Following two years of site visits, in 1989 the Ministry of Education (MOE) officially designated a 93-hectare site in Checheng Township, located within Kenting National Park and representing a rich coral ecosystem, as the location for the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (NMMBA).
教育部經兩年實地勘查後，1989 年核定位處於墾丁國家公園內、珊瑚生態豐富且腹地廣達 93 公頃的車城鄉，作為海生館館址。