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

culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

and

arts The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...

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

activist Activism 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 common good. Forms of activism range from mandate build ...

-run.

Africa

Bibliotheca Alexandrina The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Latin, 'Library of Alexandria'; , ) (BA) is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. It is a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria, once one of the larg ...

Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...

, Egypt * Fendika Cultural Center,

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...

, Ethiopia. * Guga S'Thebe Arts & Cultural Centre,

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

, South Africa * Ndere Cultural Center,

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kampala, Kawempe Division, Kawempe, Makindy ...

, Uganda. * National Cultural Center,

Kumasi Kumasi is a city and the capital of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is the second largest city in the country, with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region ...

, Ghana.

Asia

* Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul, Türkiye * Central Cultural Center (CCC), Bangladesh * Bahman Cultural Center,

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

, Iran * Bangkok Art and Culture Centre,

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

, Thailand * Beigang Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan * Bentara Budaya Jakarta,

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

, Indonesia * Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta,

Yogyakarta Yogyakarta is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by Hamengkubuwono, a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an importan ...

, Indonesia *

Cultural Center of the Philippines The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP; ) is a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) established to preserve, develop and promote Arts in the Philippines, arts and Culture of the Philippines, culture in the Philippines.Presid ...

, Philippines *

Hong Kong Cultural Centre The Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC, ) is a public multipurpose performance facility in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Located at Salisbury Road, it was built by the former Urban Council and, since 2000, has been administered by the Leisure a ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, China * Japanese Cultural Center,

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, Taiwan *

Kaohsiung Cultural Center The Kaohsiung Cultural Center () is a cultural center located in Lingya District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was founded by the city government in 1981. The main building of the center is a complex of two concert halls, many galleries, and a librar ...

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million p ...

, Taiwan * Keelung Cultural Center,

Keelung Keelung ( ; zh, p=Jīlóng, c=基隆, poj=Ke-lâng), Chilung or Jilong ( ; ), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city in northeastern Taiwan. The city is part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area with neighboring New Ta ...

, 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 peoples, plains indigenous cultures, including the Ketagalan people, Ketaga ...

, Taipei, Taiwan * King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture,

Dhahran Dhahran (, ) is a city located in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. With a total population of 143,936 as of 2022, it is a major administrative center for the History of the oil industry in Saudi Arabia, Saudi ...

, Saudi Arabia * Kohima Capital Cultural Center,

Kohima Kohima (; Tenyidie: Kewhira ()) is the capital of the North East Indian state of Nagaland. With a resident population of almost 100,000, it is the second largest city in the state. Kohima constitutes both a district and a municipality. The m ...

, Nagaland * Korean Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea * Palestinian Heritage Center,

Bethlehem Bethlehem is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem, and the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate. It had a population of people, as of . The city's economy is strongly linked to Tourism in the State of Palesti ...

, Palestine * Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Centre,

Kuwait City Kuwait City (; ) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Pal ...

, Kuwait * Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait * Lukang Culture Center, Changhua County, Taiwan * Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan * Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC), Singapore * Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center,

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: '), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in central Taiwan. Taichung is Taiwan's second-largest city, with more than 2.85 million residents, making it the largest city in Ce ...

, Taiwan * Taichung Municipal City Huludun Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan * Tainan Municipal Cultural Center,

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, ...

, Taiwan * Taiwan Cultural Center,

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

, Japan * Municipal Market of Baucau, Baucau, East Timor * Telugu Saamskruthika Niketanam, Visakhapatnam, India * Cultural Center by Talenmark Developers, Calicut, India * Jaffna Cultural Centre, Sri Lanka * Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkoentrance to the Belém Cultural Centre in Bangkok, Thailand * Tokyo Korean Culture Center, Tokyo, Japan * Xinying Cultural Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Europe

The Cultural Centre of the Old Customs House in Tampere1

* Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium * National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria * Cultural centers of Zagreb, Croatia * Kulturværftet, Helsingør, Denmark * Tullikamari Cultural Centre,

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

, Finland * Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France * Gasteig, Munich, Germany * Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece * Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre, County Donegal, Ireland * European Cultural Centre,

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

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

Kotor Kotor (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian language, Italian: ), is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has ...

, Montenegro * ACU, Utrecht, Netherlands * De Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands * Glaspaleis, Heerlen, Netherlands * OT301, Amsterdam, Netherlands * Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal * Kuryokhin Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia * Cultural center Bor, Bor, Serbia * Dom omladine Beograda, Belgrade, Serbia * Matadero Madrid, Madrid, Spain

North America

Chicago Cultural Center - Grand Staircase and Preston Bradley Hall

* El Centro Cultural de Mexico, Mexico * Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico * Eyedrum,

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

, United States * Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, California, United States * Detroit Cultural Center, MI, United States * Cultural Center of Charlotte County, Port Charlotte, Florida, United States * Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, United States * Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America * Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural, Los Angeles, California, United States *

La Peña Cultural Center La Peña Cultural Center, or La Peña for short, is a multicultural center in the United States. It was founded in 1975 by Latin American and Californian allies in Berkeley, California in response to the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, 1973 coup d'état ...

, Berkeley, California, United States * Merced Multicultural Arts Center,

Merced Merced (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 86,333, up ...

, California, United States * Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, United States * Kansas City Irish Center, 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 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), was dedic ...

, Hawaii, United States * Na Aikana Cultural Center, Hawaii, United States * Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, United States * El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York, United States * The Kitchen, New York, New York, United States *

ISSUE Project Room ISSUE Project Room (often shortened to ISSUE) is a music venue in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2003 by Suzanne Fiol. ISSUE Project room owns a theatre in 110 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The venue supports a wide variety of contempo ...

, New York, New York, United States * Park Performing Arts Center,

Union City, New Jersey Union City is a City (New Jersey), city in the North Hudson, New Jersey, northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city was List of municipalities in Ne ...

, United States * Russian Cultural Center, Washington D.C., United States *

Tijuana Cultural Center The Tijuana Cultural Center (CECUT) is a cultural center in the Zona Río district of Tijuana, Mexico. The center opened 20 October 1982, and accommodates more than a million visitors per year. Nowadays this iconic Tijuana institution has differ ...

, Tijuana, Mexico * William V. Musto Cultural Center, Union City, New Jersey, United States * Centro Cultural Baudilio Vega Berríos, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico * The Largo Cultural Center, Largo, Florida, United States * Ugly Mermaid Venue & Cultural Centre, Eau-Claire, Wisconsin, United States

Oceania

* Ngarachamayong Culture Center,

Koror Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island (also ''Oreor Island''). It is Palau’s most populous state. History In the oral tradition of ...

, 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 o ...

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Australia * Queensland Cultural Centre,

Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...

, Australia * Vanuatu Cultural Centre,

Port Vila Port Vila ( ; ), or simply Vila (), is the capital of Vanuatu and its largest city. It is on the island of Efate, in Shefa Province. The population was 49,034 as of the 2020 census. In 2020, the population of Port Vila formed 16.3% of the ...

, Vanuatu

South America

* Agustín Ross Cultural Center, Pichilemu, Chile * Libertad Palace,

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Argentina * Centro Cultural de Lima, San Borja,

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

, Peru * Centro Cultural Recoleta,

, Argentina * Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil,

Brasília Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino ...

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in Sout ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

, and

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, Brazil * São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brazil * Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda, Santiago, Chile * Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile * Ema Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil * Narguila Pub Lounge Cultural, Bogotá, Colombia * Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo, Brazil.

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