The Taipei Fine Arts Museum (Chinese: 台北市立美術館; pinyin: Táiběi Shìlì Měishùguǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Chhī-li̍p Bí-su̍t-kóan, TFAM) is a museum in Taipei, Taiwan. The museum first opened on December 24, 1983 at the former site of the United States Taiwan Defense Command (USTDC, dissolved in 1979). It was the first purpose built museum in Taiwan to host modern and contemporary art exhibitions. The architecture is a local adaption of the Japanese Metabolist Movement.
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