A cultural center or cultural centre is an organization, building or complex that promotes

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these grou ...

and

arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...

. Cultural centers can be neighborhood community arts organizations, private facilities, government-sponsored, or

activist Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fr ...

-run.

Asia

* Central Cultural Center (CCC), Bangladesh * Bahman Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran * Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand * Beigang Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan *

Bentara Budaya Jakarta Bentara Budaya Jakarta is a cultural center located on Jalan Palmerah Selatan 17, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The institution consists of a museum and an art gallery. Open from Monday to Friday at 8 AM to 5 PM, the gallery is closed on weekends an ...

, Jakarta, Indonesia * Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia *

Cultural Center of the Philippines The Cultural Center of the Philippines ( fil, Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas, or CCP) is a government-owned and controlled corporation established to preserve, develop and promote arts and culture in the Philippines.Presidential Decree No. ...

, Philippines * Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong, China * Japanese Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan * Kaohsiung Cultural Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan *

Keelung Cultural Center The Keelung Cultural Center () is a cultural center in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. History The cultural center was inaugurated on 27 August 1985 as the Keelung City Cultural Center. On 1 December 2004, the cultural center was rename ...

, Keelung, Taiwan *

Ketagalan Culture Center The Ketagalan Culture Center (KCC; ) is a cultural center in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The cultural center is dedicated to introduce the various plains indigenous cultures, including the Ketagalan tribes cultures. History The center w ...

, Taipei, Taiwan * King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia *

Kohima Capital Cultural Center The Kohima Capital Cultural Center is a cultural center located at Police Reserve Hill, Kohima, Nagaland, India. The center has a multipurpose hall and provides various facilities for citizens. The main hall with a seating capacity of 1800 is ...

, Kohima, Nagaland *

Korean Cultural Center Korean Cultural Centers (Korean: 한국문화원, Hanja: 韓國文化院) are non-profit institutions aligned with the Government of South Korea that aim to promote Korean culture and facilitate cultural exchanges. History Starting from 2009, th ...

, Seoul, Korea * Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Centre, Kuwait City, Kuwait * Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait * Lukang Culture Center, Changhua County, Taiwan *

Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center The Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center () is a cultural center in Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan under the administration of the Ministry of Culture. It was previously under the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission of the Executive Yuan ...

, Taipei, Taiwan * Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC), Singapore *

Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center The Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center (also Da Dun Cultural Center, ) is a cultural center in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. Organizational structure The organization of the center has the following structure: * Promotion section * Exhibit ...

, Taichung, Taiwan *

Taichung Municipal City Huludun Cultural Center The Taichung Municipal City Huludun Cultural Center () is a cultural center in Fengyuan District, Taichung, Taiwan. Architecture The center consists of art galleries and Weaving Craft Museum. Transportation The cultural center is accessible w ...

, Taichung, Taiwan *

Tainan Municipal Cultural Center The Tainan Municipal Cultural Center (TMCC; ) is a cultural center in East District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The construction of the center started in June 1980 and was inaugurated on 6 October 1984 as Tainan Municipal Cultural Center. In 2000, ...

, Tainan, Taiwan * Taiwan Cultural Center, Tokyo, Japan *

Telugu Saamskruthika Niketanam Telugu Saamskruthika Niketanam, also called World Telugu Museum, is located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Objectives The museum's main objective is to show Telugu history and culture from the Satavahana dynasty until modern times. ...

, Visakhapatnam, India * Cultural Center by Talenmark Developers, Calicut, India *

Thailand Cultural Centre The Thailand Cultural Centre (Thai; ศูนย์วัฒนธรรมแห่งประเทศไทย) is a performing arts venue in Huai Khwang district, Bangkok, Thailand. History Built with a grant from Japan, the Thailand Cultura ...

, Bangkoentrance to the Belém Cultural Centre in Bangkok, Thailand *

Tokyo Korean Culture Center The is a Korean Language and Cultural Exchange Center in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Supported by the Korean Ministry of Culture, this center offers Korean Language classes and promotes Korean culture in Japan through educational, sporting, enterta ...

, Tokyo, Japan *

Xinying Cultural Center The Xinying Cultural Center () is a cultural center in Xinying District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The construction of the cultural center building began in 1981 and it was opened on 8 October 1983 as the Tainan County Cultural Center. On 12 Augu ...

, Tainan, Taiwan

Europe

The Cultural Centre of the Old Customs House in Tampere1

Vooruit, Ghent Vooruit ( nl, Kunstencentrum Vooruit, ) is a historic complex in Ghent, Belgium. Vooruit was originally the festival and art center of the Ghent-based labor movement, with a ballroom, cinema, theater, etc. It is now mainly used for concerts an ...

