Bureau of Cultural Heritage


The Bureau of Cultural Heritage is the bureau of the Ministry of Culture of the Taiwan responsible for preserving and restoring historic buildings, sites, communities, relics and cultural landscapes, as well as conserving traditional arts, folk culture and other cultural legacies of Taiwan.

History

The bureau was originally established as Headquarters Administration of Cultural Heritage on 1 October 2007 under the Council for Cultural Affairs. On 20 May 2012, the CCA was upgraded to the Ministry of Culture and Headquarters Administration of Cultural Heritage was upgraded to Bureau of Cultural Heritage.

Organizational structures

The bureau operates a cultural heritage research center located at National Museum of Taiwan Literature in Tainan.