The museum started off with a humble beginning as a woodcarving workshop. Later in 1988, it functioned as a woodcarving school that mainly conducted classes for young
children between ages 10 and 12. The overwhelming responses for classes inspired the establishment of the current Face
Painting Cultural Museum, which combines the art of wood carving and the art of Chinese Opera face painting together.
More than a thousand traditional Chinese Opera face paintings are displayed in the museum, each exquisitely designed by the owner's family of 4 during the SARS period
from 1992 to 1995. The SARS crisis was a blessing in disguise that provided the family with an opportunity to transform the site into the current Face Painting Cultural Museum. The gallery of face painting art pieces not only enhances the beauty of the
place, but also represents the fruits of their hard work.