, Belgium *

National Palace of Culture, Sofia The National Palace of Culture (, ; abbreviated as , NDK), located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is the largest, multifunctional conference and exhibition centre in south-eastern Europe. It was opened in 1981 in celebration of Bulgaria's 130 ...

, Bulgaria * Kulturværftet, Helsingør, Denmark * Tullikamari Cultural Centre,

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclo ...

, Finland * Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France *

Gasteig, Munich Gasteig is a cultural center in Munich, opened in 1985, which hosts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. The Richard Strauss Conservatory, the Volkshochschule, and the municipal library are all located in the Gasteig. Most of the events of the Fil ...

, Germany *

Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre, County Donegal Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny is a cultural centre located in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. The centre is located behind An Grianán Theatre on the Port Road in the town and is the leading cultural centre in north-west Ireland. I ...

, Ireland * European Cultural Centre,

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...

, Italy * Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre "Agila", Neringa, Lithuania * Public institution Cultural center "Nikola Djurkovic",

Kotor Kotor ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian: ), is a coastal town in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrativ ...

, Montenegro *

ACU, Utrecht ACU is a political-cultural venue in the city centre of Utrecht, in the Netherlands. The name ACU is derived from "Auto Centrale Utrecht" (Car Centre Utrecht) and is one of the many signs of its origin as an old squat. Nowadays it is still run ...

, Netherlands *

De Balie, Amsterdam De Balie is a Dutch organization that produces independent journalistic programs about art, culture and politics. De Balie is located at Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, near Leidseplein in Amsterdam. History When the 19th century building of the ...

, Netherlands *

Glaspaleis, Heerlen The Glaspaleis (in English: ''Glass Palace'') is a modernist building in Heerlen, Netherlands, built in 1935. Formerly a fashion house and department store, Schunck, it is now the cultural centre of the city. The original name was ''Modehuis Sc ...

, Netherlands *

OT301, Amsterdam OT301 is a self-managed social centre in a legalized squat in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, located on Overtoom 301. History The former Dutch film academy was squatted in 1999 by a group of artists. After being a breeding ground for a number o ...

, Netherlands *

Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon Centro may refer to: Places Brazil * Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of D ...

, Portugal *

Kuryokhin Center, Saint Petersburg The Kuryokhin Center, or more extended the Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art, is a non-profit cultural centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The centre was founded in 2004 and named after the Russian avant garde composer Sergey Kuryokhin. The ...

, Russia *

Cultural center Bor Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor ...

, Bor, Serbia * Dom omladine Beograda, Belgrade, Serbia *

Matadero Madrid, Madrid Matadero Madrid is the site of a former slaughterhouse, the El Matadero y Mercado Municipal de Ganados (English: Municipal Slaughterhouse and Cattle Market) in the Arganzuela district of Madrid. Today, it is a contemporary arts centre. History ...

, Spain

North America

Chicago Cultural Center - Grand Staircase and Preston Bradley Hall

El Centro Cultural de Mexico El Centro Cultural de México is an all-volunteer alternative space in Santa Ana, Orange County, California, focusing on transnational projects that link residents to communities all over Mexico through the arts, culture, and social justice. ...

, Mexico * Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico *

Eyedrum Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery is a non-profit art space and venue in Atlanta, Georgia, founded by American painter Woody Cornwell and musician and journalist Marshall Avett in 1998, and focused on contemporary art and experimental music ranging fr ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,71 ...

, United States *

Centro Cultural de la Raza The Centro Cultural de la Raza (Spanish for ''Cultural Center of the People'') is a non-profit organization with the specific mission to create, preserve, promote and educate about Chicano, Mexicano, Native American and Latino art and culture. ...

, San Diego, California, United States * Detroit Cultural Center, MI, United States *

Cultural Center of Charlotte County Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these grou ...

, Port Charlotte, Florida, United States *

Self Help Graphics & Art Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. is a community arts center with a mix Beaux-Arts and vernacular architecture in East Los Angeles, California, United States. The building was built in 1927, and was designed by Postle & Postle. Formed during the cu ...

, Los Angeles, United States *

Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural is a non-profit cultural center and bookstore in Sylmar, California. It was founded in 2003 by noted Chicano author Luis J. Rodriguez, his wife Trini Rodriguez, Angelica Loa, and Victor Mendoza (Victor E) of El Vuh. T ...

, Los Angeles, California, United States * La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, California, United States *

Chicago Cultural Center The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, is a Chicago Landmark building operated by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events that houses the city's official reception venue where the Mayor of Chicago has welcomed presid ...

