Fangyuan Museum of Arts

The FANG-YUAN Art Museum (Chinese: 方圓美術館; pinyin: Fāngyuán Měishùguǎn) is an art museum in Jiangjun District, Tainan, Taiwan.[1]

FANG-YUAN Art Museum
方圓美術館
Established24 November 2008
LocationJiangjun, Tainan, Taiwan
Coordinates23°11′57″N 120°09′26″E
TypeArt museum
Websitewww.fy-mofa.org.tw

History

The museum building was originally constructed in 1944 as the Suisheng Clinic of Huang Ching-wu, the former head of township in the area. In 2008, the building was purchased by an entrepreneur Lin Chen-feng. He then rebuilt it to be a museum of fine arts.[2]

Architecture

The building is a mixture of Taiwanese and Western architectural styles featuring the 4-section compound with corridors and arched winding cloisters.

Exhibitions

The museums displays pottery and porcelain which are commonly used in the early days of Taiwan.

See also

References

  1. "方圓美術館". Tainan, Taiwan: Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. "Tainan Government page". www.tainan.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-01-31.


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