Yilan Art Museum Introduction
Located in the center of the old city, the Yilan Museum of Art is a place that showcases the aesthetics and craftsmanship of Yilan. It hopes to allow the outside world to see the beauty of Yilan's arts through this museum and to engage in deep dialogues with local, Taiwanese, and international art. The museum was formerly the Yilan branch of the Taiwan Bank, one of the first seven branches built during the Japanese colonial period. This building was once destroyed in a war and has undergone reconstruction and renovation, possessing architectural features and spaces from different eras, which make it a precious site for the Yilan Museum of Art. Next to the Five Forks intersection at the South Gate corner, which was the location of the old city's south gate, is a work by Yilan art master Yang Yingfeng, serving as a landmark for the museum. Inside the museum, visitors can experience the overlap of different times and feel the traces of history left in the museum, seeing what used to be the vault of the Taiwan Bank, now transformed into a document archive. The exhibition rooms on the first and second floors feature different themes to display Yilan's art, while the light corridors and rooftop provide views of the Yilan urban area. Additionally, the museum's location connects cultural assets along the South Old City Road, such as the Yilan Government Memorial Hall, the Literature Museum, and the Lan Cheng Crescent, creating a new urban cultural corridor.
