Gems of the Collection Museum of World Religions currently has a collection of over 3,000 pieces of artwork representing religions from all over the world. These include a wide variety of artifacts, from paintings to sculpture to metalwork to textiles. The Museum is particularly proud of the large collection of artifacts from Taiwanese Folk Religions. We hope that preserving and showcasing this artwork will help promote understanding of Taiwan's rich and complex religious traditions.
Art is of inestimable value.
From ancient times to today, the evolution of human civilization is recorded and given life by the artwork created by human beings. Unfortunately, many artifacts of great artistic, historical, cultural, and scientific value are easily destroyed. The proportion of artifacts which have survived until today is very small indeed. This is especially true of religious artifacts which are used in daily religious observance. Not only have these artifacts been frequently used, rather than preserved behind glass, but many are made of materials which naturally disintegrate.