Taiwan Art Museum

Taichung Art Museum (also known as "Taiwan Art Museum") is one of the most important art museums in Taiwan and the only public art museum in China and Taiwan. There will be many art exhibitions throughout the year. In addition to the major exhibition areas in the art museum, there is also a sculpture park outside the art museum. If you are an art lover, it's not too much to spend a day in it. If you are tired of shopping, you can go to the small shop beside the trail to see the exquisite gadgets, or sit down to enjoy a cup of rich coffee, and savor the life of slow-moving Taiwanese.

Taiwan Art Museum

Taiwan Art Museum, also known as Taichung Art Museum, is located at No.2, Section 1, Wuquan West Road, Western District, Taichung City, Taiwan. It is one of the most important art museums in Taiwan and the only public art museum in Central Taiwan. Taiwan Museum of art, formerly known as "Taiwan Provincial Museum of art", was originally subordinate to the Taiwan provincial government. It opened in 1988 and became a member of the Cultural Construction Committee of the Taiwan administrative body in 1999.

Park facilities

Special exhibition room, 360 degree ring hall, Picture Book Museum, children's game room, digital art ark, audio-visual platform, audio-visual art hall, library and reference center, teacher resource room, sculpture park outside the museum.

Introduction to scenic spots

The Taiwan Museum of art in Park 6, formerly known as the Taiwan Provincial Museum of art, is surrounded by a large area of green space. The municipal government has specially planned this green space Park as an art park. Before visiting the museum, you might as well visit the large-scale landscape sculpture here.

Taiwan Art Museum covers an area of about 9630 square meters. It is a building with three floors above the ground and one floor below the ground. Its internal planning includes research, exhibition, collection, promotion, information center, speech audio-visual, administrative office and other departments. Among them, there are 18 exhibition rooms, an art street about 100 meters long and an art square about 800 square meters long. In addition to the general exhibition space, the museum also has two special exhibition rooms for laser art, light art, power art, video art and computer art, making the exhibition theme more comprehensive and diverse.

The collection room of the museum is mainly composed of the works of late artists, as well as the works of Taiwan artists and contemporary artists in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including traditional Chinese paintings, western paintings and artifacts. The information center of the museum collects domestic and foreign art pictures, films, tapes, slides and artists' information for research reference. It is an open exhibition art street and Art Square with cultural relics supply Department, cafe and so on, both enjoy the exhibition and rest function.

In addition, the museum regularly holds lectures, exhibitions, and publishes books, periodicals, reproductions, and picture albums to meet the needs of art lovers.

The birth of Taiwan Art Museum comes from Taiwan housing. Based on the enterprise spirit of "deep cultivation, love and understanding of Taiwan", Taiwan Art Museum embraces the feelings towards Taiwan, provides multi-cultural space, supports art and promotes public welfare activities. With the group's resources at home and abroad, we support the growth of local artists in Taiwan, continue to create, provide a platform for art development, and support artists to stand on the international stage.

Historical summary

The former Taiwan Provincial Museum of fine arts opened in June 1988. After the province was frozen in July 1999, the Provincial Museum of fine arts was transformed into a cultural institution under the jurisdiction of the Cultural Construction Committee, an administrative organ in Taiwan. In August 1998, due to the renovation of the museum, the closing ceremony was held, and the blasting artist Cai Guoqiang's "no break, no stand" was used to detonate the exhibition. In September 1999, the main building of Gome pavilion was damaged due to the 921 earthquake. It was closed, renovated and re planned, and reopened on July 3, 2004.

Successive curators

December 1986: the Taiwan Provincial Museum of art was officially established. Liu Yuhe, the former director of the preparatory office, was appointed as the first curator.

January 1996: Liu Yuhe retired at the age of 40 and was appointed by Huang guohan, a special member of the Education Department of Taiwan.

August 1997: the second curator Ni Zaiqin took office.

October 2000: Ni Zaiqin left office and was appointed as the acting curator by Li Wukun, a special member of the Cultural Construction Committee of the Taiwan administrative agency.

July 2001: Li Wukun, acting curator, became the third curator.

November 2004: Li Wukun left his post and was represented by Xiao Mingxiang, deputy director of the library.

July 2005: Lin Zhengyi, the fourth curator, took office.

July 2006: Professor Xue Baoxia, Dean of Tainan University of the arts, took up the post of Lin Zhengyi.

Wind vane

Take Taichung bus from Taichung railway station, or take Renyou bus No. 10, 11, 30, 40 from lvchuan East Street, and get off at the municipal cultural center.

Related knowledge

Address: No.2, Wuquan West Road, Taichung City

Tel: (04) 372-3552

Opening hours: 09:00-17:00, Saturday 09:00-20:00

Break time: Monday

Address: No.2, Section 1, Wuquan West Road, Western District, Taichung City

Longitude: 120.66332418651

Latitude: 24.140529052385

Tel. + 886-4-23723552

Official website: http://www.ntmofa.gov.tw/chinese/index.aspx

Tour time: 2 hours

Traffic information: you can take the following Taichung bus to the Art Museum station or Dadun cultural center station to get off: Taichung passenger 71, Fengyuan passenger 51, Tonglian passenger 23, 56, 75, Renyou passenger 30, Fengrong passenger 40, 89 and quanhang passenger 5

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday: 9:00-17:00

Saturday and Sunday: 9:00-18:00

Every Monday is a public holiday

Chinese PinYin : Tai Wan Mei Shu Guan