Chiayi Municipal Museum Explained

Chiayi Municipal Museum
Native Name:嘉義市立博物館
Native Name Lang:zh
Coordinates:23.4869°N 120.4514°W
Established:9 March 2004
Location:East, Chiayi City, Taiwan
Type:museum
Publictransit:Beimen Station

The Chiayi Municipal Museum is a museum in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

History

The founding of the museum was a collective community effort in the hope to establish a cultural public space for all of the residents of Chiayi City. Among its displays are silk wrappings used to cover Tibetan Buddhist texts and an Islamic jade collection of the Qing emperors.[1]

Exhibitions

The museum has the following galleries:[2]

Activities

The museum offers courses and workshops in calligraphy, brush ink painting, paper mache, illustration, ikebana with a Taiwanese touch etc.[3]

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance west from Beimen Station of the Alishan Forest Railway.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Taiwanese identity: Multiculti roots: A museum tells a new story. 12 March 2016. The Economist. 12 March 2016.
  2. Web site: 28 June 2021. Chiayi Municipal Museum. Taiwan, the Heart of Asia. 24 August 2022.
  3. Web site: Taiwan Culture Portal - Culture Navigation - Chiayi Municipal Museum (嘉義市立博物館) . 2014-11-03 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141103092121/http://www.culture.tw/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=654&Itemid=175 . 2014-11-03 .
  4. Web site: Chia-Yi Municipal Museum . Cabcy.gov.tw . 2014-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325163901/http://www.cabcy.gov.tw/cymm/english/traffic.asp . 2014-03-25 . dead .