The trend got started in 1996 when Tainan National College of the Arts established its Graduate Institute of Museology. Other schools have since followed suit, and there are now over ten educational institutions in Taiwan with either a department or graduate institute specializing in the field.
民國八十五年，台南藝術學院首開風氣之先，設立博物館學研究所，風氣所及，全國相關系所至今已有十餘所。