Museums in Taiwan

This abandoned prison is now a museum chronicling the oppression of political prisoners in the not-so-distant past.

A once-shattered school now preserves a visible fault line, showcasing Taiwan's traumatic 1999 earthquake.

An unassuming museum offers a deep dive into everything about mushrooms, from cultivation innovations to fungi that "talk."

Learn all about Taiwanese financial history from inside a former high-security vault.

With a design inspired by the local cuesta rock formations, this museum serves as a gateway to Yilan’s history and geography.

A museum of puppets and puppetry covering all Asian styles.

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

An antiquated aquarium housed in a converted government anti-nuclear bunker.

This historic 19th-century building was the center of British trade and diplomacy in Taiwan.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

Nestled between the Sicao Green Tunnel and Dazhong Temple, an antiquated exhibition hall boasts the complete skeletons of mother and child sperm whales.

A museum commemorates what was once the largest freight station in Taiwan.

A Japanese colonial-era hot springs hotel that has transformed into an art museum.

Eat green onion ice cream and other allium-centric treats at this unusual museum.

A small museum dedicated to one of the most popular fish in Taiwanese cuisine.

This former factory turned private museum contains surreal and creepy artwork created by Robert Y.