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Located in the city center, this cultural complex houses the City Museum, the Minerva Theater and the Paseo del Arte. It is also home to the Schools of Music and Arts, the Directorate of Museums, the Houses of Culture and the administrative offices. The building that currently houses the Cultural Center of Fine Arts was, from 1939 to 1989, the Belisario Domínguez school, considered the first school in Quintana Roo.
Othón P. Blanco is one of the 10 municipalities in which the state of Quintana Roo is divided, it is named in honor of Othón P. Blanco, who led the colonization of the region and founded the city of Chetumal, it has various tourist sites such as the archaeological sites of Kohunlich, Dzibanché, Kinichná and the Laguna or Chakanbakan, recently access to the public was allowed in Oxtankah, the Fort of San Felipe Bacalar, also notable are the Caimanes park, the Alameda, the "Rosario Castellanos" park, the Venustiano Carranza and the Maestro parks, the so-called Museum of Mayan Culture, the City Museum, and in the town of Bacalar the Museum of the Fort, beautiful beaches and the Banco reef are Xcalak and Mahahual.
In different towns there are festivities, which in summary can be mentioned: In Calderitas a fair is held in the month of May; the towns of Sergio Butrón Casas celebrate their anniversary on January 25; Vallehermoso, on February 14; Tres Garantias, on May 14; Río Verde, on May 17; Nicolás Bravo, on May 21; the Alvaro Obregón Agricultural Unit on June 15; the Alvaro Obregón Sugar Mill on June 21; and in Subteniente López, on August 23. The San Isidro festivities are commemorated in Chacchoben, Margarita Maza and Caobas. On the other hand, in an effort to recover the cultural traditions of Chetumal, the City Council launched the program called "Bohemian Thursdays" and the Full Moon Festival, where local artists perform and have great public participation.