TMACH upholds the concepts of “fundamentalism” and “humanism” to guide and to integrate resources of public and private sectors. It is committed to doing the research, and ensuring the conservation as well as the preservation of cultural heritage. TMACH promotes the concept of cultural heritage preservation by help conserving the potential cultural heritage, and hopes to provide future generations with better living conditions.
1.Cultural Heritage Research Section
Responsible for matters concerning the survey, inventory and tracking, review, designation, registration, revocation, investigation and research, education and outreach, and awards/subsidies related to tangible cultural heritage assets such as monuments, historic buildings, commemorative buildings, settlement building groups, historic sites, and cultural landscapes.
2.Archaeological Sites and Antiquities Section
- Responsible for matters concerning the survey, inventory and tracking, review, designation, revocation, investigation and research, supervision and protection, talent training, education and outreach, and awards/subsidies related to tangible cultural heritage assets such as archaeological sites and antiquities.
- Responsible for formulating archaeological site preservation plans, managing excavated artifacts, and managing the bureau’s collections and cultural relics.
3. Tangible Cultural Heritage Section
- Responsible for the management, maintenance, restoration, adaptive reuse, awards/subsidies, and other matters related to tangible cultural heritage assets such as monuments, historic buildings, commemorative buildings, settlement building groups, historic sites, and cultural landscapes.
- Responsible for engineering planning and design, execution, review, and supervision related to the matters described in the preceding item.
- Responsible for formulating monument preservation plans, preservation and adaptive reuse development plans for settlement building groups, and preservation plans for historic sites and cultural landscapes.
- Responsible for providing guidance and supervision to owners or managing entities in handling the management and maintenance of monuments, historic buildings, commemorative buildings, settlement building groups, historic sites, and cultural landscapes, as well as emergency incident response and related matters.
4. Intangible Cultural Heritage Section
- Responsible for matters concerning the survey, inventory and tracking, review, registration, revocation, investigation and research, documentation and archiving, safeguarding and transmission, activation and promotion, awards/subsidies, and other related matters for intangible cultural heritage such as traditional performing arts, traditional crafts, oral traditions, folklore, and traditional knowledge and practices, as well as cultural heritage preservation techniques and their preservers.
- Responsible for guiding private organizations or individuals in conducting the preservation, research, transmission, and training related to intangible cultural heritage.
5. Administrative Management Section
Responsible for policy guidelines; mid- and long-term plans and performance evaluation; research and assessments; publication and digitization of cultural heritage data; public services; international exchange; media and public relations; cross-category cultural heritage preservation; legal affairs; procurement; general affairs; documentation; archives management; property and supplies management; cashiering; information management; building/facility repair and maintenance; mechanical and electrical maintenance; and matters not assigned to other divisions.