The collections of the Museum of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica (MIOE) include some 3,500 artifacts of indigenous Taiwanese culture, most of which were collected during the early post-war period as a part of field surveys conducted in indigenous villages by research teams from the Institute of Ethnology. As a response to the paradigm shift in anthropology and museums in recent years, MIOE has worked with indigenous communities to launch a series of collaborative exhibition projects (CEP) that brought artifacts back to their places of origin. These exhibitions not only renew links between the artifacts and their source communities, but also construct bridges in the process which engage anthropological research(ers) and indigenous communities in a dialogue of knowledge. 

This project aims to convert the first and second CEP into digital exhibitions. These include the 2017 exhibition, "Memories of Her Homeplace: Matrimonial and Daily Clothing and Implements of Atayal Women," organized in collaboration with Lihang Studio of the Mepuwal community in Taian Township, Miaoli; and the 2018 exhibition, "Hunt and Weave: Return the Atayal Klesan Artifacts," organized in conjunction with the Buta community of Nanao Township in Yilan and the Institute of Yilan County History.  

This is the second year of the Open Museum of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica project which began in 2021. We plan to continue our work with the Open Museum platform developed by the Academia Sinica Center for Digital Cultures. In addition to converting the original CEP display, we plan to expand the digital version by integrating other materials such as project publications, visual documentation, further interviews, academic papers, and the digital archives of the Institute of Ethnology. On top of English and Chinese, an Atayal language version of the digital exhibition will also be produced to bring the dialogue closer to the voices of the indigenous people.