The Coliseum Theatre opened in 1905 as living the American circus clown Frank Brown, of great importance in the origins of the Creole circus and theater in Argentina.
In 1971, the architects Mario Bigongiari and Maurizio Mazzocchi and brothers Luis and Alberto Morea by remodeling the room and the building of the Buenos Aires Coliseum were made, with the transfer of the Italian Consulate and installation of the Italian Institute of Culture in the building the theater.