Gold Museum, New Taipei City Government

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Gold Museum, New Taipei City Government
新北市立黃金博物館
File:Gold Museum at Jiufen Taiwan 01.jpg
General information
Type Museum
Location Ruifang, New Taipei, Taiwan
Opening 2004[1]
Owner New Taipei City Government
Website
www.gep.ntpc.gov.tw

The Gold Museum, New Taipei City Government (Chinese: 新北市立黃金博物館; pinyin: Xīnběishìlì Huángjīn Bówùguǎn), formerly called Gold Ecological Park, is a museum of the gold mining industry in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2][1] The Gold Museum is an open-air museum consisting of several buildings and sites.

History

The museum was opened in 2004 by the Taipei County Government as Gold Ecological Park (Chinese: 黃金博物園區). After the formation of New Taipei City, the park was renamed Gold Museum, though as of December 2015, some signage still shows the old name, including the front entrance gate.

Architecture

The museum buildings used to be offices, dormitories, processing plants and other facilities of the Taiwan Metal Mining Corp. The Gold Museum includes the following: Gold Building, Experience the Benshan Fifth Tunnel, Crown Prince Chalet, Jin Shui Special Exhibition Hall, Gold Refining Building, and Four Joined Japanese-Style Residences.

Exhibitions

The Gold Building provides information about the discovery of gold in the area, with displays on the Benshan Tunnels, old mining equipment, mining transport systems and a brief introduction to the World War II Japanese Kinkaseki POW Camp on its first floor. The second floor introduces the properties of gold, with works of art made of gold and a world-record 220.30 kg 999.9 pure gold brick for visitors to see and touch.[1]

The Crown Prince Chalet is a residence built in 1922 for the proposed visit of Crown Prince Hirohito to the area (a visit that never materialized). Decades later it was used by Chiang Kai-shek as lodging in the area.

Transportation

The museum is accessible by bus from Ruifang Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration.[3]

See also

References

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