The Kaohsiung Museum of Shadow Puppet () is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

Gangshan District Gangshan District (, Hakka: Kông-sân-khî), is a suburban district in Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. It has 95,128 inhabitants in 2022. The township is part of the suburbs of Kaohsiung City which encompass 10 cities (or townships) out of 18 i ...

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

Taiwan 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 nort ...

History

Kaohsiung County Government began researching the establishment of a museum in 1986 as instructed by 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) and the

Taiwan Provincial Government The Taiwan Provincial Government was the government that governed Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Its functions have been transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan. History At the ...

Department of Education. Plains to build the museum were proposed by the Council for Cultural Affairs in 1987. The design of the museum building was completed in 1988 and construction took place between 1991 and 1993. The museum was officially opened on 13 March 1994. In September 2010, the building was damaged by

Typhoon Fanapi Typhoon Fanapi, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Inday, was a damaging and deadly typhoon that struck Taiwan and southeastern China in September 2010. It was the eleventh tropical storm and fourth typhoon of the very inactive season. The stor ...

. Subsequently, the museum was closed for reparation works and reopened in March 2012.

Architecture

The museum was designed by

Chiu Kun-liang Chiu Kun-liang (; born 13 February 1949) is a Taiwanese academic and politician. Early life and education Chiu Kun-liang was born on 13 February 1949, and raised in Nanfang-ao, a fishing port in Su'ao. He wrote a memoir-like bestselling book i ...

. It has eight sections which spreads across four floors and basement, which are lobby, performance area, exhibition area, digital shadow play theater, experience area, reference room, promotion and research center and creative cultural product area.

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance south of

Gangshan Station Gangshan () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 15 December 1900 as , and was renamed as in 1920. In November 1923, a s ...

of Taiwan Railways.

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* {{official website, http://kmsp.khcc.gov.tw/ENG 1994 establishments in Taiwan Puppet museums in Taiwan Museums established in 1994 Museums in Kaohsiung

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Transportation

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