Back when the Lan-yang Museum was still in the planning stages, the Yi-lan County Government was planning for a “ family of museums ” that would be set up throughout the county and focus on matters of unique local interest. These museums have provided resources that the Lan-yang Museum has been able to tap into.
早在蘭博發想時，宜蘭縣政府也規劃了「博物館家族」同時進行：分佈在宜蘭各地，呈現在地特色風土、自然文化的小型博物館，都是蘭博可堪利用的資源；相對的，蘭博則是地方博物館與社區對外的代表與發聲管道。