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The Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum is a museum in Taibao City, Chiayi County, Taiwan.HistoryTo improve the cultural equity between Northern Taiwan and Southern Taiwan, the Executive Yuan approved the construction of the southern branch of National Palace Museum on 31 December 2004 as the Asian Arts and Culture Museum. The museum main building groundbreaking ceremony was held on 6 February 2013 hosted by President Ma Ying-jeou and the beam-raising ceremony was held on 5 June 2014 hosted by Vice President Wu Den-yih. The museum was opened for trial on 28 December 2015.In mid April 2016, the museum was closed due to reparation work of water leakage in its main hall building. The museum was then reopened on 23 August 2016.Architecture Main building Landscape bridge Park viewTransportationThe museum is accessible by bus from Chiayi Station of Taiwan High Speed Rail.