, Chicago, IL, United States *

Kansas City Irish Center The Kansas City Irish Center, formerly known as the Irish Center of Kansas City, is a non-profit organization in Kansas City, Missouri. The Center opened in Union Station on March 17, 2007 (Saint Patrick's Day). The Center's mission encourages kno ...

, Kansas City, Missouri, United States * Asheville Culture Project, Asheville, North Carolina, United States * Greensboro Cultural Center, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States *

Polynesian Cultural Center The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) is a family-centered cultural tourist attraction and living museum located in Laie, on the northern shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The PCC is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), w ...

, Hawaii, United States *

Howland Cultural Center The Howland Cultural Center, formerly known as Howland Library, is located on Main Street (New York State Route 52 Business) in Beacon, New York, United States. It is an ornate brick building designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the 1870s. In 1973 it ...

, Beacon, United States *

El Museo del Barrio El Museo del Barrio, often known simply as El Museo (the museum), is a museum at 1230 Fifth Avenue in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is located near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, immediately north of the Museum of the Cit ...

, New York, New York, United States *

The Kitchen The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary avant-garde performance and experimental art institution located at 512 West 19th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was foun ...

, New York, New York, United States * ISSUE Project Room, New York, New York, United States * Park Performing Arts Center,

Union City, New Jersey Union City is a city in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. According to the 2020 United States Census the city had a total population of 68,589,William V. Musto Cultural Center William Vincent Musto (March 27, 1917 – February 27, 2006) was an American Democratic politician who was sentenced to prison for corruption. He was the Mayor of Union City, New Jersey, from 1962 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1982. He served in the ...

, Union City, New Jersey, United States *

Centro Cultural Baudilio Vega Berríos The Centro Cultural Baudilio Vega Berríos is a cultural center located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Located in the heart of the city, aside the City Hall and the Teatro Yagüez, extending between Candelaria Street (former ''McKinley'') at front to ...

, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico *

The Largo Cultural Center ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

, Largo, Florida, United States * Ugly Mermaid Venue & Cultural Centre, Eau-Claire, Wisconsin, United States

Oceania

Ngarachamayong Culture Center The Ngarachamayong Culture Center is a cultural center in Koror, Palau. History The idea for the establishment of the cultural center originated when a group of visionary women held a special meeting to discuss ways of preserving the culture ...

, Koror, Palau *

Perth Cultural Centre The Perth Cultural Centre is an area of central Perth, Western Australia, near the James Street Mall. It is home to a number of cultural institutions including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, State Library of ...

, Perth, Australia * Queensland Cultural Centre, Brisbane, Australia *

Vanuatu Cultural Centre The Vanuatu Cultural Centre (in Bislama ''Vanuatu Kaljoral Senta'' or "VKS"; in French ''Centre Culturel du Vanuatu''), founded in 1955, is the national cultural institution of Vanuatu. It is located in the capital Port Vila. From 1995 to 200 ...

, Port Vila, Vanuatu

South America

Agustín Ross Cultural Center Agustín is a Spanish given name and sometimes a surname. It is related to Augustín. People with the name include: Given name * Agustín (footballer), Spanish footballer * Agustín Calleri (born 1976), Argentine tennis player * Agustín C� ...

, Pichilemu, Chile *

Nestor Kirchner Cultural Centre The Kirchner Cultural Centre ( es, Centro Cultural Kirchner) is a cultural centre located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the largest of Latin America, and the third or fourth largest in the world.Centro Cultural Recoleta The Recoleta Cultural Centre (in Spanish: Centro Cultural Recoleta) is an exhibition and cultural events centre located in the ''barrio'' of Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It holds sculptures and exhibitions, as well as concerts and artistic ...

, Ciudad de Buenos Aires Argentina *

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB, in English: ''Bank of Brazil Cultural Center'') is a cultural organization of the Bank of Brazil based in Brazil with centers in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The CCBB began i ...

Brasília Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitsche ...

, Belo Horizonte,

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, third-most populous state, and the List of largest citi ...

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

*Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil * Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda, Santiago, Chile *

Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral The Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM) (formerly known as the Diego Portales Building) is a cultural center located on 227 Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, in Santiago de Chile. The complex was originally built to serve as the headquarters ...

, Santiago, Chile *

Ema Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation The Ema Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation (in Portuguese ''Fundação Cultural Ema Gordon Klabin'') is an art museum located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Officially established in 1978, it is a not-for-profit private institution, legally dec ...

, São Paulo, Brazil * Narguila Pub Lounge Cultural, Bogotá. Colombia *

, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo. Brazil.

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