chi mei museum

Qimei museum is composed of five departments: Western paintings and sculptures, musical instruments, ancient weapons, natural history and antiquities. Its collection is rich and diverse, including Egyptian cultural relics from the 8th century BC, world-class precious zither, Japanese samurai sword, Renaissance and Barbizon paintings from hundreds of years ago, and bird specimens from Asia The multicultural collection enables the audience to appreciate the essence of cultures all over the world even if they do not go abroad.

chi mei museum

Located in Taiwan, Qimei museum is composed of five departments: Western paintings and sculptures, musical instruments, ancient weapons, natural history and antiquities.

The collection is rich and diverse, including the Egyptian cultural relics of the 8th century BC, the world's top precious zither, the Japanese samurai sword, the Renaissance and Barbizon painting classics hundreds of years ago, and the unique bird specimens from all over Asia, so that the audience can enjoy the essence of the world's culture even if they don't go abroad.

Collection

Walking into the green front yard of Qimei industry, there are many statues of goddesses and two YONGGU general cannons cast in the 28th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1689). The green and white cannons are very eye-catching. They were cast by Nan Huairen, a Belgian missionary in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. The 310cm long and 3T heavy cannons are elegantly decorated with fine patterns.

Sculpture in the Museum

The exhibition space of the museum spans the 5th and 6th floors of the old Qimei industrial building and the 5th to 8th floors of the new building. On the premise of completely presenting the history of Western art, western paintings and sculptures are displayed on the 5th, 7th and 8th floors respectively. In the aspect of painting, the content includes European Renaissance, realism, Impressionism and other factions, among which the "self-confidence" of Gauch in England, "Kiki of Montparnasse" of Kisling in France, "autumn harvest" of dupuho, and "denisia" and "storm" of Auguste Coulter are the important collections. There are two versions of tempest that are familiar to painters. The large one is in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, while the small one is in the collection of Chimei. There is also a large-scale painting exhibition hall in the museum, with a high space, showing a brilliant pattern, displaying paintings of more than 200 cm high, such as the painter Diaz's "last tears".

In addition to the paintings, the exhibition hall on the 5th and 8th floors also displays sculptures made of wood, stone, marble, bronze and other materials. Among them, "kiss", one of the representative works of French romantic sculptor Rodin, and "abandonment" of Carmel from Indian love myth are the most important. "Abandonment" is Camille's work in the French women's Art Salon Exhibition in 1950. The male protagonist kneeling and the female protagonist hiding her face seem to imply the author's love affair with Jane Eyre Rodin.

Collection of paintings and sculptures

The Museum of natural history, with the theme of showing the life of nature, is located on the 6th and 8th floors respectively. According to the characteristics of animals, the exhibition hall is arranged into African grassland, Arctic ice sheet and other virtual scenes, presenting the complete ecological scenes of mammals and birds. Musical instruments and ancient weapons are also on display in the exhibition hall on the 6th floor. In the melodious music, visitors can enjoy the sight and hearing of rare ancient musical instruments such as the tambourine in India and the European harp, as well as the classical famous musical instruments made by masters such as Stradivari and guarnelli. The weapons of attack and defense, such as knives, swords, spears, guns, and armour, from all over the world make us feel like a museum of weapons.

Another collection focus of Qimei, the European furniture and Oriental furniture area, is located in the exhibition hall on the 5th and 7th floors, with ornate Rococo tables, chairs, cabinets and elegant oriental furniture, showing different cultural styles of the East and the West. On the 7th floor, there is also an Antiquities Museum, which displays cultural relics from China, Egypt, Greece, Rome, India and other regions. Whether it's fine wine vessels or fine Buddha sculptures, people can have a glimpse of the beauty of ancient crafts.

