| 1919 |
Establishment of the Jan Cheng Elementary
School. |
| 1920 |
Construction started. Designed by Kondo
Joro, the south-faced school was a two-story
wooden structured brick building. |
| 1934 |
The first phase of the school building,
the basic U-shape construction, was completed. |
| 1940 |
The whole school building complex was completed
with a size of 1199 pings (3,627m2). |
| 1946 |
The Taipei City Government closed the Jan
Cheng Elementary School and
used the building as the new, but temporary,
City Hall. |
| 1993 |
Under Mayor Huang Ta-chou, the Taipei City
Government moved into new quarters, thus leaving
the old building designated as the future
home for the Jan Cheng Junior High School. |
| 1994 |
Taipei Mayor Chen Shui-bian proposed studies
on cultural institutions and the move of Jan
Cheng Junior High School was postponed. |
| 1995 |
The Government formally decided to split
the building into two sections, one
section for the Junior High School and the
other section for an art museum. The museum
section of the building was handed over to
the Taipei Fine Arts Museum for planning. |
| 1996 |
Jan Cheng Elementary School and the old
city hall were designated a historic landmark.
Building renovation was started for the museum. |
| 2000 |
MOCA, Taipei was established by the Bureau
of Cultural Affairs, Taipei. |
| 2001 |
The museum was opened to the public with
its inaugural exhibition The
Gravity of the Immaterial. The operation of
MOCA, Taipei was officially transformed to
Contemporary Art Foundation. Both the Jan
Cheng Junior High School and the MOCA are
opened to the public. |
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