Dadaocheng Art Museum
Fig.1: Fu hui life by Min Zhen Wang (photo by Qing-Li Qiu)
- Address: No.79-3, Xining N. Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City 103
- Hours: Tue-Sun 14:00-18:00 (Closed on Mondays)
- Phone: (02) 2555-2518
The Dadaocheng Art Museum, which was designed and built by local artists and residents, has fine and elegant designs throughout the building. You will find yourself immersing into the comfortable atmosphere as soon as you step in the museum.
Fig.2: Fine puppet displayed in the Puppet Museum
From time to time, the museum will hold numbers of featured exhibitions of various themes, including painting, fashion design, photography, and installation art. For instance, this museum used to have Jin-Yue Chen’s and Li-Ling Song’s personal exhibition, “History of Dadaocheng Rotary International”, and “Dadaocheng Art Season”. For more information, please contact the numbers provided above.
Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum (Dadaocheng Puppet Centre)
Fig3: The Museum also offers puppet carving workshop.
- Address: 79, Xining north Road Taipei 103
- Hours: Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00 (Closed on Mondays and National Holidays)
- Phone: (02) 2556-8909 or 2555-9762
In 2005, the Dadaocheng Puppet Centre has moved to this new location generously donated by the widow of late Mr.Lin Liu-Hsin, Mrs. Lin. Therefore, the Centre was renamed as Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum to show the appreciation for such generosity. The Museum is dedicated to preserve and promote traditional Asian puppet culture, to become a puppet educational center, as well as provide a stage for puppetry from all of the Asia-Pacific area and promote interactions between local and international puppet troupes. For more information, please visit: http://www.taipeipuppet.com/
Harry Cat Art Workshop
Fig.4: The “Deformation of the face” made by Mr. & Mrs. Chen
- Address: No.6, Ln. 233, Nanjing W. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104
- Hours: Mon-Sat 10:30-19:00, Sun 10:30-17:00
- Phone: (02) 2556-8571
First, I was not sure the meaning of “Harry Cat” when I saw the name of the store. Was it because the store owner has a kitty called “Harry”? I asked. It turned out that, “Harry Cat” actually means “Tiger” in Hindi. Since tiger is the owner Bing-Kui Chen’s wife’s favorite animal, the store was named. The works in the shop are mainly wooden furniture, stylish ceramics, and delicate accessories. Since all their works are hand-carved instead of mass production, they are fond by many Taiwanese. Moreover, the rich traditional Chinese style cloth products, such as phone pocket, business card pocket, or stamper bag, were especially obsessed by Japanese tourists.
Fig.5: The Craft Shop was decorated by Mr. & Mrs. Chen themselves
Mastering in hand craft skill, Mr. Chen & Mrs. Chen’s “Deformation of the face” has been selected in the 8th Taiwan craft design contest. And in 2004, Harry Car Art Workshop, which was all decorated by Mr. & Mrs. Chen, has also been honored to represent as “Taiwanese Craft Shop”.