The Bo Yang Museum () is a

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

West Central District West Central District () is a District (Taiwan), district located in the center of Tainan City, Taiwan. It is home to 76,983 people. History The district was founded on 1 January 2004, which merged with West District and Central District.. ...

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. The museum is part of the

National University of Tainan The National University of Tainan (NUTN; ) is a university in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. NUTN offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs across six colleges: the College of Education, the College of Humanities, the ...

(NUTN) and it is dedicated to the Taiwan-based, Chinese writer

Bo Yang Bo Yang ( zh , t = 柏楊 , s = 柏杨 , p = Bó Yáng ; 7 March 1920 – 29 April 2008), sometimes also erroneously called Bai Yang, was a Chinese people, Chinese historian, novelist, philosopher, poet based in Taiwan. He is also regarded as a ...

History

The initial discussion about returning Bo Yang's belongings started in November 2006. The room for keeping his collections was inaugurated on 21 March 2007. The

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

approved the subsidy to set up Bo Yang Museum on 8 May 2007. The museum was finally inaugurated on 27 June 2007.

Architecture

The museum is a two-story building, located at the Special Art District of NUTN. It is divided into four sections, which are Bo Yang Art Center, Bo Yang Historical Section, Bo Yang Literature Corner and Bo Yang's Garden House Living Room.

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance south from

Tainan Station Tainan () is a railway station in Tainan, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. Situated in centre of the old town square in the East District of Tainan, Tainan Station is the main station of the city and also one of the major stati ...

of the Taiwan Railways.

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