation. Today, construction works are underway on terrariums, aviaries for birds, monitor lizards and turtles, meerkats, wild birds, Japanese macaques, and cheetahs.
The number of readers in 5 library institutions (36 branches) was 176,016. The book Fund is 1.6 million, 1,900 books were issued, and the number of visitors was 1 million 200 people. In 2019, 2372 educational, thematic evenings, literary meetings and evenings Are planned to be allocated 800.0 million tenge from the local budget and 7.2 million tenge from the Fund for humanitarian cooperation of the CIS States for holding events "Shymkent-the cultural capital of the CIS Commonwealth in 2020". in accordance with the instructions of the Head of state, work has begun on the reconstruction of the Shymkent settlement, thus, 345.187 million tenge was allocated for the development of scientific and project documentation in 2017-2018. For 2019, 502.196 million tenge was allocated from the city budget for archaeological, scientific, restoration and construction works.