In this new era of lifelong learning, the educational promotion of museum work is becoming extremely important. Continuing the strengthening of the promotion and understanding of culture and art, the NMH promoted its educational resources to the whole country and fully extended its own distinctive character and policies to utilize its rich collection and educational methodology in the planning of a range of study activities. To utilize social resources, we invited scholars and experts to give lectures related to historical artifacts, seeking to enrich minds and expand intellectual horizons. We also organized both general and specific parent-child educational events and study workshops in order to put down roots in art and culture, raising national artistic and cultural literacy as part of the museum’s dedication to contributing to social well-being. The educational events held by the museum in 2013 are listed in the table below:

No. Venue Events Number of Participants

1 Saturday Lectures 33 3,735

2 Family Activities 38 456

3 Children’s Camps 3 63

4 Workshops 19 360

5 School Promotion Programs 50 2,700

6 Mobile Museum Touring Exhibitions 16 48,754

7 Airport Gallery Exhibitions 10 Passengers

8 Visiting Programs for Remote Schools and Minorities 10 820

Table 1 List of Educational Programs, 2013

Important achievements in 2013 included:

1. To celebrate Chinese New Year, we held the event Year of the Golden Snake, with a total of 2600 people attending.

2. In coordination with the Ministry of Culture’s series of programs promoting museums on International Museum Day, we held various special events, including:

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(1) On May 15th, a press conference titled 518 International Museum Day: Sleepless Museum with a total of 150 people involved.

(2) On May 18th, an over-night event, 518 International Museum Day: Sleepless Museum, Let’s Plan a Miro Exhibition, was held in the museum’s third floor exhibition room. Fifty children enjoyed a night in the museum.

3. In June, during the exhibition Joan Miro:Women, Birds, Stars, we operated workshops for teachers. Three workshops were organized with about 150 teachers participating.

4. In September we held visiting programs for schools in remote districts on the subject of the exhibition Joan Miro: Women, Birds, Stars. Five schools were invited to take part, including Ruei Yuan Elementary School, Ruei Siang Elementary School, Si-ji Elementary School, Datong Elementary School and Perng-lai Elementary Schools, involving some 220 teachers and students.

5. We o r g a n i z e d F l o r a l Culture Fair activities from October 4th to 6th for the Dream in Flowery Bowers: 2013 Flower Arrangement Exhibi t ion . There were approximately 20 booths and 1,500 people participated.

6. We operated two workshops; each focused on the craft s k i l l s o f q u i l t i n g a n d leather carving, with a total of 16 sess ions and 210 participants.

Museum volunteers take part in a lifetime learning cultural trip at Meishan Farm, Nantou

The ninth in-take of volunteers receives certificates after completing training

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7. In collaboration with Taipei Mandarin Experiment Elementary School, we held the I Love Miro open-air drawing event, with an estimated 500 participants.

8. During the exhibition Monet: Landscapes of the Mind, we held the Monet’s Garden open-air drawing activity in cooperation with Taipei Mandarin Experiment Elementary, with a total of 500 people attending.

9. We organized an art competition called Little Miro’s World View during the exhibition Joan Miro: Women, Birds, Stars in collaboration with Media Sphere Communications Ltd. From a total of 600 school children’s works, 30 were selected as Elected, Excellent or Distinguished.

10. We maintained close cooperation and exchanges with all levels of schools and other organizations. We prepared a program for students from junior and senior high schools in Taipei to participate in our Service Program. There were 514 participants from 108 schools involved in this program, with 1080 service hours in total this year.

11. In May we ran a history-learning program in collaboration with Nanmen Junior High School. Two classes with a total of 66 students attended and benefited from the learning projects.

12. From July to November, we operated the non-formal education programs The Appreciation of Chinese Artifacts, in which a total of 23 students attended.

The Museum Cultural Ambassador promoted the Monet exhibition at New Taipei City Wu Chang Elementary School

The Monet’s Garden outdoor painting activity collaborated with Taipei Mandarin Experimental Elementary School

The museum holds an outdoor drawing event for children to draw their own Miro during the Very Miro summer camp

The museum holds the Very Miro children’s summer camp

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13. We held the exhibition The Essence of Literature and Art, a Meeting of Artistic Gentry in the Culture Art Gallery at Taoyuan International Airport from March to May.

