Thailand Cultural Centre (Thai

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 ศูนย์วัฒนธรรมแห่งประเทศไทย) is a performing-arts venue in Bangkok

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, Thailand

Thailand

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History

Built with a grant from Japan

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, the Thailand Cultural Centre opened on October 9, 1987 as part of celebrations for King Bhumibol

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's 60th birthday.
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Facilities

The venue consists of two auditoriums and one outdoor stage and is used for various live performances all year round. The Main Hall is a 2,000-seat auditorium, and is used for stage presentations, concerts and conferences. The Small Hall is a 500-seat multi-purpose auditorium, which is integrated with a 1,000-seat outdoor amphitheater. The Social Education and Exhibition Building accommodates a cultural library and the Thai Life Permanent Exhibition. There is also the Japanese Pavilion and the Thai Pavilion.

The main Thai Life exhibition is closed until July 2011 for re-organisation and development.

Location

The venue is located on Ratchadaphisek Road, close to the junction with Tiam Ruammitr Road, in Huai Khwang

Huai Khwang

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 district.

Metro station

The Bangkok Metro

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 has a station called Thailand Cultural Centre. The name is misleading, because the actual venue is a 10-minute walk away rather than directly adjacent. Out of the station, turn right and again at the next major intersection. There are two roads to cross, one by footbridge the other by pedestrian crossing. Signing at the station is not good, but is at the first intersection.

The station has been designed to be an interchange providing future connection with the Orange Line. The Orange Line is planned to run from Bang Kapi

Bang Kapi

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 to Bang Bamru and cut perpendicularly with the Blue Line at Thailand Cultural Centre station.

A multi-storey "park and ride" facility is available at the station.

Nearby attractions

• Carrefour
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   hypermarket
• Esplanade Cineplex – A five-story shopping mall and entertainment complex, anchored by a 13-screen multiplex cinema operated by Major Cineplex
  Major Cineplex
  Major Cineplex Group Public Co. Ltd. is the largest operator of movie theaters in Thailand. Combined with its subsidiary, EGV Entertainment, the company has 258 screens in 32 locations. Among its properties is Thailand's largest multiplex, the Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, with 16 screens and...
  
  . It opened in December 2006.
• JUSCO
  JUSCO
  is the acronym for Japan United Stores Company, a chain of "general merchandise stores" and the largest of its type in Japan. The various JUSCO companies are subsidiaries of ÆON Co., Ltd.....
  
   Department Store
• Robinson Department Store
• Siam Naramit – A Thai traditional dance
  Dance of Thailand
  Dance in Thailand is the main dramatic art form of Thailand. Thai dance, like many forms of traditional Asian dance, can be divided into two major categories that correspond roughly to the high art and low art distinction....
  
   theatre and cultural theme park.

External links

• Thailand Cultural Center (English
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  website)
• Locality map of Thailand Cultural Centre Station