Asia Museum of Modern Art

The Asia Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan. The museum is located at Asia University.

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History

The groundbreaking ceremony for the museum construction was held on 24January2011. On 4September2013, the museum was officially named the Asia Museum of Modern Art or Asia Modern in short. After years of construction, the soft launch of the museum was held on 21September2013. The museum was officially opened on 24October2013 in a ceremony attended by President Ma Ying-jeou, Taichung Mayor Jason Hu.

Architecture

The museum was designed by architect Tadao Ando with a triangular shape of structure. The museum interior covers an area of 4,111m² with additional surrounding grounds measuring 19,840m². The museum building consists of three floors, which houses café, shop and lecture hall on the ground floor and art galleries on the upper and top most floor.