14. At Taipei International Airport (Songshan Airport) we arranged Descry, Taiwan: Apex Lin, Pang-Soong’s Art and Design from May to August, and Resonance: The Art of Chen Chi-Kwan from October to December.

15. In pursuit of the Minister of Culture’s policy of localization, which encourages cultural and artistic performances in rural areas, and in the pursuit of the creation of a resource-sharing platform between cities and the countryside, we arranged the event Aromatic Soil, Cultural Township in Taisi Elementary School on 17th November, with an estimated 800 participants.

16. In April we recruited museum volunteers. Of the total of 115 applicants, 50 were selected to attend a three-month training program from June to September, and 46 were ultimately enrolled in the museum’s volunteer program.

17. In order to raise the management of the museum’s voluntary services to a systemized level, in October we formulated the Management Guidelines for Voluntary Services Programs and the Voluntary Service CPS, on which a further edit of the Booklet on Voluntary Services at the National Museum of History was based.

The Art of Leather Carving Workshop Participants work in the Art of Leather Carving Workshop

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The Legend of Pu Xin-Yu (Taoyuan International Airport)Descry, Taiwan – Apex Lin, Pang-Soong’s Art and Design (Taipei Songshan Airport)

Event Venue Date Number of Visitors

1 Cultural Affairs Department, Yunlin County 2013.04.13∼2013.04.28 2,035

2 Tuku Elementary School 2013.05.01∼2013.05.28 1,192

3 Qiao-Zhen Elementary School 2013.06.03∼2013.06.25 1,400

4 Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum 2013.07.01∼2013.08.31 11,267

5 Bao-Jhong Elementary School 2013.09.03∼2013.09.25 976

6 Bai Chen Elementary School 2013.10.02∼2013.10.25 1,350

7 Taisi Elementary School 2013.11.04∼2013.11.22 880

8 Siluo Old Street 2013.11.26∼2013.12.22 10,400

Total 29,500

Table 2 Schedule of The Mobile Museums’ Touring Exhibitions and Visitors Statistics, 2013

The Exhibition of Chinese Coins and Postal Stamps from the Collection of the National Museum of History and Postal Museum in Yunlin County

Children participate in the nighttime treasure hunt in the museum during 518 International Museum Day: Sleepless Museum

Children participate in the nighttime treasure hunt in the museum during 518 International Museum Day: Sleepless Museum

Museum staff lead children participating in the nighttime ecological experience trip in the botanical garden during 518 International Museum Day: Sleepless Museum

Children participate in the nighttime treasure hunt in the museum during 518 International Museum Day: Sleepless Museum

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Event Venue Date Number of Visitors

1 Shun Tien Elementary School 2013.04.01∼02.04.26 1,209

2 Qingshui Elementary School 2013.05.01∼02.05.25 1,384

3 Chung Cheng Primary School 2013.05.29∼02.06.25 1,200

4 Shalu Library Salach 2013.07.01∼02.08.30 9,123

5 Long-Jing Elementary School 2013.09.05∼02.09.25 828

6 Nan Yang Elementary School 2013.10.02∼02.10.25 2,886

7 Tungshih Elementary School 2013.11.04∼02.11.25 1,839

8 Tu-Niou Elementary School 2013.11.27∼02.12.20 785

Total 19,254

Schedule for Mobile Museum The Digital Exhibition of Taiwan Artifacts Touring Exhibition in Taichung County

and the Number of Visitors

Students from the Yunlin Chiaojen Elementary School visit the mobile museum’s Chinese Coins Through the Dynasties exhibition

The museum holds the Year of the Golden Snake activity in the garden square in anticipation for Chinese New Year

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The museum staffs hold the remote township schools educational programs to visiting and explain the Joan Miro: Woman, Birds, Stars exhibition

People visit the mobile museum of The Digital Exhibition of Early Taiwanese Life Style and Culture

Table 3 Saturday Lectures, 2013

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Date SPEAKER TOPIC

1. 19 Zeng Guang-qing The History and Characteristics of Woodblock Prints from Zhuxian Township

1. 26 Elisabeth Bouvier Michelangelo: the Fresco Art and Exhibition Planning

2. 2 Cheng Chih-kuei The Epic of Mankind’s Destiny: Genesis and Last Judgment of Michelangelo

