The Cultural Education Center is on the south side of the Empire State Plaza in Albany,

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. Located on Madison Avenue, it faces northward towards the

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building. Construction of the building, which was designed in the

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style, was completed in 1978. The eleven story, 1.5 million square foot (135,000 m³) building houses the main offices of the New York State Office of Cultural Education (part of the

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), which include the

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(floors 1-4), the

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(floor 9), and the

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(floors 5-8 and 11). File:CulturalEducationCenter1.JPG, Another view of the Cultural Education Center File:New York State Museum, Albany.jpg, Details of New York State Museum, Albany.

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