2012-11-09
「觀光與轉變中的文化資產價值：訪古以開創未來」
國際研討會論文投稿
投 稿 人：黃 宗偉 Tzon-wei Huang
服務單位：新北市立淡水古蹟博物館 展示教育組
The Tamsui Historical Museum, New Taipei City
The Department of Exhibition and Education
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稱：助理研究員 assistant curator
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2012-11-09
Recreating History in Heritage – discussion on educational strategy
in the Tamsui Historical Museum
Tzon-wei Huang
Tamsui is one of the high density areas in tangible cultural heritage in Taiwan, and at
the same time, it also holds the second place of the most visited tourist spots in
Taiwan almost every year. In recent year, as selected as one of the potential world
heritage site candidates by the Culture Ministry, Executive Yuan, For San Domingo
and the surrounding historical buildings are also established the Tamsui Historical
Museum by the local government, the first museum in Taiwan for managing historical
sites.
The repaid development in Tamsui urbanization in recent year had caused the
dramatic change in landscape and it had great impact on local culture identity. The
establishment of the Tamsui Historical Museum is intended to preserve the most
tangible cultural heritage and disseminate the knowledge and the concept of
preservation through education. However, in terms of collection, the museum holds
relatively low in collection, but managing many historic sites in vast area. In another
words, the museum is mainly collecting historical buildings rather than objects. Its
non-conventional method has raised several questions in the management of the
museum: What is the collection policy? How do the preservation works carry out in
the museum? How to provide educational service in the museum?
It seems that the museum has many historical buildings for museum functions:
preservation, exhibition and education. In fact, the lack of furniture and any object left
by previous owner, it is very difficult to reconstruct the past in many historical sites of
the museum. In addition, under policies for revitalization in the heritage and other
public properties, the museum is facing demands to have higher visitor number and
providing more leisure activities for residences and tourists. How does a local
museum such as the Tamsui Historical Museum provide both educational service and
leisure activities to its audience, and how to balance these two works? Furthermore,
how does the museum provide the opportunity to construct meaningful visiting
experiences with only historical building from the past? These will be the issues
discussed in this article.
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