The YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum () or Yang Ming Oceanic Culture and Art Museum (OCAM) is a
museum
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about
oceanic
Oceanic may refer to:
*Of or relating to the ocean
*Of or relating to Oceania
**Oceanic climate
**Oceanic languages
**Oceanic person or people, also called "Pacific Islander(s)"
Places
* Oceanic, British Columbia, a settlement on Smith Island, ...
culture
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and
art
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There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...
in
Ren'ai District,
Keelung,
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
The museum building was originally constructed in 1915 during the
Japanese rule of Taiwan
The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became a dependency of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. The shor ...
as the property of
Nippon Yusen
Nippon YĆ«sen Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Mail Shipping Line), also known as NYK Line, is a Japanese shipping company and is a member of the Mitsubishi ''keiretsu''. The company headquarters are located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It operates a flee ...
. After the
handover of Taiwan to China in 1945, the building was taken over by the
China Merchants Bureau. The building was renovated in 2003 and opened as the YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum in 2004.
Transportation
The museum is accessible from
Keelung Station of the
Taiwan Railways.
See also
*
List of museums in Taiwan
This is a list of museums in Taiwan, including cultural centers and arts centres.
Kaohsiung City
* Chung Li-he Museum
* Cijin Shell Museum
* Fongshan Community Culture Museum
* Former British Consulate at Takao
* Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Rai ...
*
YM Museum of Marine Exploration Kaohsiung
The YM Museum of Marine Exploration Kaohsiung (MOME; ) is a museum about marine exploration in Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
History
After its rental tenure was approved by the Marine Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government on 18 January ...
*
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation () is a Taiwanese container shipping company based in Keelung, Taiwan (ROC).
History
The company was founded in 1972 as a shipping line, but has historical links through its merger with the China Merchants ...
*
Maritime industries of Taiwan
The maritime industries of Taiwan are a large part of Taiwan's economy. Industries of particular importance are shipbuilding, boat building, maritime transport, aquaculture, mariculture, commercial fishing, seafood processing, offshore wind pow ...
References
External links
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2004 establishments in Taiwan
Art museums and galleries in Taiwan
Art museums established in 2004
Buildings and structures completed in 1915
Maritime museums in Taiwan
Museums in Keelung
Oceanographic organizations
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