Moscow State Institute of Culture (Russian: Московский государственный институт культуры), formerly known as Moscow State Art and Cultural University (Russian: Московский государственный университет культуры и искусств) is a Russian university, a vocational training center in the field of culture and art, located in the Levoberezhny District, Khimki, Moscow Oblast.

It is under control of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Created by the decision of the Sovnarkom July 10, 1930, on the initiative of Nadezhda Krupskaya as the Moscow Library Institute.

In 1980, the university was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

In 1994 the University has been identified as a basic school, where it was created by a teaching union of Russian higher educational institutions on education in traditional art and culture, socio-cultural activities and information resources.