National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA), located in West District, Taichung City, is the only national-level art museum in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the largest public art museum in the country. It was originally established in 1988 as the "Taiwan Provincial Museum of Fine Arts" under the Taiwan Provincial Government. Following the streamlining of provincial government functions in 1999, the museum was placed under the Council for Cultural Affairs (now the Ministry of Culture) and renamed its current title.

The museum building spans three above-ground floors and two underground levels, arranged in a long east-west axis. It includes a 10-hectare campus with a large sculpture park. Exhibition spaces include the Buffalo Room, Art Street, Time Light Atrium, and numerous exhibition galleries (Rooms 101 to U108, 201 to 205, 301 to 302), as well as unique venues such as the Floating Island City VR Gallery and E Pavilion. Additional facilities include a resource center, auditorium, children’s art space, educational center, café, and gift shop.

The museum houses numerous culturally significant artworks. Two of its most prized pieces, listed as national treasures by the Ministry of Culture, are Lin Yu-shan’s Lotus Pond (tempera painting) and Huang Tu-shui’s Water of Immortality (marble sculpture). A bronze replica of Huang’s Buffaloes is also prominently displayed in the main lobby. Other important works include Tamsui Scenery and Chiayi Playground by Chen Cheng-po, and Morning Cool by Lin Chih-chu.

Outdoors, the museum features 48 sculptures and 50 stone inscriptions. The sculptures are distributed throughout the grounds, while the inscriptions are concentrated in the "Beilin Plaza" outside the Yingcai Gate to the east. These stone tablets use modern sandblasting techniques to engrave calligraphy works from historical figures and contemporary masters, forming a unique cultural landscape within the museum's park.