Pier-2 Art Center, Cultural center in Yancheng District, Taiwan

Pier-2 Art Center occupies a group of former port warehouses in Kaohsiung's Yancheng and Gushan districts, including the Dayong, Penglai and Dayi warehouse clusters. The single-storey buildings have pale, weathered facades; one gable carries a blue banner with orange and black butterflies, pink Chinese characters and the year 2008. Below, glazed shopfronts with dark frames, wall signs reading 馬 and 駁二, and painted butterfly murals line the street.

The warehouses were built on 12 June 1973 as general port storage inside Kaohsiung Port's third ship canal. In 2000, while searching for a National Day fireworks site, the city government came across the neglected buildings. The Pier-2 Art Development Association was founded in 2001, renovation finished on 24 March 2002, and the Cultural Affairs Bureau took over operations in 2006.

The name Pier-2 comes from Warehouse No. 2 of the wharf, where "pier" means to unload cargo. Since 2006 the Cultural Affairs Bureau has run festivals such as the Kaohsiung Design Festival, Steel Sculpture Festival and Container Art Festival. The C8 and C9 warehouse roofs hold two rooftop pools, added in 2015, that visitors can enter.

The center is reachable by taking the Kaohsiung MRT to Yanchengpu Station or using the Light Rail stations at Dayi Pier-2 and Penglai Pier-2. The grounds are sprawling and best explored on foot, so wearing comfortable shoes helps you move easily between different areas.

Warehouses 7 and 8 hold the Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway, where a miniature train runs on a model line; the Penglai warehouse group also has the Hamasen Pier-2 mini train for rides. The museum sits beside the Railway Sculpture Park, laid out in the former Hamasen railway yard.