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25-598: The cultural centre Zeche Carl is located in Altenessen. Altenessen borders the boroughs of Vogelheim and Bochold to the west, the Nordviertel to the south, Katernberg and Stoppenberg in the east and Karnap in the north. The Emscher River and the parallel Rhein-Herne-Kanal are forming the boundaries here. 51°29′N 7°01′E  /  51.483°N 7.017°E  / 51.483; 7.017 This North Rhine-Westphalia location article

50-493: A conference center ; specialized libraries for maps, multimedia, the blind and visually impaired, and for children; four museums ; four art galleries for temporary exhibitions; 15 permanent exhibitions; a planetarium ; and a manuscript restoration laboratory. The idea of reviving the Library of Alexandria dates back to 1974, when a committee set up by Alexandria University selected a plot of land for its new library between

75-644: A 32-meter-high glass-panelled roof, tilted out toward the sea like a sundial , and measuring some 160 m in diameter. The walls are of gray granite , carved with characters from 120 scripts . The main library can hold up to eight million books. The library provides access to print on demand books via the Espresso Book Machine . The Taha Hussein Library contains materials for the blind and visually impaired using special software that makes it possible for readers to read books and journals. It

100-659: A library. It held approximately 1,316 artifacts. The collection includes underwater antiquities from the Mediterranean seabed near the Eastern Harbour and the Bay of Abukir. The museum provides descriptions of artifacts in three languages: English, Arabic, and French. The Manuscript Museum provides visitors and researchers with rare manuscripts and books. Established in 2001, the Manuscript Museum contains

125-673: A plot of land for its new library. Construction work began in 1995, and after some US$ 220 million had been spent, the complex was officially inaugurated on 16 October 2002. In 2009, the library received a donation of 500,000 books from the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). The gift makes the Bibliotheca Alexandrina the sixth-largest Francophone library in the world. The library offers shelf space for eight million books, and its main reading room spans 20,000 square meters (220,000 sq ft). The complex also houses

150-657: A single computer. It was developed by the Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural and CULTNAT and holds its patent in 2007. The Digital Assets Repository (DAR) is a system developed at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina by the International School of Information Science (ISIS) that maintains a digital library collections as well as providing free public access to the library's digitized collections through web-based search and browsing facilities via DAR's website. Per Presidential Decree No. 76 in 2001,

175-510: A variety of symposiums in 2011, emphasizing the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Other topics included in these symposiums were social work. All of these events were freely available to the public. Many allege that the library is a white elephant , which serves little more than a vanity project for the Egyptian government . Furthermore, there are fears that censorship would affect the library's collection. The building's architecture (which imitates

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225-574: 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 largest libraries worldwide, which was lost in antiquity . The Bibliotheca Alexandrina contains books in classical Arabic , English, and French languages. The idea of reviving the old library dates back to 1974 when a committee set up by Alexandria University selected

250-851: Is an organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts . Cultural centers can be neighborhood community arts organizations, private facilities, government-sponsored, or activist -run. Africa [ edit ] Bibliotheca Alexandrina , Alexandria , Egypt Fendika Cultural Center , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia. Guga S'Thebe Arts & Cultural Centre , Cape Town , South Africa Ndere Cultural Center , Kampala , Uganda. National Cultural Center , Kumasi , Ghana. Asia [ edit ] Central Cultural Center (CCC), Bangladesh Bahman Cultural Center , Tehran, Iran Bangkok Art and Culture Centre , Bangkok, Thailand Beigang Cultural Center , Yunlin, Taiwan Bentara Budaya Jakarta , Jakarta, Indonesia Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta , Yogyakarta, Indonesia Cultural Center of

275-619: Is different from Wikidata Articles needing cleanup from February 2013 All pages needing cleanup Articles with sections that need to be turned into prose from February 2013 Articles needing additional references from January 2021 All articles needing additional references Articles with multiple maintenance issues Bibliotheca Alexandrina The Bibliotheca Alexandrina ( Latin , ' Library of Alexandria '; Arabic : مكتبة الإسكندرية , romanized :  Maktabat al-’Iskandariyya , Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mækˈtæb(e)t eskendeˈɾejjæ] ) ( BA )

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300-825: Is in list format but may read better as prose . You can help by converting this article , if appropriate. Editing help is available. ( February 2013 ) [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:   "Cultural center"  –  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( January 2021 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) [REDACTED] Ketagalan Culture Center in Taiwan . A cultural center or cultural centre

325-545: Is named after Taha Hussein , the Egyptian professor of Arabic and literary critic who was himself blinded at the age of three. Contains book collections of Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature from 1901. The Nobel Section was inaugurated by Queen Silvia of Sweden and Queen Sonja of Norway on 24 April 2002. Established in 2001, the Antiquities Museum is an archeological museum that was situated within

