In the paper the author is trying to point out, how the cultural education is meant nowadays
on two levels — a state one and an institutional one. Her analyse refers to documents issued by
the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and report on the research did in 2012
among those of institutions of the Silesian Voivodeship, which deal with cultural education —
cultural institutions, elementary and high schools. The key problem proved by the documents researched
is the lack of reflectivness within the cultural and educational institutions. In order to
provide an example of a properly meant reflectance in cultural education the author shows the
Borderland Centre in Sejny and its activity
