李天祿布袋戲文物館 | |
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Established | 31 December 1996 |
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Location | Sanzhi, New Taipei, Taiwan |
Coordinates | 25°15′19.9″N 121°30′43.5″E / 25.255528°N 121.512083°E |
Type | museum |
The Li Tien-lu Hand Puppet Historical Museum ( simplified Chinese: 李天禄布袋戏文物馆; traditional Chinese: 李天祿布袋戲文物館; pinyin: Litiānlù Bùdàixì Wénwùguǎn) is a museum in Sanzhi District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
The museum opened on 31 December 1996, two years before the death of its namesake, the puppeteer Li Tien-lu. [1] [2] The museum was reopened on 1 January 2005 after renovation works. [3]
The museum houses more than 200 antique puppet heads of more than 100 years old as well as cultural relics. [4] The Almost Life Like Puppet Theater also perform regularly in the museum. [5] Within its collections are items used by Li during his career. [6]