Bureau of Cultural Heritage

Bureau of Cultural Heritage
文化部文化資產局
Agency overview
Formed1 October 2007 (as Headquarters Administration of Cultural Heritage)
Preceding agency
  • Headquarters Administration of Cultural Heritage
HeadquartersSouth, Taichung, Taiwan
24°08′00″N 120°40′51″E / 24.133347°N 120.680780°E / 24.133347; 120.680780
Agency executive
  • Shy Gwo-long[1], Director
Parent agencyMinistry of Culture
Websitewww.boch.gov.tw

The Bureau of Cultural Heritage (BOCH; Chinese: 文化部文化資產局; pinyin: Wénhuàbù Wénhuà Zīchǎnjú) is a unit of the Taiwanese Ministry of Culture responsible for preserving and restoring historic buildings, sites, communities, relics and cultural landscapes, as well as conserving traditional arts, folk culture and other cultural legacies of Taiwan.[2]

  1. ^ "::: 文化部文化資產局 :::-局長介紹". boch.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  2. ^ "Bureau of Cultural Heritage". Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 5 May 2021.