Maison de la culture was opened in 1966, with its main goals:

It is an interdisciplinary place of production and presentation, with a yearly programme of around 50 productions and between 100 and 140 performances in the 3 venues. The Maison de la Culture is also a cinema presenting 150 movies, an exhibition hall, a music label (Label Bleu) producing around 250 jazz and world music records, and an open-air festival on the water in July. All of this for an audience of 100.000 people a year. Touring with its own productions, the Maison de la Culture d'Amiens is present throughout France and Europe.