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Following the logic of diachronic analysis, the article discusses systematic diagnoses intended to shape and develop cultural policy, while presenting the evolution of research that has been conducted for the purposes of cultural policy ever since the early 1990s, with a particular focus on the strategic role of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, National Centre for Culture Poland (NCK) and quarterly “Kultura Współczesna”. The starting point for the discussion are the actions of the Institute of Culture, the first publisher of “Kultura Współczesna”, followed by the research activity of the National Centre for Culture Poland continued for the purposes of cultural policy and including for example the NCK Culture Observatory and NCK Repository of Reports.