Ground was broken on the museum in 1913, and construction work finished two years later. The committee then presented it to the provincial government to officially become a museum.
同年，台灣民政長官祝辰巳倡議向全島官民募款，並得到佐久間財團的資助，紀念館經過 7 年的募款與籌備，1913 年正式破土動工，歷時兩年完工，並由興建委員會捐贈予總督府做為博物館館舍。