國家博物館作為歷史文化的保存機構，承載對於國家的想像與論述，同時也可能是社群價值觀的展現及縮影。帛琉共和國（Republic of Palau）於1994年獨立前曾歷經西班牙、德國、日本與美國等政權治理，除了快速的社會變遷之外，也在第二次世界大戰失去部分土地的歷史與記憶。二戰後成立的帛琉國家博物館（Belau National Museum）扮演維繫帛琉記憶與傳統文化的角色。在展示歷史與文化之外，也透過田野工作、教育推廣與國際合作等當代實踐，重拾並轉譯帛琉的在地生態知識。本研究欲以帛琉國家博物館為焦點，從博物館的多物種民族誌切入，探討博物館如何透過在地生態知識的研究與保存，在帛琉的文化觀與生態觀影響下，建構屬於帛琉的生態知識。
經觀看館舍歷史與當代實踐，研究發現，帛琉國家博物館並非單純承襲外來博物館制度的殖民遺緒，而是在混雜的歷史脈絡中，透過在地選擇與轉化，形成具帛琉主體性的文化機構。博物館採用西方科學教育、標本製作與國際研究合作等方法，使帛琉的植物與生態知識得以被保存、閱讀與跨國交流。同時，其知識生產與保育實踐仍深受社群信任、地方需求與帛琉文化觀影響。帛琉國家博物館所建構的「生態」並非靜態知識和單純的景觀，而是一個由土地、社群、日常生活與國際合作共同構成的關係網絡。
本研究討論之博物館的「生態知識建構」，不僅是自然物種的保存與展示，而是在自然環境、知識轉譯與社會關係之間，形成保存與延續帛琉生態的實踐方式，展現帛琉社會在混雜歷史處境中的在地主體性。博物館的「帛琉在地性」不在於排除外來制度或追求文化形式的純粹，而在於其將外來制度、科學方法與保存技術，轉化為服務帛琉社群、延續在地知識並面向未來的能力。透過博物館的生態保存與多物種關係，本文得以看見：帛琉國家博物館不只是保存過去的場所，也是觀察帛琉社會網絡、文化倫理、生態價值與在地主體性如何持續生成的重要場域。

As repositories for preserving history and culture, national museums bear the imagination and discourse of a nation, while simultaneously serving as a manifestation and epitome of community values. Prior to its independence in 1994, the Republic of Palau was governed by successive regimes, including Spain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. In addition to undergoing rapid social changes, the nation lost portions of its land, history, and memory during World War II. Established in the post-WWII era, the Belau National Museum plays a pivotal role in sustaining Palauan memory and traditional culture. Beyond exhibiting history and culture, the museum reclaims and translates Palauan local ecological knowledge through contemporary practices such as fieldwork, educational outreach, and international cooperation. Focusing on the Belau National Museum and adopting a multispecies ethnographic approach, this study explores how the museum constructs a uniquely Palauan ecological knowledge through the research and preservation of local ecological insights, under the influence of Palauan cultural and ecological perspectives.
By examining the institution’s history and contemporary practices, this study finds that the Belau National Museum does not merely inherit the colonial legacy of foreign museum systems. Instead, within a hybrid historical context, it has formed a cultural institution with Palauan subjectivity through local selection and transformation. The museum employs Western scientific education, specimen preparation, and international research collaborations, enabling Palauan botanical and ecological knowledge to be preserved, read, and exchanged globally. Concurrently, its knowledge production and conservation practices remain deeply influenced by community trust, local needs, and the Palauan worldview. The “ecology” constructed by the Belau National Museum is neither static knowledge nor a mere landscape; rather, it is a relational network co-constituted by land, community, daily life, and international cooperation.
The museum’s “construction of ecological knowledge” discussed in this study goes beyond the mere preservation and exhibition of natural species. It forms a practice of preserving and sustaining Palauan ecology across the natural environment, knowledge translation, and social relations, thereby demonstrating the local subjectivity of Palauan society within its hybrid historical circumstances. The “Palauan locality” of the museum does not lie in the exclusion of foreign systems or the pursuit of cultural purity, but rather in its capacity to transform foreign institutions, scientific methods, and preservation techniques into tools that serve the Palauan community, perpetuate local knowledge, and face the future. Through the museum’s ecological preservation and multispecies relationships, this paper reveals that the Belau National Museum is not merely a site for preserving the past, but a crucial arena for observing how Palauan social networks, cultural ethics, ecological values, and local subjectivity continuously emerge and evolve.

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三、網路資料
史修華
2022〈參與和解之路—澳洲博物館「未定」特展的去殖民嘗試〉。「博物之島」，https://museums.moc.gov.tw/Notice/NewsDetail/050f47e4-2c5b-43cd-abbf-4cd74d767e4b，2022年9月6日上線。
童元昭、巫淑蘭
2017〈太平洋藝術節的去殖民省思：關島太平洋藝術節側記（二）〉。「國立臺灣大學文學院臺灣太平洋研究中心」，https://tcps.ntu.edu.tw/2017/05/2016festpac2/，2017年5月23日上線。