《開箱》：有鑒於1970至80年代「中華文物箱」為加強我國文化在海外之弘揚與介紹中華民國進步繁榮之實況，曾為我文化外交貢獻良多，係我國文化記憶中重要之一環，透過相關單位如行政院、教育部、外交部、僑務委員會、國史館等，其所保存部分當年執行本案的相關檔案與文獻進行研析整理，編纂成書，除為達到史料保存的目的外，並可作為臺灣文化外交成果的具體證明，以及研究我國外交發展史之重要參考，發揮文化資料收、存、取、用之博物館職能。

Unpacking Culture: The Chinese Cultural Chests in the National Museum of History: Selected Archives (1969-1986)Between the 1970s and 1980s, the Chinese Cultural Chests which produced by the museum had contributed greatly to Taiwan’s cultural diplomacy, foreign relations and as a precious instrument in the introduction of the country’s progressive development and prosperity to the rest of the world. Thus, it holds an important part in the country’s memories. To fulfil the function of a museum, the National Museum of History started to treat this topic as a research project and conducted archive searches aiming to document the information as a publication through the cooperation of related government agencies such as the Executive Yuan, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Overseas Community Affairs Council, Academia Historica, etc. In doing so, these well documented historical data not only can be used as the success of Taiwan’s cultural diplomacy evidences but also for the discovery and future research of the country’s foreign relations development. At that, the Chinese Cultural Chests project exerted the influence of the museum as a cultural place to collect, preserve, provide and consume of meaningful items and artifacts.