The Latin American country along the bay of Honduras – the Maya name of which means 'muddy water' – has a relatively well organised cultural policy. The cultural policy is centred around the National Institute for Culture and History (NICH) in Belmopau, which was established by the government in 2003 to join together the various departments that had been involved in art and archaeology for quite some time. The NICH is the responsibility of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and has four departments: the Institute for the Creative Arts (ICA), Museums of Belize and Houses of Culture, the Institute of Archaeology and the Institute of Social and Cultural Research. This is part twenty-five in the Power for Culture's series on cultural policy in non-Western countries. To view more, CLICK HERE. To view past ACORNS news items for Belize, CLICK HERE.