情境之間──「福爾摩沙展」的回顧與省思

The Retrospection of“Formosa: Taiwan, Holland and East Asia in the 17^(th) Century''

「福爾摩沙：十七世紀的臺灣、荷蘭與東亞」特展結束了。這項堪稱國內博物館盛事的大展，在萬方矚目及政要名流穿梭其間的簇擁下展開；但最後卻在悄悄的情況下落幕。甚至到落幕後參展文物歸還各國博物館，而各博物館卻遲遲不派人來押回文物的窘境，原因是恐懼當時肆虐的SARS。最後幾經協調下，幾家博物館聯合派一組接收人員來台清點文物。歷史有趣而吊詭的對照，在「福爾摩沙」展曲終人散後出現了。「福爾摩沙」展中陳列的文物來源及借展手續的複雜程度，稱得上國內辦展覽有史以來之最；徵集參展的文物，多被收藏國家列為國寶級文物。國立故宮博物院動用相當人力及時間克服種種困難，終於促成這一項高難度的展覽。本文作者以策展工作人員之一細說原委。

The special exhibition of“Ilha Formosa: Taiwan, Holland and East Asia in the 17th Century''has ended. The source of those exhibits and the process of borrowing those exhibits were extremely complicated. Those exhibits acquired were all ranked as the highest level in their countries. Therefore, National Palace Museum endured a hard time to complete the special exhibition. In the article, the whole process of acquiring and displaying those exhibits is described.