Palace of Culture "Ammophos" has been created on the basis of the House of Culture of Cherepovets. In 1992, an agreement was signed between the members of the House of Culture, Municipality of Cherepovets and JSC "Ammophos" on joint activities in the field of culture. In 1996, due to economic difficulties in the company of JSC "Ammophos" building has been completely transferred under the control of city government and became municipal institutions - the City Palace of Culture "Ammophos". Today, the walls of the Palace of successfully working since 2052 84 participants and 20 teams of amateur. Together with these creative associations is an active social activities, events held nationwide scale, being aesthetic education of youth. For many years DK "Ammophos" is directly involved in the cultural life of the city and plays an important role in shaping its cultural values.

On the territory of the People's Palace of Culture is the Drama Theatre .  It grew out of the ordinary drama circle, which was created in 1930 at the House of Culture of Cherepovets .  In 1959, after the staging of the play "20 years later" M .  Svetlov, this team has been awarded the title of "National Drama Theatre" .  It was the first such theater in the Vologda Region, received the title of "People" .  While he led the famous director in . H .  Dessler, who stood at the origins of theater and worked hard to create it .  In 1966, he was replaced on the other talented director - Yu . H .  Pasynkov .  He continued the work of his predecessor, while continuing to reveal talents and to cultivate a new generation of artists from the people .  Among the actors of the theater, the pupils of the two directors, who later became well-known, can be called A .  Melnikov In .  Savelievu, A .  Saveliev, A .  Bystrov, H .  Ovchinnikov, etc. .  They continued to work in the field of art . 

In 1982, the place JN Pasynkova come VF Dusters. During his leadership the theater has received a lot of prestige at the time, of diplomas and awards, and became known not only in the Vologda region, but also beyond, including in Moscow. Today, the theater runs LA Makovkin.

People's drama theater since its inception until today has always adhered to the classical tradition. Actors-amateurs, despite the lack of theatrical education, endowed with an extraordinary natural talent, enveloped in a new form and make a new sound known masterpieces of Russian and foreign classics. At the theater embodied the heroes Ostrovsky, Gogol, Chekhov, Gorky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Schiller, Moliere J. et al., Sound poetry of Pushkin, Lermontov, Nekrasov, Blok, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva and others.

Among the most famous productions may be noted "20 years later" M. Svetlov, "Intrigue and Love" Schiller, "Silver smithereens" B. Pylnikov, and, of course, "Kozma bars." This poetic performance was also created in the scenario B. Pylnikov. For the first time he went to the house-museum Vereshchagins and repeatedly sounded here from N. Yegorov in the title role. In the days to commemorate Vereshchagin, here visitors came not only from Russia but also from other countries near and far abroad. On the play came from America visited Prince Obolensky and Baroness Viren. This production was a huge success and was awarded the Diploma of the Union of Soviet Writers.

Today, the theater successfully continued its tradition embodying their creative vocation to bear the beauty of the world, and would incorporate the audience to love and understanding of the classics.