Fiber Craft Museum to Integrate with the Film and Television Industry and Transform into a High-Value-Added Industry

The Taichung City Government spent 180 million yuan to transform the Dali Children's Art Museum into the "Fiber Craft Museum," and received a subsidy from the central Ministry of Culture covering half of the funding. Mayor Lin Chia-lung stated on the 24th that in the future the museum will integrate with the film and television industry, turning traditional fiber craft into a high-value-added fashion industry, and will further form a sister-museum relationship with the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute in Caotun. He hopes the first exhibition can be held before next year's Flora Expo, adding a highlight for the Tun District at the Flora Expo.

Mayor Lin Chia-lung said at the municipal meeting that in the future the museum must integrate with the film and television industry and can assist film crews with costume procurement. After filming wraps, the costumes and props can be kept as collections, allowing traditional fiber craft to transform into high-value-added fashion. In the future, the museum can also hold fashion design exhibitions and buy and sell cultural and creative merchandise.

Mayor Lin Chia-lung also said that in the future the museum can form a sister-museum relationship with the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute in Caotun, using a central-local cooperation model to boost each other. In addition, because the craft research center has a long-term cooperative relationship with France, it can cooperate with the French side as early as next year's opening exhibition, adding a new tourism and cultural highlight for the Tun District before the Flora Expo opens.