The
Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (
Spanish:Instituto de Cultura
Puertorriqueña), or ICP, for short, is an institution of the
Government of
Puerto Rico responsible
for the establishment of the cultural policies required in order to
preserve, promote, enrich, and convey the cultural values of Puerto
Rico. It is currently located in
Old San
Juan.
The ICP was created by order of Law Number 89, signed June 21,
1955, and it started operating in November of that year. Its first
Executive Director was Dr. Ricardo Alegría.
In general terms, the organizational structure of the Institute
responds to the functions assigned to it by Law. Various programs
address to the following aspects of the Puerto Rican culture:
promote the arts, archeology, museums, parks, monuments, historic
zones, music, teather, dance, and the Archives and the National
Library of Puerto Rico. It extends its promotion of these
throughout all the municipalities of Puerto Rico through local
Cultural Centers. These Cultural Centers are autonomous
organizations.
The system of museums of the Institute include:
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