Just a few years after the birth of the Republic of Colombia, the culturalinstitutionality and architecture of the country begins to develop. Thistext goes through the key moments of those institutions, and it emphasizedwith the creation of COLCULTURA (Colombian Institute ofCulture) in 1968, the formulation of the Culture Law and the creation ofthe Ministry of Culture in 1997. From those moments, a path thatcontains cultural policies, cultural plans and institutions is consolidatedin an interesting dialogue, which includes the participation of the civilsociety. Moreover, a reference of a recent and local case appears:Medellin. “A city thought and built from the culture”.