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 groups ...

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 Community art, also known as social art, community-engaged art, community-based art, and, rarely, dialogical art, is the practice of art based in and generated in a community setting. It is closely related to social practice and social turn. Wor ...

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 fro ...

-run.

Asia

* Central Cultural Center (CCC), Bangladesh * Bahman Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran *

Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC; th, หอศิลปวัฒนธรรมแห่งกรุงเทพมหานคร) is a contemporary arts centre in Bangkok, Thailand. Art, music, theatre, film, design and cultural/educatio ...

, Bangkok, Thailand *

Beigang Cultural Center The Beigang Cultural Center () is a cultural center in Beigang Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. History The tender to construct the center was held in May 2012. Construction of the building started in February 2014 and completed a year later ...

, 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 and ...

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

, Hong Kong, China * Japanese Cultural Center, Taipei, 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 libra ...

, 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 renamed a ...

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

, Taipei, Taiwan *

King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) (Arabic: مركز الملك عبد العزيز الثقافي العالمي), also known as Ithra, is situated in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It was built by Saudi Aramco and inaugurated by King Sa ...

, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia * Kohima Capital Cultural Center, Kohima, Nagaland * Korean Cultural Center, 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, West District, Taichung, Taiwan. Organizational structure The organization of the center has the following structure: * Pro ...

, 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 wi ...

, 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, Visakhapatnam, India * Cultural Center by Talenmark Developers, Calicut, India * Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkoentrance to the Belém Cultural Centre in Bangkok, Thailand * Tokyo Korean Culture Center, 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 Augus ...

, Tainan, Taiwan

Europe

The Cultural Centre of the Old Customs House in Tampere1

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

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population ...

, Finland * Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France * Gasteig, Munich, 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. It ...

, Ireland *

European Cultural Centre European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...

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

, 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 administrative ...

, 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 b ...

, 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, Netherlands * OT301, Amsterdam, Netherlands * Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, 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 ma ...

, 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.Tylo ...

, Bor, Serbia *

Dom omladine Beograda, Belgrade Belgrade Youth Center ( sr, Dom omladine Beograda; abbr. DOB) is a cultural center in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, dedicated primarily to youth. History At the corner of the ''Dečanska'' and ''Makedonska'' streets, where the youth cente ...

, 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 The Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros is a cultural, political and social facility located in Mexico City as part of the World Trade Center Mexico City. It was designed and decorated by David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1960s and hosts the largest mural w ...

, 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 fro ...

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 498,7 ...

, 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 The Cultural Center Historic District is a historic district located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, which includes the Art Center (or Cultural Center): the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Horace H. Rackham Educatio ...

, MI, United States * Cultural Center of Charlotte County, 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 cul ...

, Los Angeles, United States * 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 coup d'état in Chile, or '' golpe de e ...

, 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 presi ...

, 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 know ...

, 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), wa ...

, 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 i ...

, 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 City ...

, 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 The ISSUE Project Room (often shortened to ISSUE) is a music venue in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2003 by Suzanne Fiol. Located in 110 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn, the venue supports a wide variety of contemporary performance, sp ...

, 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, 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 The Ngarachamayong Culture Center is a cultural center in Koror, Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The n ...

, 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 o ...

, Perth, Australia *

Queensland Cultural Centre The Queensland Cultural Centre is a heritage-listed cultural centre at Grey Street, South Brisbane, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the South Bank precinct on the Brisbane River. It was built from 1976. The major compon ...

, 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 2006, ...

, 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 Cá ...

, 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 Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

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 GaW ...

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

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

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

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