aeeble

The Jingmei and Green Island human rights sites bear the life stories of numerous political prisoners and their families, witnessing the path Taiwan has experienced in its journey toward democracy. They serve as the best venue for human rights education and are an essential part of Taiwan's historical memory.

 

Before July 22, 1999, the Council for Cultural Affairs of the Executive Yuan announced that it would establish the National Human Rights Museum, which would include the Jingmei and Green Island memorial sites under its three-level structure. It is expected to take the four major functions of museums - investigation and research, collection and preservation, exhibition and publication, and education and promotion - as the main planning focus, re-creating the atmosphere of historical sites and achieving the purpose of human rights education.