Qimei Museum - Exhibition navigation, painting and sculpture

The collection of Western art plays an important role in the history of art. Since its establishment in 1990, the art collection of Qimei Museum has systematically collected the representative works of various painting schools in every period in the history of Western art, including stone carving before the Western Yuan Dynasty, marbok art of the ancient Roman Empire, realism, Impressionism and surrealism before and after the Renaissance Yi and other classic masterpieces of various schools, a dazzling array of beautiful. The name of the sculpture room covers medium materials such as marble, bronze, clay, gypsum, wood and stone, while the painting includes oil painting, sketch, watercolor and pastel. Both the quality and quantity are eye opening.

Musical Instruments

In 1990, yueguan began to collect world famous musical instruments, and then began to collect historical musical instruments, automatic musical instruments and antique gramophones from all over the world. Its purpose is to enable visitors to explore the form, function, evolution, social and cultural background and music development history of early world folk music by witnessing objects. Musical instrument is a tool to present music, and the history of music is a moving movement completed by instrument makers, composers and performers overnight. The Music Hall created by combining these elements is the future direction of Qimei musical instrument hall.

Weapon

Collection of ancient weapons

Qimei Museum has been collecting ancient weapons since 1993. There are about 1800 pieces of ancient weapons in its collection, which are respectively displayed in Rende Museum and Nanke branch Museum. According to the ancient world geography and culture, the display mode can be divided into China, Japan, Europe, Africa, India, Persia, Asia and Middle East Islamic cultural areas, and displayed in different regions and categories. Due to different functions and use occasions, ancient weapons are designed to meet the requirements of war, sports, self-defense, hunting, martial arts competition, etc., and are constantly improved and innovated, among which the weapons used in war are the most advanced.

Antiquities

Collection of Antiquities

In the long history, the ancient literature is an irreplaceable treasure in the history of human development, and it has made a strong and powerful proof for the existence of those disappeared nations. Nowadays, most of the antiquities collected by the Qimei museum are cultural relics with cultural characteristics, including those from ancient civilization countries such as Egypt, Greece, Rome, China and Islam. The treasures on display are rich and diverse. Only through the antiquities collected by the Qimei Museum, can the brilliance of human civilization and its incomparable charm be reappeared.

The natural history museum has been set up since 1992. First, we collected specimens of mammals and birds in Taiwan, and then extended their antennae to all corners of the world. The Museum of natural history has more than 2500 animal specimens, collections and a systematic Museum. With the increasing collection, the original exhibition hall is no longer in use. In 2000, the museum added a large animal specimen area. The exhibition area is divided into Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, India, Antarctica, Arctic and other ecological landscape layout. It also has a proud collection of birds, colorful butterfly specimens and meteorites from outer space.

Collection history

Enriching the collection is still the primary goal of Qimei Museum. Rich collection is the most important foundation of the museum. According to this policy, considerable efforts and funds have been invested in the collection. Librarians often go to London, Paris, New York and other places to participate in world-famous auctions and collect all kinds of artworks.

The collection strength and spirit of Chi Mei Museum have attracted international attention. In London, it was reported that British painter Gao Qi's work "information" was transferred to Taiwan. French media also reported that the museum bought ancient weapons from France. In 1993, Chi Mei Museum bought all the collections of mammal and bird specimens from a private museum in Arizona.

The search and purchase of Qimei museum is carried out according to the established principles. Taking the collection of Western Art Museum as an example, Western Art Museum aims to present the whole western art history completely. The collection of Chinese cultural relics in the Antiquities Museum emphasizes the idea that "Chinese things should be preserved locally". Therefore, none of the Chinese cultural relics in the Antiquities Museum are bought in mainland China or Hong Kong. All the collections are bought back from foreigners.

Visit information

Transportation:

Local transportation: take bus from Tainan railway station to Changle Management College and get off at Qimei company

Driving: Rende interchange under the expressway, turn right at the first traffic light in the direction of Guanmiao about 6 km. 2. From the provincial road to Jianan Institute of pharmacology, to Baoan Industrial Zone, about 300 meters by rail.

Tips:

1. The museum adopts the appointment system, and the group with more than 20 people must make an appointment one month in advance.

2. The school education unit can make an appointment for teaching visit from Tuesday to Friday, but the library does not provide guidance.

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