As Wei's reputation for boat-making spread, in 1997, when the Penghu Cultural Center opened a museum of oceanic resources, as part of the display on Penghu's declining fishing boat culture, they commissioned Wei to make 12 boats of various types, including a military craft, a sampan, a bamboo raft, a fishing boat with cabin, and a modern motorized fishing vessel.
韋慶陽精湛造船的名聲漸傳，八十六年開館的澎湖縣立文化中心海洋資源館，為了呈現澎湖逐漸消失的漁船文化，於是找到了韋慶陽，委託他製作包括戎克型、弓鞋型、弧形、直船頭型、動力舢舨、尖頭舢舨、彎頭舢舨、竹筏、包艙式及新型動力船等十二艘漁船。