Museums in Taiwan

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.

One man's hand-sculpted collection of colorful masks representing a host of gruesome spirits.

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 40-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

If you've ever wanted to learn about the history of Asian fish balls, this Taiwanese museum has you covered.