National Museum of Taiwan Literature

National Museum of Taiwan Literature

國立台灣文學館
File:National Museum of Taiwan Literature.JPG Museum Front
Established	October 17, 2003
Location	West Central, Tainan, Taiwan
Type	Public art museum
Visitors	150,000 (2007)
Director	Weng Chih-tsung
Curator	Lee Ruiteng (李瑞騰)
Website	nmtl.gov.tw (English)

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. It opened in 2003. 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. The Council for Cultural Affairs under the Executive Yuan set up the initial planning office.

Tainan was chosen for its historical significance as a cultural center. The museum is housed in the former Tainan City Hall, itself a national historical monument.

History

The museum was a government building of the former Tainan Prefecture during Japanese rule.

The building was constructed in 1916 during the Japanese rule of Taiwan which served as the government building of Tainan Prefecture.

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance South West from Tainan Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration.

See also

• List of museums in Taiwan
• Literature of Taiwan

External links

• National Museum of Taiwan Literature website
• Digital archive of the National Museum of Taiwan Literature