Taiwan Theater Museum

The Taiwan Theater Museum is a museum about theatre in Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan. The museum is dedicated to Taiwan's theatrical arts and operas. It is the first public theater museum in Taiwan and the first museum established in Yilan County.HistoryStarting from its early planning stage in 1986, the Council for Cultural Affairs appointed a professor from Chinese Culture University (CCU) to head the planning stage for the museum under the supervision of the council. The museum was finally opened on 21 April 1990. Upon its establishment, the museum was originally named the Taiwanese Opera Information Center due to its original focus on Taiwanese opera. Later, knowing that Yilan had a valuable collection of puppet theater resources, the museum was subsequently expanded to include puppet theater in its scope and was renamed the Taiwan Drama Center. Following the suggestion from the CCU in 1998, the museum was finally renamed Taiwan Theater Museum.MissionsThe museum has the following mission: Compile information on the development of Taiwanese theater; Survey, gather and collate all things related to folk theater; Evaluate its social, cultural and artistic significance, so as to inspire folk artists and to raise and pioneer theatrical art; Through performance, exhibition and promotion, to deepen public understanding of the meaning and significance of folk theater art; Encourage the coexistence and fusion of traditional folk art with contemporary culture.