Cultural Passport

An education initiative, in partnership with Miami-Dade's various arts and cultural institutions, to provide all K-12 students with a different age-appropriate cultural experience each year.

Now in it’s 12th year, Cultural Passport has provided more than 700,000 students with opportunities to engage in experimental learning at over 43 different cultural venues throughout the community. Partners include the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami Children’s Museum, Fantasy Theatre Factory, Perez Art Museum Miami, Barnacle Historic State Park, Miami International Film Festival, the Holocaust Memorial, GableStage and many more.

By partnering with South Florida’s finest cultural organizations and venues, the Cultural Passport ensures equal access to arts and culture for every child, many of whom would not otherwise have this breadth of opportunities.  All students will visit museums and art galleries, as well as experience live musical, theatrical, and dance performances throughout the course of their education. All Cultural Passport events are free for the students.

We know that when we tie cultural experiences to the instruction that students are receiving in the classroom, a strong link is formed and real learning occurs. Nothing can capture a child’s imagination and transform their life like a day at the theater or opera.

Through live performances and museum visits, coupled with professional development for teachers and interdisciplinary classroom instruction, students make connections between the arts and their work in the classroom. They develop literacy skills, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and by the time they graduate, students will have had high-quality learning experiences in and through a wide variety of art forms. Our hope is to inspire a lifelong passion for arts among these young adults, becoming patrons of, and contributors to, the vibrant arts here in our South Florida community.