The Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City Government was established on December 25, 2010, following the merger and elevation of Tainan County and Tainan City into the municipality of Tainan City. The Bureau was formed through the consolidation of the former Cultural Affairs Department of the Tainan County Government and the former Bureau of Culture and Tourism of the Tainan City Government.

Directors-general of the Bureau (Past and Present):

• Dec. 25, 2010 – May 2011：Acting Director Yeh Tse-Shan(葉澤山)
• May. 2011 – Dec. 24, 2022：Director Yeh Tse-Shan(葉澤山)
• Dec. 25, 2022 – Apr. 19, 2023：Acting Director Chen Hsiu-cheng(陳修程)
• Apr. 20, 2023 – Dec. 31, 2024：Director Hsieh Shih-yuan(謝仕淵)
• Jan. 1, 2025 – Apr. 30, 2025：Acting Director Lin Wei-hsu(林韋旭)
• May 1, 2025 – present：Director Huang Ya-ling(黃雅玲)

Since the Bureau was established, and the Tourism Bureau was set up under the Tainan City Government, the affairs in regard to tourism originally under the governance of the Tainan County Government Cultural Affairs Bureau have been put under the charge of the Tourism Bureau. For further development of the cultural administration in the greater Tainan area and in response to the reconstitution of the Council for Cultural Affairs into the Ministry of Culture in 2012, the following units will be set up in 2013: Arts Development Division, Cultural Resources Division, Cultural Facilities Division, Cultural Research Division, Historic Sites Operation Divison, Cultural and Creative Development Division, Cultural Parks Management Division, Yonghua Cultural Center Management Division and Minjhih Cultural Center Management Division, in addition to the original Secretariat, Personnel Office, Accounting Office and Civil Service Ethics Office, etc. In addition, affiliated institutions, including the Tainan Municipal Library and Cultural Heritage Administration Center, were founded for various affairs related to Tainan’s cultural policies, as well as exhibitions and performances.