The Golden Cultural Alliance is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to developing and promoting awareness of Golden's cultural and historic assets. The Alliance supports member organizations by sharing resources and experience, and provides a forum for new ideas through cooperative marketing, projects, events, and public outreach. Every February, Golden celebrates its cultural organizations and the many events they offer all year round.

The Golden Cultural Alliance members include the cultural and civic entities in Golden: several museums, a library, a theater, a symphony, and a choir, among others including the American Alpine Club, American Mountaineering Museum, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Colorado Environmental Film Festival, Colorado Railroad Museum, Dinosaur Ridge and Triceratops Trail, Foothills Art Center, Golden History Museum & Park, Jefferson Symphony, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, and Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.