In the provinces there are national schools of fine art and of music and other establishments and free subventioned schools.
In Havana, also, there is a school of painting and sculpture, a school of arts and trades, and a national library, all of which are supported or subventioned by the national government, as are also a public library in Matanzas, and the Agricultural Experiment Station at Santiago de las Vegas.
In 1908 the educational facilities provided by the republic, not including some private subventioned schools, were two universities and thirtythree national colleges.
The Revue europeenne (1859) was at first subventioned like the Revue contemporaine, from which it soon withdrew government favour.