Shiu-Lan Kang passed Taiwan’s National Civil Servants Examination in 1994; she later went on study in the Graduate Institute of Museum Studies at the National Taipei University of the Arts. After graduation, Kang served in the Taipei City Government Social Affairs Bureau for 8 years, before teaching at the National Taipei University of the Arts for another 12 years. To date, she has served the National Palace Museum for 5 years and is now the Division Chief of the Department of Education, Exhibition and Information Services.