Department Introduction
The establishment purpose of Museum of Fiber Art Taichung is based on "fiber, fashion, green crafts" with upholding the 4 features of the museum, collection, research, exhibition, and education. The museum has mission to house the fiber artifacts that have the values of history, culture, and art and under the registration of cultural heritage, such as the relics of traditional Atayal's costumes “Lukus-kaxa” (the shell-bead clothes), the traditional crafts like Chinese silk tapestry kept by Huang Lan-ye and rush textile kept by Zhuzhou Gui-chun. Also, there is a total of about 1,200 pieces of important cultural relics housed in the museum. Also, the museum has the other mission of carrying forward the fiber art to the outside world. It's hoped to share the general public with abundant and profound humanities as well as the fiber crafts and cultural relics that feature beautiful shapes and characters; consequently, through innovation experiments, the conversation between crafts and art can be started, and traditional craftsmanship can be revived in the contemporary society with a new look.