The Bureau of Cultural Heritage (BOCH; ) is the bureau of the
Ministry of Culture of the
Taiwan (ROC)
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeas ...
responsible for preserving and restoring historic buildings, sites, communities, relics and cultural landscapes, as well as conserving traditional arts, folk culture and other cultural legacies of
Taiwan.
History
The bureau was originally established as Headquarters Administration of Cultural Heritage on 1 October 2007 under the
Council for Cultural Affairs
The Ministry of Culture (MOC, ) is the ministry of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that promotes cultural and creative industries. The ministry also maintains thNational Repository of Cultural Heritage
History
Established in 1981 by Executive Y ...
(CCA). On 20 May 2012, the CCA was upgraded to the Ministry of Culture and Headquarters Administration of Cultural Heritage was upgraded to Bureau of Cultural Heritage.
Organizational structures
* Division of General Planning
* Division of Monuments and Settlements
* Division of Antiquities and Archaeological Sites
* Division of Traditional Arts and Folklore
* Institute of Cultural Heritage Research Preservation
* Secretariat
* Office of Budget, Accounting and Statistics
* Civil Service Ethics Office
* Personnel Office
Branches
The bureau operates a cultural heritage research center located at
National Museum of Taiwan Literature
The National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL; ) is a museum located in Tainan, Republic of China (Taiwan). The museum researches, catalogs, preserves, and exhibits literary artifacts. As part of its multilingual, multi-ethnic focus, it holds ...
in
Tainan.
[https://www.boch.gov.tw/en/#what]
See also
*
Culture of Taiwan
*
List of national monuments of Taiwan
References
External links
* {{facebook, 文化部文化資產局-440130549422213
Bureau of Cultural Heritage website(in Chinese), includes a searchable database of protected objects
2007 establishments in Taiwan
Cultural organizations based in Taiwan
Executive Yuan
Government agencies established in 2007
Organizations based in Taichung