Hsiao Tsung-huang () is a Taiwanese museum curator and politician.

Career

Huang was educated at

Chinese Culture University The Chinese Culture University (CCU; ) is a private Taiwanese university located in Yangmingshan in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. CCU was established in 1962 and is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,000 ...

and the

Taipei National University of the Arts The Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA; ) is a national university in Guandu, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The preparatory committees to establish the school was formed on 22 October 1980. The National Institute of the Art ...

, where he earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts and a master's degree in arts administration, respectively. He was director of the

Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (KMFA; ) is located in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was founded by the Kaohsiung City Government and has been administrated by the Kaohsiung Bureau of Cultural Affairs since 2003. It occupies about a ...

between 2001 and 2004, when he assumed the same role at the

National Taiwan Museum The National Taiwan Museum (NTM; ), established in 1908, is the oldest museum in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was founded by the colonial government during Taiwan's period of Japanese rule. The museum is located in Zhongzheng District, Tai ...

. Hsiao began working for the

Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture may refer to: *Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania) *Ministry of Culture (Algeria) *Ministry of Culture (Argentina) * Minister for the Arts (Australia) *Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan) * Ministry of ...

in May 2012, and rose to chief secretary-general. He left the culture ministry in 2015 to become director of the

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA; ) is a museum in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. NTMoFA was established in 1988 and is the first and the only national-grade fine arts museum in Taiwan. The major collections are works by Taiwan ...

, and also chaired the

Chinese Association of Museums The Chinese Association of Museums (CAM; ) is a professional association organized by Taiwanese museums and museum professionals. There are 134 institutional members and over 200 individual members. The president is Hsiao Tsung-huang, deputy min ...

. Hsiao returned to the ministry of culture in August 2018, succeeding

Yang Tzu-pao Yang Tzu-pao (; born 8 August 1963) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat. He was the Deputy Minister of Culture in 2016-2018 and incumbent Representative to Ireland since 2018. Early life Yang was born in Hualien County in 1963. He obtained ...

as deputy culture minister. In January 2023, Hsiao was named director of the

National Palace Museum The National Palace Museum (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kwet-li̍p kù-kiung pok-vu̍t-yèn), is a museum in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, many of which wer ...

References

Living people Government ministers of Taiwan Directors of National Palace Museum Chinese Culture University alumni Taipei National University of the Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Taiwan-politician-stub