In any case, the cultural offer of Tenerife is similar but wider than that of any region of any Western country. For example, only in public libraries one can count 28 in the La Laguna University, in which 142,109 research works take place, and 89,000 books, are lent out every year. Nevertheless, in every important urban nucleus there's at least a small public library. One can thus count up to 48 public libraries in Tenerife. Diverse literary works, magazines, bulletins or videos are also published in Tenerife.
Sound recordings offer on the island is also large.
The offer to readers is complemented with three historical archives situated in Santa Cruz, La Laguna and La Orotava. The museum offer is summarized in 14 centres open to the public. To these, one should add the approximately 18 art galleries which are spread over its municipalities. The cinemas follow the general circuit of Spain. The island counts with five great multicinemas, although each municipality generally has at least one.