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| Ethnic interactions were very frequent in Taiwan's historic period. Starting from the 16th Century, the Dutch, Spanish, Japanese and Han people arrived in Taiwan, leaving behind historic evidence that may be found in the department's collections. "The Portrait of Cheng, Chen-Kung", completed while he was alive, "A Taiwan map in the Emperor Kang Hsi period" portraying 18th-Century Taiwan under the administration of the Ching Dynasty and the "Yellow Tiger Flag of Democratic Taiwan", the emblem of the Taiwanese people's anti-Japanese movement, are special items collected by the museum. |
After 1945, the department expanded its collection to include folk utensils used by the Han people in Huanan and Taiwan. Starting from the 1950's, the cultural artifacts of North American Indians and ancient books of the Pingpu tribe's "Anli ethnic group" have been added to the collection as well as folk art sourced from South-East Asia and Oceania during the Japanese occupation. All constitute an important part of the department's diverse and complex collection, which is a lively illustration of the twists and turns in people's lives at that time.
In recent years, the department has been aggressively pursuing the "preservation and maintenance of cultural artifacts" and "digitalization". The "Restoration Studio" was established in 2003 for the primary purpose of maintaining and restoring the department's collection using contemporary folk-art preservation expertise. Meanwhile, the department has engaged in several digitalization projects. The ultimate goal is ensure the perpetual existence and continuation of the collection and the "Story of Mankind" that has occurred on the island of Taiwan. |
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