Editing Taipei (section)

====Commemorative sites and museums====
{{wide image|CKS_Panorama.jpg |1000px |A panorama of the [[Liberty Square (Taipei)|Liberty Square]] looking east, with the National Concert Hall (left) and the National Theater (right)}}

[[File:National Palace Museum Taipei1.jpg|thumb|The [[National Palace Museum]] ]]

[[File:Taipei 228 Memorial Museum face 20070928.jpg|thumb|The 228 Memorial Museum]]

[[File:台北紀州庵.jpg|thumb|Kishu An Forest of Literature]]

[[File:National Concert Hall at night 2013.jpg|thumb|The [[National Concert Hall (Taiwan)|National Concert Hall]] illuminated at night]]

The [[National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall]] is a monument, landmark and tourist attraction that was erected in memory of General [[Chiang Kai-shek]], former [[President of the Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cksmh.gov.tw/eng/index.php |title=National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall |date=5 May 2009 |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408020421/http://www.cksmh.gov.tw/eng/index.php |archive-date=8 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The structure stands at the east end of Memorial Hall Square, site of the [[National Concert Hall (Taiwan)|National Concert Hall]] and [[National Theatre (Taiwan)|National Theater]] and their adjacent parks as well as the memorial. The landmarks of Liberty Square stand within sight of Taiwan's [[Presidential Office Building (Republic of China)|Presidential Office Building]] in Taipei's [[Zhongzheng District]].

[[File:National Taiwan Museum front 20070912.jpg|thumb|The [[National Taiwan Museum]]]]
The [[National Taiwan Museum]] sits nearby in what is now [[228 Peace Memorial Park]] and has worn its present name since 1999. The museum is [[Taiwan]]'s oldest, founded on 24 October 1908 by Taiwan's [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese colonial government]] (1895–1945) as the Taiwan Governor's Museum. It was launched with a collection of 10,000 items to celebrate the opening of the island's North–South Railway.<ref name="ntminfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.ntm.gov.tw/en/about/1a.aspx |title=National Taiwan Museum: History |publisher=National Taiwan Museum |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422025208/http://www.ntm.gov.tw/en/about/1a.aspx |archive-date=22 April 2008}}</ref> In 1915 a new museum building opened its doors in what is now [[228 Peace Memorial Park]]. This structure and the adjacent governor's office (now [[Presidential Office Building (Republic of China)|Presidential Office Building]]), served as the two most recognizable public buildings in Taiwan during its period of [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese rule]].<ref name="ntminfo" />
[[File:Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines 20190629.jpg|thumb|[[Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines]]]]
The [[National Palace Museum]] is a vast [[art gallery]] and [[museum]] built around a permanent collection centered on [[Ancient China|ancient Chinese artifacts]]. It should not be confused with the [[Forbidden City|Palace Museum]] in [[Beijing]] (which it is named after); both institutions trace their origins to the same institution. The collections were divided in the 1940s as a result of the [[Chinese Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/newshour/news/story/2007/02/070208_taipei_museum.shtml |title=Taipei's National Palace Museum |access-date=4 June 2008 |publisher=BBC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112051135/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/newshour/news/story/2007/02/070208_taipei_museum.shtml |archive-date=12 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="npmwashpo">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/03/AR2007060300069_pf.html |title=Ancient China's treasures go digital |newspaper=Washington Post |date=3 June 2007 |access-date=9 August 2009 |first=Dan |last=Nystedt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721082924/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/03/AR2007060300069_pf.html |archive-date=21 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The National Palace Museum in Taipei now boasts a truly international collection while housing one of the world's largest collections of artifacts from ancient China.<ref name="npmwashpo" />

The [[Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines]] stands just {{cvt|200|m|ft|sp=us}} across the road from the National Palace Museum. The museum offers displays of art and historical items by [[Taiwanese aborigines]] along with a range of multimedia displays.

The [[Taipei Fine Arts Museum]] was established in 1983 as the first museum in Taiwan dedicated to [[modern art]]. The museum is housed in a building designed for the purpose that takes inspiration from Japanese designs. Most art in the collection is by [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] artists since 1940. Over 3,000 art works are organized into 13 groups.

The [[Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall|National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall]] near [[Taipei 101]] in [[Xinyi District, Taipei|Xinyi District]] is named in honor of a founding father of the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]], [[Sun Yat-sen]]. The hall, completed on 16 May 1972, originally featured exhibits that depicted revolutionary events in the [[Republic of China (1912-1949)|Republican period of China]]. Today it functions as multi-purpose [[social center|social]], [[educational]], [[concert]] and [[cultural]] center for Taiwan's citizens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yatsen.gov.tw/en/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=139 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409051648/http://www.yatsen.gov.tw/en/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=139 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 April 2015 |title=The History of memorial hall |publisher=National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall |access-date=16 December 2016}}</ref>

[[File:台北當代藝術館.JPG|thumb|[[MoCA Taipei|Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei]], also known as "old city hall"]]
In 2001 a new museum opened as [[MoCA Taipei|Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei]]. The museum is housed in a building that formerly housed Taipei City government offices.<ref name="tfaminfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.mocataipei.org.tw/_english/1_about/0_overview.asp |title=From History to Contemporary |publisher=Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei |access-date=9 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223094112/http://www.mocataipei.org.tw/_english/1_about/0_overview.asp |archive-date=23 February 2009}}</ref>