Lots of Chinese artifacts from many dynasties than one can remember. Worth a look for only NT$30 for foreigners.

I love history, but my skills in Chinese are poor. With some better explanations of the (nicely displayed) exhibits I would have gotten more out of it.

We went during the Louvre exhibit as well, I will say the grounds are beautiful!! But when we went into the museum, yes we learned a lot of history, but for the most part there was a lot of pottery, some paintings and scriptures.. If you really love history and artifacts such as this then it would definitely be worth... More

We had gone to the National Palace Museum twice before arriving here, but we still found this one very stimulating. There's a lot less here, of course, but it seems to be more carefully presented and with more illuminating labels. If I had a chance I would go back again. One complaint: we rented an audio guide and it didn't... More

The National Museum of History is also well worth the visit if you have an extra 4 hours.The displays are changed fairly frequently.The price is reasonable.Also a lovely park behind museum with a nice lotus pond,if lotus's are in bloom.

Anyone looking for Taiwanese history should look elsewhere. The bulk of the collection is made up of loot brought from the mainland in 1949 - some of it quite stunning. Also, non-Chinese speakers beware, there is precious little in the way of explanation as you walk around. I din't try the audio guide, but perhaps would have had a bit... More