CHI PO-LIN MUSEUM
The one and only aerial image base.
Let the island’s stories continue on and on.
The one and only aerial image base.
Let the island’s stories continue on and on.
“The works that Chi Po-lin spent twenty-five years and risked his life to make must be seen and continue to move the hearts of people living on this land.” It is such a belief that propels the Chi Po-lin Foundation and moves 8,052 contributors to generously support the establishment of the Foundation. Therefore, on the Earth Day (April 22) of 2019, the highly anticipated Chi Po-lin Museum, housed by the rear building of Douglas Lapraik & Co., was inaugurated. Bringing together more then 600,000 invaluable image works by Director Chi, the Chi Po-lin Museum tells the stories about the land of Taiwan through thematic and curatorial exhibitions, while collaborating with Taiwanese and foreign image creators, who concentrate on ecological and environmental subjects. Through exchanges and dialogues, we have consistently conveyed and spread the true meaning of environmental friendliness and care for life. By doing so, the Chi Po-lin Museum has become an image base and dream-building platform of “the stories of Taiwan.” The Chi Po-lin Museum cordially invites all to visit us on the Tamsui Old Street to re-connect with Taiwan through the director’s aerial view and listen to every heart-touching story behind every work.
Taiwan, our island that contains high range mountains and rapid waters.
And because of too much or too little precipitation,
the rainfall either becomes white waters, or turn into silent mirrors.
The incongealable rivers in Taiwan is impermanence itself.
As we all know…
Water is totally transparent.
Therefore not only does it show the reflections of its surroundings,
but also the true color of its whereabouts. A river has no shape.
What we recognize is how it dances with the landscape when passing by,
and how it embraces the periphery of our cities.
A river has no emotions as well.
The fury we suffer caused by the floods, are the consequences of over developing;
and its lifeless and sadness, is because of our wrongdoing and pollution.
No matter when its reflecting restless clouds or the mystic moonlight,
rivers timelessly reflects our true self and our longing for nature.
Rivers, the island’s most trustworthy mirrors, reflects all the beauty and also the savagery of nature and man.
This is Taiwan. Wherever the rivers run, there are always plenty enough to reflect upon!
A group of people has never stopped speaking up for rivers and telling people about the rivers in their lives. Through the vision and height of these guides, we can go beyond the images to uncover the stories while listening to the guides talking about the rivers in their eyes and seeing our own reflection in the rivers.
No. 316-1, Zhongzheng Rd., Tamsui Dist., New Taipei City location_on
Phone | +886-2-2629-1996
Email | service@chipolin.org
Monday - Sunday 10:00-18:00
Closed on every Tuesday
(in case of a national holiday, it will be closed the following day.)
Also closed on Chinese New Year’s Eve and New Year Day.
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