This site should not be confused with the Ministry of culture’s official site www.culture.gouv.fr, which mainly focuses on presenting government policies dealing with culture in France.

In addition to serving as an agenda and newsletter for culture in France, the site has 14 "thematic portals" featuring facets of French culture, ranging from archeology and architecture, to heritage, monuments and gardens. The site also features an "Espace Jeunes," a special portal that is similar to the main page of culture.fr, but that focuses on topics of interest to young people.

Highly interactive in design, culture.fr provides a special column where visitors can suggest cultural sites of interest as well as give commentary on the site, in order to help facilitate its evolution and improvement. Additionally, a multimedia artist is selected each month to design the welcome page.