"A museum's life is eternal, and Chinese culture is also continuously advancing," says director Chin Hsiao-yi. He says that to take account of the development of art since the founding of the Republic, in 1986 the National Palace Museum set up its Contemporary Art Gallery to exhibit modern artifacts donated from many sources.
「博物館的生命是永久，中華文化也一直在往前走」，秦院長表示，為了顧及民國以來的藝術發展，故宮在民國七十五年設立近代館，整理各方捐贈的近代文物做展覽。