Do you think a visit to the Taichung Green Museumbrary is only about borrowing books or viewing exhibitions? Think again. Hidden surprises are waiting to be discovered in every corner of the building. According to the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Taichung City Government, a variety of experiential installations have been thoughtfully placed throughout the Museumbrary. Combining telescopic viewing and interactive missions, these features guide visitors as they move, pause, and explore. Through this journey, audiences are invited to rediscover the relationship between art and space, embarking on a personal art adventure that begins in the corners.

By slowing down and observing closely, visitors will find five telescopes installed throughout the building. These are specially designed features of The Invitation of All Things, the inaugural exhibition of the Taichung Museum of Fine Arts. Positioned at turning points along circulation routes or near framed views through windows, the telescopes allow visitors to look past exhibition walls and gaze out toward the surrounding scenery. In doing so, one’s vision extends from artworks to nature and the city, offering a sensory dialogue about the relationship between people, their environment, and urban life.

One telescope is located on the second-floor skybridge connecting the art museum and the library, where visitors can overlook the flow of people in the main hall and capture the rhythm of movement within the architecture. Another can be found in a corner of the sloped ramp on the third floor, facing the museum atrium. Here, artworks are gently illuminated by shifting light and shadow, revealing the subtle passage of time. On the fifth floor, a telescope is hidden within an external staircase beside Gallery C. Paired with a rabbit-shaped chair, it feels like a secret resting spot, offering views of the Cultural Forest and the city skyline, inviting visitors to linger in quiet contemplation.

Two additional telescopes are installed on the sixth floor, each offering a different perspective. One is located along the external staircase between the fifth and sixth floors, providing a wide, relaxed view of popular picnic areas in Central Park, the Convention Center, and the surrounding cityscape—arguably the most “chill” viewpoint in the building. The other is tucked away in a public space behind the galleries, allowing visitors to look down onto the fifth-floor exhibition area and capture spontaneous moments of interaction between artworks and audiences, adding an element of surprise to the visit.

Looking up, visitors may also notice the cloud-like acoustic panels floating across the ceiling. These, too, conceal a thoughtful design concept: spaces with “clouds” indicate reading areas, while those without mark art museum zones. This subtle visual language quietly defines functions within the building and creates calm spaces where visitors are encouraged to slow down.

In addition, the Taichung Museum of Fine Arts’ educational outreach program, Corner Missions: Play Space Plug-in, integrates interactive experiences into various corners of the Museumbrary, inviting audiences to engage with art through playful tasks. Each mission has a charming name: “Corner” encourages visitors to create new perspectives; “Frame” uses crayons to explore the texture of the metal expanded mesh on the building’s exterior; “Transform” invites hands-on interaction with the mixed-media fabric of artist Chen Hsing-Wan’s Song of the Earth No.1; “Follow” guides visitors to experience lacquer art techniques found in Listening Peacock by National Living Treasure Wang Ching-Shuang through material sample boards; and “Shine,” located on the second floor of the library’s children’s reading area, leads visitors of all ages to piece together their own exploration story amid sunlight filtering through the expanded mesh and large windows.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau noted that through corner explorations and interactive missions, art experiences are extended into architecture, nature, and play. By encountering art while walking through the space, visitors may discover new possibilities beyond passive viewing—moments where art and people meet unexpectedly. Citizens are warmly invited to explore, revisit, and uncover their own delightful moments of surprise in every corner of the Taichung Green Museumbrary.

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