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Reviewed February 10, 2020
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Reviewed August 23, 2016

The museum is located quite far away from Tainan. We took a bus (#8899), mainly for scenic spots, from the Tainan train station to the museum. It was a long ride, over 90 minutes one-way. Luckily, there is free Wi-Fi for us to kill time.

All displays inside the museum are written in Chinese. There is no English translation side by side nor English audio tapes for explanation and information.

Compared with other museums, this one isn't worth the money (although it's still not expensive by our standard) and time. No wonder we didn't see many tourists there.

Date of experience: August 2016
2  Thank rolilipol
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Reviewed May 30, 2016 via mobile

We went there as a backup plan on rainy day. It turned out a very good tour. We had a professional local tour guide lady introducing us the history of making salts. She can answer the questions we throwed out perfectly. They even have the salt mine landscaping from Poland. Pretty impressed by this museum.

Date of experience: May 2016
Thank peggyfromtaiwan
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Reviewed June 22, 2015

My host took me here on a October Sunday , Whilst being rather sceptical it is actually a very gentle way of spending a few hours.
I learnt a lot about the significant of salt over the ages and the visitors centre whislt being slightly limited in depth is well done
Wouldn't go again but I am glad I have been

Date of experience: October 2014
1  Thank StuTaylor25
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Reviewed December 19, 2014 via mobile

Never thought learning about salt could be fun, but this museum proved me wrong.
With an introduction to the history of salt, it's uses and many others, it was informative and engaging. It even has a little salt mining cave that mimics that of real caves.
One floor is dedicated to photo-taking, with beds, food, even bathrooms made entirely out of salt. Staff was friendly and knowledgeable (he worked in the salt farm when younger) and acted as our private tour guide even!
Check out the salt products at the end, then head over to the large salt field behind the museum. Visitors are encouraged to try out salt farming! It was a really enjoyable visit.

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Reviewed December 17, 2014 via mobile

This museum not only show case Taiwan but also salt from other countries. Interesting to know about the history of salt. Sad that it is no longer in use and Taiwan have salt imported now. There are also sculptures made from salt. You can try your hands at salt farming as there is a field beside the museum. Not far away is the chigu salt field for a half day family fun

Date of experience: December 2014
1  Thank Susan T
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