Dets formål fastlagdes ved oprettelsen i en skrivelse fra kulturministeren til centrets direktor Florent Bex: Det "afholder arrangementer og udstillinger i forbindelse med nationale og internationale kulturaktiviteter".
Its aims, as set out when it was opened in a letter from the Ministry for Culture to Florent Bex, the head of the centre, are to 'organize exhibitions and events related to national and international cultural activity'.