Cultural Education Center

{{Short description|Building in Albany, New York}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{One source|date=August 2020}}

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| architectural_style = New Formalism

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| address = 310 Madison Avenue

| location_town = Albany, New York

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| start_date = 1976

| completion_date = 1978

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| height = 155 ft

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| architect = Harrison & Abramovitz
Carson, Lundin & Shaw
James, Meadows and Howard

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| references = {{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/229441/cultural-education-center-albany-ny-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312050926/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/229441/cultural-education-center-albany-ny-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 12, 2017|title=Cultural Education Center|website=Emporis|accessdate=10 March 2017}}

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The Cultural Education Center is on the south side of the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York. Located on Madison Avenue, it faces northward towards the New York State Capitol building. Construction of the building, which was designed in the New Formalist style, was completed in 1978.

The eleven story, 1.5 million square foot (135,000 m³) building houses the main offices of the New York State Office of Cultural Education (part of the New York State Education Department), which include the New York State Museum (floors 1-4), the New York State Archives (floor 9), and the New York State Library (floors 5-8 and 11).

File:CulturalEducationCenter1.JPG|Another view of the Cultural Education Center

File:New York State Museum, Albany.jpg|Details of New York State Museum, Albany.