Taipei Cultural Center

Coordinates: 25°02′54″N 121°33′6.8″E / 25.04833°N 121.551889°E / 25.04833; 121.551889

Taipei Cultural Center
臺北市立社會教育館
General information
Type	Cultural center
Location	Songshan, Taipei, Taiwan
Opening	January 1964 (as Taipei Municipal Social Education Hall) November 1999 (as Taipei Cultural Center)
Management	Taipei City Government
Website
www.tmseh.taipei.gov.tw

The Metropolitan Hall

The Taipei Cultural Center (Chinese: 臺北市立社會教育館; pinyin: Táiběi Shìlì Shèhuì Jiàoyùguǎn) is a cultural center in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.

History

The founding preparation and planning stage of the cultural center began in April 1961. It was opened in January 1964 under the Department of Education of the Taipei City Government as the Taipei Municipal Social Education Hall at Chung-Shan Building in Taipei. In January 1966, the center borrowed the Ming-Lun Hall of the Confucius Temple as their temporary location. In 1976, the center decided to construct its own place at the Municipal Park No. 5. The construction work commenced in March 1979 and was completed in June 1983. The center was officially reopened to the public on 22 October in the same year. In November 1999, the center was taken over by the Department of Cultural Affairs and its English name was changed to Taipei Cultural Center.^[1]

Transportation

The cultural center is accessible within walking distance South East from Nanjing East Road Station of Taipei Metro.

See also

• List of tourist attractions in Taiwan

References