The branch shares a home with the Italian Cultural Institute at 2 Dugonics Street.
Participating at the ceremony were Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu; Szeged Mayor László Botka; Katalin Bogyay, who is in charge of international relations at Hungary's Ministry of Education and Culture; Romanian Cultural Institute head Horia-Roman Patapievici; the Romanian Cultural Institute's director in Hungary Brândua Armanca; and the Roman Orthodox bishop of Gyula. A number of Romanian visitors from nearby Timioara and Arad also attended the ceremony.
The Romanian Cultural Institute's first event is an exhibition by the painter István Oroján, who lives in Gyula, another Hungarian city that lies near the border with Romania. In the future, the institute plans a Romanian film festival, chamber theatre productions and talks. A large-scale exhibition presenting the art nouveau movement in Romania, Hungary and Vienna is slated for 2008.
