[Introduction]
I traveled to Taiwan for four days and three nights. This time, I visited Taipei and its surrounding areas. In this article, I will write about National Palace Museum as part of Day 3.
[Visit Places (series of articles)]
* Day 1: Flying to Taipei & Xiao Long Bao at Din Tai Fung
* Day 1: Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, National Taiwan Museum and National Museum of History
* Day 1: Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall (Light-up)
* Day 2: Pingxi Line (Jingtong)
* Day 2: Pingxi Line (Shifen)
* Day 2: Pingxi Line (Houtong)
* Day 2: Jiufen
* Day 3: National Palace Museum [This article]
* Day 3: National Martyrs’ Shrine
* Day 3: Xinyi District
* Day 3: Taipei 101
* Day 4: 228 Peace Memorial Park, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Longshan Temple and Ximending
* Day 4: Huashan 1914 Creative Park & Return to Home
[Travel Date]
2017.04.27-30
[Main Part]
The third day of Taipei trip started. To begin with, here is my breakfast at CAESAR PARK TAIPEI where I stayed.
For more information about breakfast at CAESAR PARK TAIPEI, please see the following article:
Taipei Trip Part 4: Walking around Jingtong Station on Pingxi Line
On the third day, I am going to go around several tourist spots in Taipei and the first destination was National Palace Museum. I moved to Shilin station by MRT, which was the nearest station of National Palace Museum.
It took about 10 minutes by bus to National Palace Museum.
Appearance of National Palace Museum
I arrived at National Palace Museum 20 minutes before its opening, so I took photos of appearance of National Palace Museum.
Visit National Palace Museum
National Palace Museum started to open at 8:30 a.m. and first of all I went to see “The Jadeite Cabbage”.
The Jadeite Cabbage is one of the most famous exhibits at National Palace Museum and a lot of visitors gathered around it.
Here are some photos of exhibits at National Palace Museum.
I saw lots of group tourists as well as individual ones.
Along with “The Jadeite Cabbage”, “The Meat-shaped Stone” was another famous exhibit at National Palace Museum. When I visited National Palace Museum, I was not able to see it, because it was displayed at Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum, which was opened in December 2015.
Basically exhibits at National Palace Museum consisted of ancient Chinese art works, but there were also such contemporary works.
This statue was presented by Esaku Sato, a former Japanese prime minister, to Chiang Kai-shek, the first leader of Taiwan.
Zhishan Garden
In National Palace Museum, there was a garden, called “Zhishan Garden”. Here are some photos of it.
Then, I left National Palace Museum and moved to the next destination, National Martyrs’ Shrine.
[Closing]
That’s it for the article about National Palace Museum as part of Day 3.
National Palace Museum is stated as one of the world four museums, along with the Louvre Museum in France, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the US and the Hermitage Museum in Russia. I visited National Palace Museum for a short period due to my schedule, but if you have ample of time, I would recommend you stay there longer 🙂
In the next article, I will write about National Martyrs’ Shrine as part of Day 3.
[Map]
[Related Link]
Taipei Travel (English)
Taiwan Tourism Bureau (English)
National Palace Museum (English)
Related posts:
Taipei Trip Part 1: Fly to Taipei with China Airlines and Xiao Long Bao at Din Tai Fung
Taipei Trip Part 2: Museums around Taipei station
Taipei Trip Part 3: Light-up at Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall
Taipei Trip Part 7: Jiufen, the real world of Miyazaki Anime “Spirited Away”
Taipei Trip Part 9: Changing Ceremony of Guard at National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine
Taipei Trip Part 10: Xinyi District, the Largest Shopping Area in Taiwan
Taipei Trip Part 11: Taipei 101, Four Four South Village, Elephant Mountain and Tonghua Night Market
Taipei Trip Part 12: 228 Peace Memorial Park, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Longshan Temple and Ximending
Hi! Really informative blog post. Am going on a trip to Taipei later this week and this got me more excited 🙂
Was just wondering, what day of the week did you visit the museum? And how were the crowds? I’ve been hearing stories of overcrowding and I’m hoping it doesn’t ruin the experience.
Thanks so much! 🙂
Hi Adrian, thank you for your comment. It was Saturday morning when I visited the museum. As I was worried about the congestion, I went to the museum in accordance with its opening time (i.e. 8:30 am). Actually, the museum was not crowded so much during my visit. So, I would recommend you visit the museum early in the morning. I hope my reply will be of some help to you 🙂
Hi Kosu!
Thanks for your reply! That gives me a lot of comfort. Will go there in the morning then, as you did. Thanks so much! 🙂
Hi Adrian, the pleasure is mine. Have fun on your travel in Taipei!
For a cabbage being so famous, I’m surprised by how small it looks. Still super interested in checking out the museum though.
Hi Kevin, thank you for your comment. I agree with you. The cabbage was much smaller than I expected. However, I was impressed with its sophistication 🙂
Hi,
Thanks for sharing your experience. Quite insightful! Btw, how long did you spend your time in the museum? We’re kinda in a cramped sched so I’m trying to estimate time we could allot for each spot. Would appreciate your advice. Thanks!
Hi KL, thank you for your comment. In my case, I stayed at National Palace Museum for about 3 hours including Zhishan Garden. Ideally, it might be better to spend another 1-2 hours, but I made a short visit due to my tight schedule. If you go around the museum quickly and skip Zhishan Garden, I guess it it will take 2 hours at least. I hope my reply will be of some help 🙂