National Museum of Taiwan Literature

National Museum of Taiwan Literature
國立台灣文學館
Museum Front
Established	October 17, 2003
Location	West Central, Tainan, Taiwan
Type	Public art museum
Visitors	150,000 (2007)
Curator	Lee Ruiteng (李瑞騰)
Website	nmtl.gov.tw

The National Museum of Taiwan Literature (Chinese: 國立臺灣文學館; pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Wénxuéguǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-ka Tâi-oân Bûn-ha̍k-koán) is a museum located in Tainan City, Taiwan. It opened in 2003. The museum researches, catalogs, preserves, and exhibits literary artifacts. As part of its multilingual, multi-ethnic focus, it holds a large collection of local works in Taiwanese, Japanese, Mandarin, and Classical Chinese.

It was planned as a national-level organization to fill in a long-perceived gap in how the Republic of China's institutions had handled the island's literature as a field of academic inquiry and popular discourse. The Council for Cultural Affairs under the Executive Yuan set up the initial planning office.

Tainan was chosen for its historical significance as a cultural center. The museum is housed in the former Tainan City Hall, itself a national historical monument.

During Japanese rule the building was a government building of the former Tainan Prefecture.

The museum was a government building of the former Tainan Prefecture during Japanese rule.

See also

• Literature of Taiwan

External links

• National Museum of Taiwan Literature website
• Digital archive of the National Museum of Taiwan Literature