The Kinmen Museum of History and Folklore opened on December 25, 2010, and on January 1, 2014, the "Kinmen County Cultural Park Management Office" was established to oversee its operations. Located along the Jinsha River on the eastern peninsula of Kinmen, the museum is beautifully set amid the scenic backdrop of Taiwu Mountain and Jingui Mountain. The Minnan-style architecture, nestled between hills and water, creates a picturesque environment, making the museum a key site for Kinmen’s cultural heritage, tourism, and education. Grounded in the study of Kinmen, the museum focuses on the region’s historical and cultural traditions, especially Minnan folklore, to preserve and promote local cultural values. Its mission encompasses collection, exhibition, education, and outreach, blending traditional culture with modern life to create an accessible museum for all. The museum also integrates resources such as ancestral shrines, villages, ecosystems, and industries to present a multi-faceted view of Kinmen’s unique island culture. It highlights Kinmen's cultural significance in Taiwan, cross-strait relations, and the international context, emphasizing its role in local revitalization and cultural equality. With the vision of becoming a "Cultural Gateway and Tourism Starting Point," the museum aims to shape Kinmen into a "Museum Island," promoting both cultural preservation and tourism development.
The primary target audience for promotion includes local residents of Kinmen, visiting tourists, and individuals interested in understanding, experiencing, learning, and preserving Minnan culture. Additionally, it aims to engage cultural and historical researchers who possess valuable resources and seek to preserve and archive them. The goal is to comprehensively safeguard the precious cultural heritage left by Kinmen's ancestors. Through the exhibition and interpretation of folk artifacts related to industries, life events such as weddings and funerals, historical sites, architecture, and crafts, the venue seeks to implement the preservation of history, cultural conservation, education, and the promotion of regional tourism. The facility will center around themes of daily life, culture, local history, and ecology, aiming to achieve the three core objectives of "culture," "education," and "tourism."
Focusing on the development and promotion of the Minnan cultural and creative industries, the space will be planned to support individuals engaged in cultural innovation and entrepreneurship. It will serve as a platform for exhibiting cultural and creative products and works, as well as a collaborative space for industry operations, research and development, and exchange activities.
The main focus is on the cultural and artistic education of Minnan culture. The spatial planning of the venue will prioritize education promotion and talent cultivation. At the same time, the needs of audiences and groups will be considered in planning the functional use of the space to facilitate future activities and performances.
本展示區由金門的地理、海洋、生態等自然環境因素，串聯了開發、航運、移民等文化特質，引導觀眾認識金門。追溯過往先民墾拓之時光記憶，隨著時間的變遷展現過去與現今的不同風貌。
以「劇場」的概念，呈現金門人宗教信仰，重塑城隍遶境、王爺祭祀、燒王船等祭典的盛況，帶領觀眾彷彿身歷其境體會文化精神的民俗特色。
節氣，自古即是常民生活的重要指標，每個節氣代表不同生活的情景，延續先民生活智慧的累積。冬至祭祖、中元普渡、中秋博餅、神明聖誕等，在熱鬧的氣氛裡找到人民對上天、居家的安心。
透過情境復原展示，從考古、政經發展、休閒娛樂、學術文化等不同層面，展現舊金門城過往歷史的風貌與榮華。
古今中外，歷史所流傳、所記載的傳奇人物，在地方上一直被津津樂道著，宗親、女性、孩童、老人、軍人，構成一幅幅金門人素描。
介紹金門獨特的梳型聚落，厝內厝外空間配置，厝內生活大、小事，生命裡由幼到老的各種禮俗，認識金門的風土生活。
介紹金門鄉紳捐贈之珍貴文物。