Hualien Archeological Museum ‘an inspiration’
By Wang Chun-chi
and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Hualien Archeological Museum opened to the public on Sunday, giving a permanent home to 800,000 artifacts, including a 1,240kg stone trough considered the pride of the museum and a jade burial pendant that inspired its logo design.
To house the museum, the Hualien County Government received a NT$72 million (US$2.54 million) grant from the Ministry of Culture to renovate Shoufeng Township’s (壽豐鄉) Fengtien Market (豐田市場), which was originally built in 1984.
At the opening ceremony, Bureau of Cultural Heritage Deputy Director Wu Hua-tsung (吳華宗) praised the museum as an inspiration to the rest of the nation for providing local historical and cultural education.
Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) A county-level archaeological museum opened in eastern Taiwan's Hualien on Sunday, featuring jade artefacts and remnants of prehistoric cultures dating back 3,500 years.
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