The 2026 budget for the Council of Mallorca's culture and heritage department is up thirteen per cent compared with 2025; it totals €39.5 million.
The councillor, Antònia Roca, says this increase is a reaping of the rewards from efforts made since 2023 and reflects the Council's "clear commitment to Mallorca's culture, heritage and artisan crafts". 2026 will be "the year to complete projects and continue working towards a culture for everyone, where everyone feels represented".
There has been a 50% increase in subsidies for town halls' cultural facilities, while the largest single budgeted amount is €7.7 million for Palma's Teatre Principal. "This is an important milestone," says Roca, who expresses satisfaction at having made the Principal "a leading theatre" under the direction of Miquel Martorell.
A museum development project is under way at the theatre, which dates from 1860. Prior to then it was the Casa de Comedias and had been from 1667. A fire in 1857 led to the theatre's reconstruction and to it initially being known as the Teatro Príncipe de Asturias before the 1868 revolution.
There is also a project at the Mallorca Museum, while €455,000 are to be spent on salvaging the Ses Fontanelles wreck, a fourth-century Roman ship in the Bay of Palma.
Roca views the appointment of Guillem Ginard as tourism councillor positively. The replacement for José Marcial Rodríguez, Roca says Ginard's cultural sensitivity (he was formerly the director for culture) is an asset for tourism, as "culture is extremely important in the strategy for Mallorca's tourism industry".