The Chimei Museum: Fostering Art Appreciation in Taiwan
—Jay Sailors
Passion is the word that best describes the Chimei Museum, which reopened in a grand new building in Tainan Metropolitan Park in early 2015. The source of this passion is its founder, Wen-long Shi, who has put together a broad collection that includes European paintings, historical weapons, fossils, and the museum's famous violins.
Shi gained his passionate spirit when he was a young boy. Growing up in poverty, Shi felt lucky to live near a museum and spent much of his free time there. His memories of this museum and his love of music were his inspiration for the Chimei.
In 1960, Shi founded a successful manufacturing company, and he later used the wealth that it brought him to found his own museum. Shi's dream was to start a cultural renaissance in Tainan. The Chimei Museum is home to around 12,000 items. Even in its new building, though, it is able to display only about one-third of its total collection. Still, with its broad range of items, the museum easily meets its goal of promoting music and art.
奇美博物館：培養藝術鑑賞力
熱情是最適合描述奇美博物館的詞彙，奇美博物館在二○一五年初於台南都會公園裡一棟豪華的新建築中重新開幕。這股熱情源自於創辦人許文龍，他收集了包括歐洲繪畫、古兵器、化石和博物館聞名的小提琴等廣泛的收藏品。
許文龍從小就具有熱情的精神。他在貧困中長大，覺得自己很幸運能夠住在一間博物館附近並在那裡度過許多空閒時間。他對這間博物館的記憶以及對音樂的熱愛是他成立奇美博物館的靈感來源。
在一九六○年，許先生成立了一間很成功的製造業公司，後來他用這間公司帶給他的財富成立了自己的博物館。許先生的夢想是在台南開啟一場文化復興。奇美博物館大約有一萬兩千件的展品。然而，即便在新建物裡也只能展出大約所有館藏的三分之一。儘管如此，由於展品涵蓋的範圍廣泛，奇美博物館絕對能達到它推廣音樂和藝術的目標。
|
