Cultural Links

Official Institutions in Spain

AECID: AECID —Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo— is Spain's Agency for International Development and Cooperation.

Casa África: Operated by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Casa África highlights Spain’s shared history and cultural affinities with Africa.

Casa América: Operated by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Casa América highlights Spain’s shared history and cultural affinities with America.

Casa Árabe: Operated by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Casa Árabe highlights Spain’s shared history and cultural affinities with the Arab world.

Casa Asia: Operated by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Casa Asia highlights Spain’s shared history and cultural affinities with Asia.

Casa Sefarad Israel: Operated by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Casa Sefarad Israel highlights Spain’s shared history and cultural affinities with Sephardies and Israel.

Instituto Cervantes: Instituto Cervantes is a not-for-profit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. Its mission is to promote the teaching of Spanish and the co-official languages of Spain, and to contribute to the advancement of the culture of Spain and the Spanish speaking countries.

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación: Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte: Spain's Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.

Acción Cultural Española [ AC/E ]: As a result of the merge of the State Corporations SECC, SEACEX, SEEI, AC/E will promote Spanish Culture in Spain and abroad.

Spain's Regional Governments: Organization charts for the cultural departments of Spain's 17 Autonomous Communities.

America Reads Spanish: America Reads Spanish is a campaign developed by the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade and Spanish Association of Publishers Guilds to advance the availability of Spanish-language publications in America’s libraries, schools and bookstores.

ANLE: ANLE —Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española— is the North American Academy of the Spanish Language.

The Gabarron Foundation: The Gabarron Foundation Carriage House Center for the Arts has been serving the Spanish and American communities since 2002. At the Carriage House Center for the Arts, one of New York City's landmarks, The Gabarron Foundation specializes in art exhibitions and various cultural activities.

Georgetown University’s Prince of Asturias Chair in Spanish Studies: Georgetown University’s Prince of Asturias Chair in Spanish Studies, part of an ongoing program to promote Spanish humanities and culture in academia, was established in recognition of Georgetown’s commitment to the study of international affairs.

Harvard University Real Colegio Complutense: A collaboration between Harvard University and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid to promote academic, scientific and cultural cooperation between the two institutions through fellowships and activities.

Hispanic Society of America: A free museum and reference library in New York City for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain and Latin America.

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, is a division of New York University that aims to promote research and teaching on Spain and the Spanish-speaking world at the university, and to mount free public programs for a general audience that highlight the history, politics and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.

Queen Sofía Spanish Institute: Queen Sofía Spanish Institute was founded in 1954 in New York City to promote the understanding of Spanish culture, past and present, and its influence in the Americas through a variety of program.

U.S. Cervantes Institutes: The U.S. centers of the Instituto Cervantes are not-for-profit organizations created to promote the teaching of Spanish and the co-official languages of Spain, and to contribute to the advancement of the culture of Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries.; Learn more about the various Cervantes Institutes in New York, Albuquerque, Chicago and Seattle.

U.S. Cervantes Virtual Classrooms: AULA Virtual de Español —Instituto Cervantes' virtual classroom— offers Spanish courses online.

Spain-USA Foundation: The not-for-profit Spain-USA Foundation aims to promote cultural, scientific, and educational activities of interest to Spain and the United States, to further cultural, scientific, technological, and business cooperation between Spain and the United States and amongst both countries and Ibero-America, as well as to protect, preserve, study, commemorate, and exhibit the underwater and cultural heritage of Spain and its contributions to the history and culture of the Americas.