The Database of Taiwan Modern Medical Artifacts, established by the National Taiwan University Medical Library and the National Taiwan University Hospital Secretariat Office, is intended to organize, analyze and digitize unique and important medical data such as artifacts, photographs and books held by the medical campus. The resulting database is expected to assist people in understanding the medical history before and after World War II, in addition to achieving the following purposes:

*Preserving records of the history of medical development in Taiwan and digitizing important documents and artifacts.

*Advancing the development of research in medical humanities, academics and education.

*Comprehensively presenting the variety of Taiwanese culture and society.