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Located in Taichung, Fine Arts Museum covers a massive area of ten hectares. Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan was opened to the public in 1988 and had to be closed down due to damage sustained in the wake of a devastating earthquake in 1999. With the help of some enthusiastic architects, the museum reopened in 2004. The architectural feat fetched Fine Arts Museum an annual architectural prize. Fine Arts Museum in its latest incarnation seeks to go beyond the well-beaten path of providing mere knowledge to the visitors; it has been designed to bring together art and recreation under its vast roof. Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan channel lot of funds on areas related to research on Taiwanese fine arts. It has quite a large collection of Taiwanese art, both contemporary and past. Some of the works date back to seventeenth and eighteen century. Fine Arts Museum also has a well stocked library and thus allows access to art around the world. One of most appreciated programs of Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan is the instructions on art that it gives to those interested through class room sessions. Classes are organized on subjects like calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, color theory and painting. Theses instructive classes are also followed by presentations from renowned artists.
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