Traditions - innovations - perspectives: the 85th anniversary of the Moscow State Institute of Culture and art education institute of the Russian Academy of Education

The article highlights some of the activities of leading the Russian establishments of Russian education and science in the field of culture and arts with a long history, traditions and specificities. Among the issues: contemporary professional Education and scientific Schools, achievements and development Strategy, Culture and the Arts, opportunities for fruitful cooperation. The authors draw attention to the informatization of the Russian Education and Science, are some of the questions the Federal State educational Standards, show the interoperability capabilities of institutions for example "Observatory оп Arts Education in the CIS Countries".