2. 23 Xiao Ming-tun Kuniaki Kuroki’s Glass Arts

3. 2 Liu Chu-lan Michelangelo’s Sculptural Ideals and Achievement

3. 9 Shyu Ming-song Breaking the Limited Space: The Architecture of Michelangelo

3. 16 Lin Juei-tang Art and Life of Michelangelo

3. 23 Liu Jing-min Distilling the Soul’s Fragrance: The Appreciation of Traditional Chinese Incense Culture

3. 30 Lee Kung-chiao Cultivation of the Mind: A Discussion on Incense

4. 6 Li Kai-ping The Establish and Demonstration of Modern Incense Appreciation Seating

4. 27 Chen Chia-ling Meditation in front of the Masterpieces: Original Manuscripts of Michelangelo

5. 11 Su Qi-ming The Visible Chinese History and Culture

5. 18 Hsieh Shih-ying The Scholar-recluse: The Appreciation of Pu Xinyu’s Painting and Calligraphy

6. 22 Ueng Shyu-der The Historical Development of Taiwan Lacquers

6 .29 Wang Li-ching The Footprints of Miro in Barcelona

7. 6 Yang Yen-yun Avant-garde Miro: Miro and Modernism

7. 23 Ji Jo-hsin Outside-painted Ink and Inside-painted Red: the Lacquer Crafts in Prehistoric Times and the Three Dynasties

8. 3 Lin Hui-ing The Phantom World of Miro

8. 10 Chang Shu-ying The Poetic Art of Miro’s Works

8. 24 Lee Chi-ming Discourse of Sun To-Ze Centennial Memorial Exhibition

8. 31 Chen Kuang-yi Interdisciplinary Efforts in Miro’s Works

9. 7 Liu Kuo-sung Sun To-Ze and Her Age

2013 Highlights

Activities for 518 International Museum Day: Sleepless Museum, Let’s Plan a Miro Exhibition

This event was held in response to the theme of International Museum Day in 2013, Museums (Memory + Creativity) = Social Change, and the exhibition Joan Miro:Women, Birds, Stars, held in June at the museum. It was aimed at delivering an innovative, hands-on museum experience. The objective was to offer an opportunity for the audience to access the development process of exhibitions at the museum, to create a closer relationship between the museum and the general public, and to enable the audience to become engaged in the museum’s growth. The event started at 7:00 pm on 18th May and ended at 7:00 am the next day, and activities were divided into four stages: 1. Hands-on activities designed to encourage children to work on different materials, such as drawings, ceramics and collages, and to imitate the artistic elements and style demonstrated in Miro’s masterpieces. 2. A midnight exploration of the botanic garden next door to the museum, under the guidance of museum staff. 3. A night-time treasure hunt at the museum, which the children had to find the 24 objects displayed permanently in the museum and pre-selected by the staff for the event. After the objects were discovered, the participants had to share their views on their cultural meaning and their experience in discovering them. 4. Dreaming of Miro: children and their parents were invited to sleep overnight in the second floor exhibition room in order to experience a special museum night. A total of 46 children and parents took part. Under the instruction of the museum staff and art teachers, children and parents alike recognized their overnight experience in the Museum as both innovative and extraordinary.

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9. 21 Geng Ching-zhi Turkey: The Cradle of Civilization

10. 5 Huang, Yung-chuan The Demostrations of Non-vessel Floral Arts

10. 12 Chen Li-hua The Lacquerwares with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay of Ancient Ryukyu and Qing Palace

10. 26 Jiang Yan-chou Landscaping Practices in Contemporary Art

11. 2 Lin Zhi-long The Mysterious World of Swords and Knives

11. 23 Mike Ma Inside-Painted Masterpieces: Suo Zhen-Hai’s Inside-painted Snuff Bottles

11. 30 Cheng Chih-kuei Monet: Landscapes of the Mind—Shadows in Monet’s Works

12. 7 Ba Tong Monet: the Epitomist of Establishing the System of Sketch Painting

12. 14 Liao Hsin-tian Western Landscape Theory and Monet’s Landscapes

12. 28 Lo Sen-hao The Appreciation of Tienmu Glaze