ABSTRACT
This dramatic sequence of events still affects cultural heritage management in Taiwan, placing an unusual emphasis on museums as the primary drivers of Taiwanese identification with their heritage. Taiwan’s first museums in a modern sense date to 1868, and by 1936, one year before Japan started its war of aggression, there were seventy-seven museums, fifty-six art galleries and fortytwo other depositories.4 Since the establishment of the ROC, various museums and institutions have worked diligently to acquire, document, preserve and present Chinese cultural heritage from all periods in the new nation of Taiwan.
