Museum Island

The location of the Pingtung Art Museum used to be where the Pingtung City Government was (1953-2005). The City Government used the building since the construction was completed in October, 1953 until it moved to the new site in July 2005. The old site was officially retired. The Pintung County Government made an agreement with the Pingtung City Government in August, 2006. The Pingtung City Government agreed to lend the building to the County Government and that the whole building would be maintained and changed to a museum. With the funding of the Ministry of Culture (former Council for Cultural Affairs), the government renovated the building to bring new meaning to it. The lending agreement ended on January 16, 2012, and the Pingtung Art Museum was returned to the Pingtung City Government for operation. The Museum is a county-administered city museum and has the lowest administrative level, smallest organization structure, and least operating expenses among other museums in Taiwan. Back in the arms of the City Government, the Pingtung Art Museum opened on January 12, 2013 officially. So far, it has held a variety of exhibitions and organizes workshops, Aesthetic Education, happy artistic train events, book clubs, weekend concerts, and other educational activities. The Pingtung Art Museum is now a site for the promotion of art and cultural events in Pintung.

Yilan was the main place of supply for all clogs in Taiwan in the 1950’s. The main material for clogs, the Schefflera tree, can be commonly seen in the mountains around Baimi Village. As a result, Baimi Village started the clog industry. As the time goes by, plastic slippers replaced clogs as the mainstream products in the market, and Baimi Village went down with the clog industry. The Council for Cultural Affairs started the promotion of the “community development” policy in 1994. Afterwards, Baimi Village started the journey of community revitalization by rediscovering the village through interviews with elderly people in the community. From the name “clog lair” to the idiom “Baimiweng produces clogs; You have to take the risk of getting caught to steal the woods in the forest”, residents of the village seem to have found the treasure of the village, the “clog”, in their memory. With the promotion from the organization in the village, Baimi Village created a unique clog culture industry with community cooperatives in 1998. It later founded the only Clog Museum in Taiwan in 1999. Baimi Village combines its daily life culture with the clog industry completely and this allows visitors to not only know more about clogs but see the local culture of the community at the same time.

In 1978, in accordance with the policy of "important measures to improve public moral" proposed by the Executive Yuan, the Taiwan Provincial Government decided to build a bird park in the Fonghuanggu Scenic Area, which is located in Lugu Township of Nantou County, and the park was named "Fonghuanggu Bird Park," which was a location for holding leisure activities and academic researches. In April 1979, the Taiwan Provincial Government Council passed the proposal of establishing the Fonghuanggu Bird Park Planning Committee, which was aimed to collect information, conduct on-site surveys and repetitive discussions. The construction planning was completed after several years. At the end of October 1982, the construction was completed by investing about NT$204 million; on December 18 in the same year, the park was opened to the public. Since January 1, 2013, the bird park has been managed by the "National Museum of Natural Science" and renamed as "Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park". On the premise of creating an environment for teaching nature appreciation, elevating leisure experience to a higher quality and the concept of bird conservation, the park is aimed to expand people's knowledge of birds and develop a concept of ecosystem conservation; at the same time, the park will stick to the goal of becoming an international ecosystem educational scenic spot.

The establishment purposes of Taichung Literature Museum are as follows: (1) Elaborating literature as a nourishing resource for different types of art, making profound connotation in literature and esthetics become important milestones in human civilization and history, the museum highlights the glorious tradition of Taichung's Literature to make citizens and people from all aspects of work know the abundant connotation in Taichung's literature; the recognition for local literature will be strengthened consequently. (2) Not only continue collecting the works of renowned literati in Taichung, related artifacts as the requirements for collection and studies but also offering a space for exhibition and education, the museum has become a unique themed venue for collection and exhibition. (3) Inspiring people to grow interests in local literature and related knowledge as well as making literature walk into the daily lives of people, the museum will be the new landmark on the development track of Taichung's literature. (4) Transforming a historic construction into a venue of humanity, the museum carries on the heritage and the reuse of historical memory. With the features of study, collection, education, and recreation, the museum directs literature into the daily lives of people; it enhances the application and heritage of local literature and provides experiences of humanistic art; therefore, it's hoped to inspire people's care about the environment of humanity and promote a literature atmosphere in Taichung.

The House of Citizens-Memorial Hall of Attendance was established in 1926 during Japanese rule as a memorial to the visit of the Japanese Crown Prince Hirohito (later known as Emperor Showa) in 1923. Though the Crown Price did not visit the House in person, it is still a monumental location. The functions of the House of Citizens-Memorial Hall of Attendance have changed several times since the Japanese colonial period from the original assembly hall to the office of the public sector and welfare center. Due to the impact of the 921 earthquake in 1999, the structure was severely damaged. After being approved as a historic building by the Review Committee of Historic Sites and Buildings of Yunlin County in 2001, the House was subsidized and restored based on the “Regulations on Subsidy of the Historic Buildings in the Disaster Area of the 921 Earthquake.” The reconstruction work was completed in 2006. The Cultural Affairs Department of Yunlin County outsourced the management rights of the House in 2011 and it was given back to the Douliu City Office in March, 2016. The City Office planned a series of events related to the local living style in Douliu to connect the House with the locals. Currently, the House has become one of the latest attractions for hipsters in Douliu City.