To help the general public gain greater familiarity with lacquer ware, Lai and his father spent years calling on government agencies in search of support for the establishment of a lacquer-ware museum, but nothing ever came of it.
為讓一般民眾更親近、更瞭解漆藝，賴作明父子多年來一直奔走於政府各部門，希望說服政府官員覓地設立「漆器博物館」，卻遲遲沒有結果。