National Palace Museum Taipei

221 Chih-shan Rd Sec 2, Taipei , Taiwan - Phone: 886 2 2881 2021
  • Traveler Rating 4.00
    711 reviews 69 travel blogs 96 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Museum, Art museum, History museum

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    2of 82 attractions in Taipei

TravelPod Member ReviewsNational Palace Museum Taipei

  • National Palace Museum

    5

    worldcitizen83 8 contributions Chicago, United States Aug 2, 2011

    The museum lies in the northern part of Taipei in a very picturesque and beautiful area. The museum itself is quite large and you can very easily spend a full day there exploring. Unfortunately, I only spent a couple hours there since I was on a tight schedule.

    Many of these artifacts were originally in China but during the war, they were removed from the mainland to avoid damage/destruction. In order to get to there, take the subway to the Shilin Subway Station and then take a bus to the area. The bus ends at the museum.

    The admission fee is absolutely worth the price. If you enjoy Chinese art and learning about it, a stop at the National Palace Museum is a must.

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

  • National Palace Museum

    5

    worldcitizen83 8 contributions Chicago, United States Aug 2, 2011

    The museum lies in the northern part of Taipei in a very picturesque and beautiful area. The museum itself is quite large and you can very easily spend a full day there exploring. Unfortunately, I only spent a couple hours there since I was on a tight schedule.

    Many of these artifacts were originally in China but during the war, they were removed from the mainland to avoid damage/destruction. In order to get to there, take the subway to the Shilin Subway Station and then take a bus to the area. The bus ends at the museum.

    The admission fee is absolutely worth the price. If you enjoy Chinese art and learning about it, a stop at the National Palace Museum is a must.

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction National Palace Museum Taipei

  • 1

    Day 2

    4 photos

    My birth parents brought me to restaurant. I met for the first time a cousin, Rita Wu (吳佩玲). My father needed to go work. My sister wasn't there because she had courses. I visited the National Palace Museum, which contains a permanent collection of over 677,687 pieces of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks. After I visited …

  • 2

    The city sheds a tear as we prepare to leave

    35 photos

    Our last full day on our honeymoon vacation...sniff...sniff. It makes us sad. Even the city wept for us as we prepared to make the best of the day. We had plenty to see and souvenirs to buy to wrap our great adventure up. We grabbed our umbrellas and headed out the door. After a brief stop at the main hostel building for a better sense of …

  • 3

    Taipei 101

    5 photos

    Today (Tuesday) and yesterday have been days with less work and more rest. So, I've had an opportunity to do a little sight-seeing in Taipei.

    Yesterday I taught another conducting lesson in the morning, but then I had the rest of the day free. After the lesson, we went to lunch at a great Thai restaurant in the main train station in New …

  • 4

    Culture vulture

    3 photos

    Slept later than I expected and got a late start with my game plan.

    I intended to visit at least three or four sites but really only managed a couple as I got very distracted at the two sites I got to. So much choice in Taipei and only a little time.

    First things first was I got a taxi to the main train station to organise my …

  • 5

    The Confucius Temple and National Palace Museum

    21 photos

    It is my last day in Taipei and there were still some major sites that I wanted to check off my list.

    My first stop was to see the Confucius Temple. When I visited yesterday, it was closed. The temple is quite beautiful but much more simplistic and nowhere near as decorative as Longshan or Baoan Temple. Unlike the previous temples which …

  • 6

    Taipei - Scooters, Night Markets, Temples, Oh My!

    46 photos

    Upon our return from Hualien, we quickly dropped our belongings off at our hotel and took off towards the Taipei 101 building. There was no way to get lost in Taipei with the 101 staring at us from every part of the city. Near the 101, in the park, there was a large stage and performers rehearsing for the next night's New Year's Eve celebration. We …

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