Establishment of a national 228 memorial museum has been an ardent expectation of the victims, families of the 228 Incident and people who care about the incident. The Taiwan Education Hall, having experienced the Japanese colonial period, the 228 Incident, Martial Law rule and democracy today, is a historical building that witnesses Taiwan’s historical progression from a colony to one-party rule to democracy. As such, it was chosen as the site to house the National 228 Memorial Museum.
국가급 228기념관 설립은 228 희생자 및 그들의 가족과 인권에 깊은 관심을 갖은 사람들이 간절히 고대해 왔던 것입니다. 원 타이완교육회관은 일본통치시기, 228사건, 계엄통치 및 지금의 민주 정치까지, 고적 자체는 타이완이 피식민과 일당독재를 거쳐 이행기 정의의 민주화 체제로의 전환 역사 과정을 지켜본 산증인이기에 이곳을 228국가기념관 소재지로 선정하게 된 것입니다.
The Landscape of Historical Memory explores the place of museums and memorial culture in the contestation over historical memory in post–martial law Taiwan. The book is particularly oriented toward th