The Araluen Cultural Precinct, formerly the Araluen Centre for Arts & Entertainment, in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) in the Northern Territory of Australia, is a cultural precinct which includes the Araluen Arts Centre, the Museum of Central Australia (incorporating the Strehlow Research Centre), Central Australian Aviation Museum, Kookaburra Memorial, the Yeperenye Sculpture, Central Craft, Yaye's Cafe and Aboriginal sacred sites.
Each year it holds Central Australia's largest First Nations art event, Desert Mob.
Live performances of drama, dance and music as well as international and independent movies are shown in the theatre, which seats about five hundred people.
[2][3] Artists whose work has regularly been exhibited at the Araluen Centre include Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri.
[4] The Museum of Central Australia incorporates the Strehlow Research Centre for Aboriginal Culture, and displays many locally found minerals, describes geologic formations of the area.