Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (MOCA Taipei), established in 2001, is the first art institution in Taiwan dedicated exclusively to contemporary art.
Information
(Objekt ID 49202)| Object type | Organization |
| Organization type | Museum, National institution |
| Main focus | Visual arts, Visual art |
| Established | May 2001 |
| services@mocataipei.org.tw | |
| Website | 台北當代藝術館 官方網站 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei - 首頁 |
Contact information
| Address | No. 39, Chang'an West Rd, Datong District Taipei, Taiwan |
| services@mocataipei.org.tw |
Other information
| Legal entity | Other |
The museum building was originally the Jan Cheng Elementary School, established during the Japanese colonial period. In 1945, the building became the Taipei Government City Hall. After the government moved to Hsinyi District in 1994, the policy of the reuse of historical buildings prompted the old city hall to be transformed in May 2001 into the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei and Jan Cheng Junior High School. MOCA Taipei is the first museum in Taiwan to be successfully built in a historical building, and it is the only one of its kind to share the architecture with a school.
Source:
台北當代藝術館 官方網站 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei - 首頁, mocataipei.org.tw, 01.08.2015, http://www.mocataipei.org.tw/index.php/2012-01-12-02-47-11/about-moca