National Museum of Taiwan Literature

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National Museum of Taiwan Literature
國立臺灣文學館
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Established17 October 2003
LocationWest Central, Tainan, Taiwan
Coordinates22°59′30.0″N 120°12′16.0″E / 22.991667°N 120.204444°E / 22.991667; 120.204444Coordinates: 22°59′30.0″N 120°12′16.0″E / 22.991667°N 120.204444°E / 22.991667; 120.204444
TypeMuseum
Visitors150,000 (2007)
DirectorNikky Lin [1]
CuratorLee Ruiteng (李瑞騰)
Websitenmtl.gov.twm
Exhibits inside the museum
The museum was a government building of the former Tainan Prefecture during Japanese rule.

The National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL; Chinese: 國立臺灣文學館; pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Wénxuéguǎn) is a museum located in Tainan, Taiwan. The museum researches, catalogs, preserves, and exhibits literary artifacts. As part of its multilingual, multi-ethnic focus, it holds a large collection of local works in Taiwanese, Japanese, Mandarin and Classical Chinese.

It was planned as a national-level organization to fill in a long-perceived gap in how the Republic of China's institutions had handled Taiwanese literature as a field of academic inquiry and popular discourse. Tainan was chosen for its historical significance as a cultural center.

History

The museum is housed in the Tainan Prefecture Hall [zh], itself a national historical monument. The building was constructed in 1916 during the Japanese rule of Taiwan.[2] The Council for Cultural Affairs under the Executive Yuan set up the initial planning office. The museum was opened in 2003.

Activities

The museum houses the cultural heritage research center of Bureau of Cultural Heritage.[3]

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance South West from Tainan Station of the Taiwan Railways.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://art.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/4071218. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "About us". Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ "National Museum of Taiwan Literature". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

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