Chinese Culture Center, Cultural center in Chinatown, San Francisco, US.
The Chinese Culture Center is a cultural center in Chinatown located within the Hilton San Francisco Financial District, featuring exhibition galleries and a performance auditorium. The institution offers workshops, exhibitions, and cultural programs that present contemporary Chinese and Chinese-American artistic expressions.
The center was established in 1965 and began with programs in Mandarin language, folklore, martial arts, and traditional arts. Over time, its focus shifted toward contemporary art exhibitions and new artistic perspectives.
The center serves as a meeting place where Chinese and Chinese-American artistic forms come alive through exhibitions and programs that connect visitors directly with contemporary works. The spaces show how artistic traditions are lived and reinterpreted today.
The center occupies the third floor of the Hilton San Francisco Financial District at 750 Kearny Street, on the edge between Chinatown and the Financial District. The 299-seat auditorium, 2,935-square-foot gallery, gallery shop and classroom share 20,000 square feet. Its 41 Ross pop-up gallery in Ross Alley is run with the Chinatown Community Development Center.
Since 1989, the In Search of Roots program has annually selected ten American-born Chinese youth who, with CCC guidance, research their family histories, visit ancestral villages in the Pearl River Delta, and present findings in an annual CCC exhibit.
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