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Intro

Name

Taiwan's Heritage: Traditions and Techniques of The Indigenous Hunters and Seamen

Period

2025-04-16 ~ 2025-09-28

Venue

National Technical Museum

Address

Kostelní 42,170 78 Praha 7,Czech Republic

“Taiwan's Heritage: Traditions and Techniques of The Indigenous Hunters and Seamen." is a special exhibition co-organized by the National Taiwan Museum and the National Technical Museum (Czech Republic). It is being held at the National Technical Museum in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The exhibition focuses on the mountain and ocean culture of Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples and is presented through four themes: "The Journey Begins", "Adventures in Mountain Forests", "A Longing to Sail" and "Muses from the Sea and Mountains: Artistic Representation of Taiwan Indigenous Hunter and Seaman from the collection of National Taiwan Museum" Through these themes, the exhibition focuses on the hunters and seamen of the Taiwan indigenous peoples, who are part of the Austronesian language family. Through their adaptation to the environment, they have developed effective and environmentally friendly hunting techniques. Let us transform into "hunters" and "seamen" and follow the footsteps and perspectives of Taiwan's indigenous peoples to explore the survival wisdom and the beauty of hunting techniques they have developed on this island.

Artworks

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The Journey Begins

Formosa Island and The Pescadores, 1871 Charles W. Le Gendre and Julius Bien

Are you ready to enter the mountain forest and become a hunter?

Dialogue with the Ancestral Spirits

Visiting Ritual: Informing the Ancestral Spirits

Adventures in Mountain Forests

The Hunter’s Gear 1

The Hunter’s Gear 2

The Hunter’s Gear 3

#10

Into the Hunting Field

The Journey Begins

Formosa Island and The Pescadores, 1871 Charles W. Le Gendre and Julius Bien

Are you ready to enter the mountain forest and become a hunter?

Dialogue with the Ancestral Spirits

Visiting Ritual: Informing the Ancestral Spirits

Adventures in Mountain Forests

The Hunter’s Gear 1

The Hunter’s Gear 2

The Hunter’s Gear 3

#10

Into the Hunting Field

The Journey Begins

Formosa Island and The Pescadores, 1871 Charles W. Le Gendre and Julius Bien

Are you ready to enter the mountain forest and become a hunter?

Dialogue with the Ancestral Spirits

Visiting Ritual: Informing the Ancestral Spirits

Adventures in Mountain Forests

The Hunter’s Gear 1

The Hunter’s Gear 2

The Hunter’s Gear 3

#10

Into the Hunting Field

About the Curation

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Exhibitor

National Taiwan Museum

Established in 1908, the National Taiwan Museum is Taiwan's oldest natural history museum, boasting a vast collection of precious artifacts. From Taiwan's abundant natural history specimens to historical relics and indigenous cultural treasures, the museum offers a comprehensive look at the island's past and present. https://www.ntm.gov.tw/

Exhibitor

National Technical Museum

The National Technical Museum in Prague was founded in 1908. Over a period of more than a hundred years, extensive collections have been established here that document the development of many technical fields, natural and exact sciences and industry in the territory of today's Czech Republic. https://www.ntm.cz/en