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Address:
National Taiwan University Library, 1 Roosevelt Rd. Sec. 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Contact:
ichunlin@ntu.edu.tw
Phone: 02-33662362
Fax: 02-23629860
Links:
Museum of Anthropology
National Taiwan University
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Description:
The collections of the Museum of the Department of Anthropology consist of cultural artifacts of Taiwan Indigenous People collected mainly from the 1920’s to the early 1960’s, and prehistoric artifacts excavated from archaeological sites in Taiwan.
Over 5,000 ethnological artifacts preserved here. Since the “Institute of Ethnology” of Taihoku Imperial University had set up in 1928, Utsurikawa Nenozo and Miyamoto Nobuto, began to collect systematically all kinds of material data of each Taiwan indigenous group, including clothing, woodcarving, ceramics, and other daily utensils and ceremonial objects.
On the other hand, archaeological collections are increasing abundantly due to never-ending archaeological fieldworks in the department, which makes them over 200,000 pieces in total. Various sites have been discovered and excavated in large-scale. They include sites dating from Paleolithic period, Neolithic period and Metal period.
The main theme of the Ethnological Exhibition Room located on the first floor features the “Material Cultures of Taiwan Indigenous Groups”. The artifacts on display are arranged bared on distinctive groups, and are accompanied by texts and illustrations.
Adopting “Prehistoric Cultures in Taiwan” as the theme, the Archaeological Exhibition Room located on the second floor displays the developmental stages of prehistory in Taiwan through stories various depicted on the basis of archaeological specimens.
This museum of anthropology strongly focused on firsthand field data and therefore stands alone as a highly valuable small-scale academic anthropological display.
(Information from the Website)
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