Department of Cultural Affairs

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm (closed Mondays)

About the Center

The Taipei Sugar Refinery Cultural Park, located on Dali Street in Wanhua District, was originally the site of Taipei Sugar Co. (台北製糖株式會社), established during the Japanese colonial period. 

The factory was developed into an industrial zone centered around sugar production facilities and railways. When Japan ceded control over Taiwan, the site was taken over by the Taiwan Sugar Corporation. With Taiwan’s industrial transformation, sugar production ceased, and the facilities were repurposed as warehouses.

Designated Taipei Historic Monument No. 106 on September 23, 2003, the site preserves the Taipei Sugar Plant (臺北糖廠), home to the northernmost sugar production heritage structures in Taiwan. The warehouse building, the core of the monument, features red-brick construction, archways, trapezoidal columns, and large-span frameworks.

The Tangbu Cultural Park was established on November 20, 2010, and renamed Taipei Sugar Refinery Cultural Park in 2024. It is divided into three sections: Warehouse A, the Sugar Industry Cultural Exhibition Hall (糖業文化展示館); Warehouse B, Shinehouse Theatre; and Warehouse C, spaces provided by the Taiwan Sugar Corporation for use by private organizations.

Warehouse A, the Sugar Industry Cultural Exhibition Hall (糖業文化展示館), is operated directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs and houses a permanent exhibition centered on the development of the sugar industry in northern Taiwan. It serves as an important venue for local cultural education.

Warehouse B is home to Shinehouse Theatre, which mounts its own productions and professional exhibitions, and also rents out the space to other performing arts groups. 

By hosting events such as the Want to Dance Festival and the Shinehouse Theatre Artist-in-Residence Programme (曉劇場藝術進駐計畫), the Sugar Refinery Cultural Park actively connects with arts networks in Taiwan and abroad to cultivate a vibrant and diverse performing arts ecosystem.