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375-525: The BA, including 10 billion web pages from over 16 million sites, 2000 hours of Egyptian and U.S. television broadcasts, 1000 archival films, 100 terabytes of data stored on 200 computers, and a bookscanning facility for local books. The library also received a supplementary donation of 500,000 books from the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris . The library has shelf space for eight million books, with

400-3365: The Belém Cultural Centre in Bangkok, Thailand Tokyo Korean Culture Center , Tokyo, Japan Xinying Cultural Center , Tainan, Taiwan Europe [ edit ] [REDACTED] House of Culture Dúbravka in Bratislava , Slovakia [REDACTED] The Cultural Centre of the Old Customs House in Tampere , Finland Vooruit, Ghent , Belgium National Palace of Culture, Sofia , Bulgaria Kulturværftet, Helsingør , Denmark Tullikamari Cultural Centre , Tampere , Finland Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris , France Gasteig, Munich , Germany Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre, County Donegal , Ireland European Cultural Centre , Venice , Italy Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre "Agila" , Neringa , Lithuania Public institution Cultural center "Nikola Djurkovic" , Kotor , 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 [ edit ] [REDACTED] Chicago Cultural Center El Centro Cultural de Mexico , Mexico Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros , Mexico City, Mexico Eyedrum , Atlanta , 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 Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural , Los Angeles, California, United States La Peña Cultural Center , Berkeley, California, United States Merced Multicultural Arts Center , Merced , 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 , 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 , New York, New York, United States Park Performing Arts Center , Union City, New Jersey , United States 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 [ edit ] [REDACTED] GOMA , Brisbane

425-641: The Bibliotheca Alexandria is managed by a Council of Patrons, a Board of Trustees, and a Director. The founding director was Ismail Serageldin , who served until May 2017. He was succeeded by manager Moustafa El Feqy. The Board of Trustees shall number no less than fifteen and no more than thirty, of whom five shall be ex-officio members of the Egyptian Government, namely the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research,

450-515: The Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The first pledges were made for funding the project at a conference held in 1990 in Aswan along the upper Nile River with US$ 65 million, mostly from the MENA states. Construction work began in 1995, and, after some additional US$ 220 million had been spent, the complex was officially inaugurated on 16 October 2002. The Internet Archive donated US$ 5 million to

475-597: The Minister of Culture, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Governor of Alexandria and the President of the University of Alexandria. While the library was shut down during the 2011 Egyptian revolution , young adults were seen in a circle around the building to protect against looters and vandals. Students from neighboring universities make up 80% of Bibliotheca Alexandrina patrons. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina held

500-1264: The Philippines , Philippines Hong Kong Cultural Centre , Hong Kong, China Japanese Cultural Center , Taipei, Taiwan Kaohsiung Cultural Center , Kaohsiung, Taiwan Keelung Cultural Center , Keelung, Taiwan Ketagalan Culture Center , Taipei, Taiwan King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture , 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 , Taipei, Taiwan Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC), Singapore Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center , Taichung, Taiwan Taichung Municipal City Huludun Cultural Center , Taichung, Taiwan Tainan Municipal Cultural Center , Tainan, Taiwan Taiwan Cultural Center , Tokyo, 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

525-439: The campus and the seafront, close to where the ancient library once stood. One leading supporter of the project was former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak , along with a partnership with UNESCO . UNESCO organized an architectural design competition in 1988 to choose the design. The competition was won by Snøhetta , a Norwegian architectural office, among 524 other entries. UNESCO also created an International Commission for

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550-770: The day of his assassination . The museum also contains a recording in his voice of part of the Qur'an and assorted newspaper articles written about him. The Our Digital World exhibition displays some of the library's digital projects, including digital archives of former presidents, the Science Supercourse , and the Encyclopedia of Life . Additionally, digital versions of books, such as Description de l'Egypte and L'Art Arabe , are available. The World of Shadi Abdel Salam exhibition contains works of Egyptian film director and screenwriter Shadi Abdel Salam . The work

575-448: The main reading room covering 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft) on eleven cascading levels. The complex also houses a conference center ; specialized libraries for maps, multimedia, the blind and visually impaired, young people, and for children; four museums; four art galleries for temporary exhibitions; 15 permanent exhibitions; a planetarium ; and a manuscript restoration laboratory. The main reading room stands beneath

600-598: The world's largest collection of digital manuscripts. The Manuscript Museum operates alongside the Manuscript Center. This museum contains many personal belongings of the Egyptian president, Anwar Al Sadat . The collections include some of his military robes, his Nobel Prize medal, his copy of the Qur'an , a few of his handwritten letters, pictures of him and his family, and the blood-stained military robe he wore on

625-434: Was donated by his family. The Impressions of Alexandria exhibition is divided into two sections: Alexandria as seen by Artists and Travelers and Cosmopolitan Alexandria: a Photographic Memory . The Culturama is a hall that consists of a 180-degree panoramic interactive computer screen with a diameter of 10 meters that is made up of nine separate flat screens arranged in a semicircle and nine video projectors controlled by

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