Kaohsiung Museum of Fisheries Civilization explained

Kaohsiung Museum of Fisheries Civilization
Native Name:	高雄市漁業文化館
Native Name Lang:	zh
Coordinates:	22.5723°N 120.3168°W
Established:	April 2002
Location:	Cianjhen, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Type:	museum
Founder:	Kaohsiung City Government
Publictransit:	Caoya MRT station

The Kaohsiung Museum of Fisheries Civilization is a museum in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

History

The origin of the museum can be traced to the establishment of a cultural museum of squid fishery in April 2002 by the Taiwan Squid Association and a cultural museum of tuna fishery in November 2003 by the Taiwan Tuna Association. Later on, the Kaohsiung City Government combined the two museums to form the Kaohsiung Museum of Fisheries Civilization after obtaining a fund of NT$20 million from the Fisheries Agency.^[1]

Exhibitions

The museum is divided into four exhibition areas, which are:

• Area A, for the far sea trawl fisheries zone, coastal and offshore fisheries zone, aquaculture zone
• Area B, tuna exhibition zone
• Area C, for the fisheries products processing zone, fisheries conservation and utilization zone
• Area D, squid exhibition zone

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance southwest of Caoya Station of Kaohsiung MRT.

See also

• List of museums in Taiwan

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us - Chronicles of Fisheries Cultural Museum. Kaohsiung Museum of Fisheries Civilization. 27 November 2018.