Quick Trip Two: National Taiwan Museum

Part two of my series of short trips was to the National Taiwan Museum. It is, in fact, inside of 228 Park, so this was familiar territory.

The museum was, similar to the Museum of Modern Art in that it was relatively small, but a beautiful old building.

The museum is the oldest in Taiwan. Built in 1908 by the Japanese during their colonial rule in Taiwan, it has remained a functioning museum ever since.



As you can see from the outside, it's pretty much what you (or at least I) expect a museum to look like. Unlike similar museums, like the New York Public Library building, the Philadelphia Public Library, or even Youngstown's Stambaugh Auditorium however, it's not very big. Inside though, is classy.

White terracotta all over,



marble floors,



and of course, a dome!



The exhibits themselves seemed to be almost entirely geared towards kids, though there was one exhibit about the camphor industry in Taiwan. I was pretty well lost for that part, but there was a smaller section about native tribes in Taiwan which was really neat albeit all in Chinese.

Oh! I saw a big wooden giraffe too!



Well, that's it for the second of my quick trips. More to come!