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National Museum of Taiwan Literature

National Museum of Taiwan Literature
國立臺灣文學館
National Museum of Taiwan Literature Seal.svg
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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
TypeMuseum
Visitors150,000 (2007)
DirectorWeng Chih-tsung[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 Precfutural Hall, 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.

See also

  • Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)
  • List of museums in Taiwan
  • Taiwanese literature

References

  1. ^ "Hundreds oppose revised curriculum". Taipei Times. 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  3. ^ https://www.boch.gov.tw/en/#what

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