Lanyang Museum

Coordinates: 24°52′07″N 121°49′57″E / 24.86861°N 121.83250°E / 24.86861; 121.83250

Lanyang Museum
蘭陽博物館
General information
Type Museum
Location Toucheng, Yilan County, Taiwan
Construction started 2 August 2004
Opening 16 October 2010
Design and construction
Architect Artech[1]
Main contractor Tianyi Construction Co., Ltd.
Lijin Engineering Co., Ltd.
Website
www.lym.gov.tw

The Lanyang Museum (LYM; Chinese: 蘭陽博物館; pinyin: Lányáng Bówùguǎn) is a museum about the local area in Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan.

History

In 1989, local Yilan personnel proposed the establishment of Kailan Museum. In December 1992, Yilan County Government established the Museum Preparatory and Planning Committee and the official name of the museum was chosen to be Lanyang Museum. The construction for the museum began on 2 August 2004 and it began its first stage of opening on 18 May 2010 where only group visits made by advance reservations were accepted. The museum was finally opened officially to public on 16 October 2010.[1]

Architecture

The museum building was designed by a team led by Kris Yao those design was inspired by the cuestas commonly seen along Beiguan Coast. The museum adopts the geometric shapes of the cuestas where the roof protrudes from the ground at an angle of 20 degrees meeting a wall which rises from the ground at an angle of 70 degrees. Thus the building emerges from the ground in a similar fashion to those cuestas.[2]

Exhibition

The museum features the following:

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance northeast from Toucheng Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Lanyang Museum / Artech Architects". Arch Daily. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lanyang Museum_About the LYM_Architecture and Landscape". lym.gov.tw. Retrieved 24 August 2014.


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