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Keelung Cultural Center

The Keelung Cultural Center is a comprehensive cultural and performance facility located in Keelung City, Taiwan. It is affiliated with the Keelung City Cultural Affairs Bureau and serves as the bureau's headquarters. Adjacent to the Keelung City Government Building, it is Keelung's premier venue for cultural activities and artistic performances, featuring four exhibition halls, an art gallery, the Keelung City Cultural Affairs Bureau Library, the Keelung Story Museum, and a performance hall, among other facilities.

In the early years of Japanese rule, the Japanese authorities built the Keelung Public Hall on Shaochuantou Mountain by Keelung Harbor. Completed in 1903, it was the first public assembly facility in Taiwan. After World War II in 1945, the Keelung Public Hall was renamed Zhongshan Hall.

To align with the government's twelve-point construction plan, Keelung Zhongshan Hall was rebuilt into the Keelung Municipal Cultural Center in 1980, and Shaochuantou Mountain was leveled to make way for the new site. The Keelung Municipal Cultural Center opened on August 27, 1985. In June 1988, the first-floor restaurant of the Keelung Municipal Cultural Center was demolished and replaced with the "Keelung City History Museum." In March 1989, the periodical room on the second floor of the Keelung Municipal Cultural Center was moved to the third floor, with plans to establish an audiovisual center. In February 1990, the Keelung Municipal Cultural Center's audiovisual center was completed and opened to the public. In July 1990, the Keelung City History Museum was renamed the "Local Cultural Relics Museum." In March 1997, an English plaque reading "Keelung Municipal Cultural Center" was added to the exterior wall of the Keelung Municipal Cultural Center. On December 1, 2004, the Keelung Municipal Cultural Center was reorganized into the Keelung City Cultural Bureau, and the original Keelung Municipal Cultural Center building was renamed the Keelung Cultural Center. An English plaque reading "Keelung Cultural Center" was added to the exterior wall of the Keelung Cultural Center. On November 13, 2005, the 42nd Golden Horse Awards ceremony was held in the Keelung Cultural Center's performance hall.