2023 Academia Sinica Open House

Museum of the Institute of History and Philology (IHP), Academia Sinica, defines itself as an academic museum by highlighting the scholarly significance of substantial collections in archaeology, Chinese imperial archives, ethological artifacts, rubbings, and rare texts. 
The new exhibition hall places strong emphasis on the interrelations of the artifacts. The exhibition starts from the “Historical Space” on the second floor, where it divides into seven showrooms according to the type of the objects. The different showrooms are all connected to a general introduction area, where some of the key research findings from and academic values of the artifacts were told. We hope visitors may imagine of an ancient tomb and get a sense of witnessing an archeological excavation site when they view through the glass floors on the second floor. Descending from the second floor, visitors enter the “Archaeological Space” on the first floor, with the atmosphere of underground, excavated fields. Divided by multiple glass walls, the space turns into several corridors of time. The exhibition connects the artifacts to studies before and after its discovery, and pictures of the excavated pits give visitors a truthful representation of the tombs. With professional research and a lively display, the museum becomes a fascinating trip into discovering history.