Museums in Taiwan
135 museums in Taiwan. Most visited: National Palace Museum.
Top museums in Taiwan
National Palace Museum
6,142,892 visitors a year
The National Palace Museum is a national museum headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It began in Beijing in 1925 and was re-established at its main site in Taipei's Shilin district in 1965. Its permanent...
National Museum of Natural Science
Natural history museum · 3,142,565 visitors a year
Drawing more than three million visitors a year, the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung ranks among the most visited museums in Taiwan. Signs and locals often use its Chinese name,...
National Science and Technology Museum
Science and technology museum · 2,583,732 visitors a year
The National Science and Technology Museum is a museum of applied science and technology in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, established in November 1997. It covers 19 hectares with a floor area...
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum
Art museum · 1,153,263 visitors a year
Taiwan's first museum devoted entirely to ceramics stands in Yingge, a New Taipei district whose kilns have made pottery for around two centuries. Opened in 2000, the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics...
Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum
970,000 visitors a year
Where its parent institution in Taipei centres on Chinese imperial treasures, the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum looks across the whole of Asia. Its galleries draw on the national...
921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan
The Chelungpu Fault Gallery at the 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan crosses the very fault on which a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck central Taiwan at 1:47 in the morning on 21 September 1999. The...
Ama Museum
Taiwan's comfort women, the women forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese military during the Second World War, are the focus of the Ama Museum. Its Chinese name, 阿嬤家-和平與女性人權館, translates roughly...
Asia University Museum of Modern Art
Art museum
Designed by the architect Tadao Ando, the Asia Museum of Modern Art (亞洲現代美術館), also known as the Asia University Museum of Modern Art, opened in 2013 on the campus of Asia University in Wufeng...
Formosa Plastics Group Museum
The Formosa Plastics Group Museum (台塑企業文物館) is devoted to the two founders of the Formosa Plastics Group, Wang Yung-ching and Wang Yung-tsai. Its main purpose is to educate the general public about...
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
Art museum
Taiwan's third public art museum, after the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (高雄市立美術館) opened in 1994 in Gushan District. It was...
Kaohsiung Museum of History
History museum
Designated a site connected to the 228 Incident, the 1947 uprising and government crackdown in Taiwan, and recognized as a site of injustice, the Kaohsiung Museum of History (高雄市立歷史博物館) carries a...
Miniatures Museum of Taiwan
The first museum in Asia to collect miniatures, the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan (袖珍博物館) specializes in contemporary miniature art. Its collection of nearly 200 pieces appears in two formats: doll...
Museum of Drinking Water
A designated historic site at the municipal level in Taiwan, the Museum of Drinking Water is devoted entirely to drinking water. It stands within Taipei Water Park in the city's Zhongzheng District,...
National Human Rights Museum
The National Human Rights Museum is spread across two memorial parks: the Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park in New Taipei City and the Green Island White Terror Memorial Park on Green Island. Its...
National Museum of History
History museum
Founded in 1955, Taiwan's National Museum of History is both a national history museum and a designated cultural heritage monument in Taipei. It is run as a national museum devoted to history.
National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine
The spirit tablets of about 390,000 people killed in the Republic of China's wars rest in the National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine (國民革命忠烈祠). It was built in 1969 on Chingshan Mountain above the...
National Taiwan Museum
Founded in 1908, the National Taiwan Museum (國立臺灣博物館) is the oldest museum in Taiwan. The colonial government established it during the period of Japanese rule, and it operates today as a national...
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Art museum
Taiwan's first and only national-grade fine arts museum, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (國立臺灣美術館) in Taichung's West District centres its collection on works by Taiwanese artists, covering...
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Artifacts Museum, Academia Historica
Furniture, artwork and archives that once belonged to past Presidents of the Republic of China make up the collection of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Artifacts Museum (總統副總統文物館). Founded in...
Website of Presidential and Vice-Presidential Artifacts Museum, Academia Historica
Republic of China Armed Forces Museum
Military museum
For six decades, the Republic of China Armed Forces Museum (國軍歷史文物館) preserved and presented the heritage and history of the ROC military to the general public. It occupied three floors on Guiyang...
Museums by city in Taiwan
Taiwan’s museum landscape is spread across major cities and regional hubs, with strong clusters in Taipei, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. In Taipei, the National Palace Museum introduces visitors to Chinese art and imperial collections, while smaller institutions explore subjects such as contemporary culture, migration, and social history. Mooseum helps visitors navigate this variety, making it easier to compare museums and plan visits across different neighborhoods and cities.
Outside the capital, museums often reflect local industry, environment, and community identity. New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum connects directly to Yingge’s long ceramics tradition, while the 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan in Taichung preserves the memory of the 1999 earthquake through a former school site. In Chiayi County, the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum adds an Asian art perspective, and science museums in Taichung and Kaohsiung offer interactive stops for families using Mooseum.
Taiwan’s museums also reveal layers of Indigenous heritage, maritime exchange, religion, and modern democratic history. You can move from large national institutions to focused museums such as the Ama Museum, which documents the experiences of comfort women, or factory museums that interpret local manufacturing and craft. This mix gives museum-going in Taiwan a distinctly place-based feel, where collections are often tied to the island’s languages, landscapes, and lived history.
Map of museums in Taiwan
Museums in Taiwan: questions
- How many museums are there in Taiwan?
- Mooseum lists 135 museums in Taiwan. Taipei has the most, with 41.
- Which cities in Taiwan have the most museums?
- Taipei (41), Kaohsiung (9), Taichung (8), Tainan (7) and Hsinchu (6).
- What are the most visited museums in Taiwan?
- By annual visitors reported on Wikipedia: National Palace Museum (6,142,892), National Museum of Natural Science (3,142,565) and National Science and Technology Museum (2,583,732).
- What kinds of museums are in Taiwan?
- Of the 58 whose type we know, the most common are art museums (22), zoos and aquariums (7), history museums (6) and science and technology museums (5).
- Imperial paintings, bronzes, jade, and calligraphy at the National Palace Museum in Taipei
- Hands-on science and technology museums in Taichung and Kaohsiung suited to families and school-age visitors
- Strong regional craft traditions, especially ceramics in Yingge and museum spaces linked to local making
- Museums addressing modern history and memory, including earthquake education and women’s rights history
- A wide range of subjects across the island, from natural science and industry to Asian art and community heritage
- Many museums close one day a week, often Monday, so check opening schedules on Mooseum before planning a multi-stop museum day.
- In Taipei and Kaohsiung, MRT access makes major museums easy to reach, but some larger sites such as the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum are easier by bus, taxi, or car.
- Popular national museums can be busiest on weekends, public holidays, and school breaks; weekday mornings are usually more comfortable for viewing major collections.
- Taiwan’s summers are hot and humid, with frequent rain, so indoor museum visits are especially useful in June to September; carrying an EasyCard helps with public transport between sites.
All museums in Taiwan
Every museum in Taiwan listed on Mooseum. Search by name or type.
