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.
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]
The museum has the following galleries:[2]
The museum offers courses and workshops in calligraphy, brush ink painting, paper mache, illustration, ikebana with a Taiwanese touch etc.[3]
The museum is accessible within walking distance west from Beimen Station of the Alishan Forest Railway.[4]