New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum

Coordinates: 24°56′57.5″N 121°21′7.3″E / 24.949306°N 121.352028°E / 24.949306; 121.352028

New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum
新北市立鶯歌陶瓷博物館
Established 26 November 2000
Location Yingge, New Taipei, Taiwan
Type Art museum
Visitors 1,153,263 (2015)
Director Wu Hsiu-tzu
Website www.ceramics.ntpc.gov.tw

The New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (Chinese: 新北市立鶯歌陶瓷博物館; pinyin: Xīnběi Shìlì Yīnggē Táocí Bówùguǎn) is a museum presenting ceramics located in Yingge District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

History

The construction of the museum began in 1988 and was opened on 26 November 2000.[2] The museum houses exhibits as well as a ceramics studio. The museum was formerly known as the Taipei County Yingko Ceramics Museum (Chinese: 台北縣立鶯歌陶瓷博物館). However, as Taipei County was awarded special municipality status and renamed New Taipei City on December 25, 2010, the museum was subsequently renamed to New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum.

Exhibitions

The permanent exhibits present five major themes:[3]

  1. Traditional Pottery Techniques Hall
  2. Once they Were: Development of Taiwan Ceramics
  3. Pottery Town: History of Yingge
  4. Shuttle Through Time: Prehistoric/Aboriginal/Contemporary Ceramics
  5. Future Prediction: Industrial and High-tech Ceramics

Transportation

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Long layovers in Taiwan can be rewarding: Tourism Bureau". focustaiwan.tw.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  3. ↑ Exhibition, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum.
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