Pingtung Art Museum Introduction
Pingtung Art Museum (formerly the old site of the municipal office) is oriented east to west and is a building from the first generation of county-controlled municipal office architecture after the war, possessing local historical significance. Designed and supervised by technician Lin Rongzhang, the building measures 52 meters in length and 20 meters in width, with an area of approximately 980 square meters. It was completed and opened in October 1953 and continued in use until July 2005 when the municipal office relocated to a new administrative building. The original site was borrowed by the County Cultural Affairs Bureau for five years without charge, and with the support of the Cultural Construction Committee, it underwent renovation into an art museum. Earlier this year, due to the expiration of the contract, the municipal office resumed management, and the county government dismantled part of the facilities and all lighting fixtures inside the museum. The municipal office is currently renovating the interior, hoping that the reopening will bring a refreshing experience to the citizens. The space of Pingtung Art Museum presents characteristics of early modern architecture, with façade lines characterized by rows of elongated windows, and a protruding eave added at the entrance to emphasize its role. The interior space, besides its tall columns, has no excessive partitions, and combined with the light introduced through the long windows, gives the entire space a better sense of openness. Currently, the interior of Pingtung Art Museum is empty. The ceiling structure is made up of exposed cedar beams, fully visible, along with round and square window grilles, and columns with Western-style leaf-shaped capitals, which, changing with light and shadow, add to the unique beauty of the museum's architecture.
