As of 2019, the state-funded centre attracts almost 80,000 visitors a year.

From the 1880s until 1979, the complex of buildings served as the public slaughterhouse house of the city of Esch-sur-Alzette.

[1] Then in 1982 the buildings were squatted by the Theater GmbH, which used the spaces for rehearsals and performances.

[2] The Kulturfabrik became a cultural centre with state support in 1996.

[2] The Kulturfabrik is used as a cultural centre for artist residencies and as a platform for sustainable development.