Taipei Times: From your month of experience as the director of the National Palace Museum, what in your opinion are the most urgent tasks that need attending to?
Tu Cheng-sheng: The most pressing issue at the moment is to implement more sound management at the museum to prevent corruption and promote efficiency. More efforts will have to be made to improve communication within different levels of management at the museum.
Another priority will be to raise the academic level of museum's scholars. To put this idea into practice, I will propose upgrading the museum's administrative level to a research institute directly supervised by the Presidential Office. Under my management, I plan to make the museum a substantive educational institution.
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Further, expositions need to be better organized. A quality exhibition should have a distinct theme, instead of the potpourri style of exhibits we've seen in the past. I hope a large-scale exhibition can be held annually in collaboration with museums overseas.
Also, the museum's floor-plan needs re-designing. The existing route fails to provide visitors with a clear direction, preventing them from viewing the collections in a systematic order. Displays must be made more visitor-friendly and lively to rid the institution of its staid image.
TT: Since you assumed your post, you have drawn criticism for your stated intention to instill the notion of "localization" at the museum. What do you make of these attacks?
Tu: The attacks are because people misinterpret the word "localization," which has many particular political connotations in Taiwan. From my viewpoint "localization" refers to "a comprehensive understanding toward the land and people to which you belong."
My proposal to "localize" the museum is intended to provide a first-rate collection and a pleasant space to make viewing works of art more enjoyable. I feel it is the responsibility of curators to make people feel connected to such an exquisite inheritance.
TT: You have said one of your principal missions is to "bring the museum's collection to the global community and welcome arts of the world to the museum." How can you implement this idea?
Tu: The museum has sought to increase the world's understanding of China's cultural legacy, as well as offer local viewers an opportunity to broaden their perspectives of other cultures by holding exhibitions in collaboration with museums overseas. These two principles will certainly be carried on under my management.
We will maintain internationalization as one of the highest priorities of the museum.
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