National Museum of Taiwan Literature

A museum not to be missed for literature lovers. Presents an insightful narrative of the evolutionary history of Taiwan through the lens of the literary arts. The exhibits invite visitors to immerse in an intertextual dialogue with the writers and their works, experiencing first hand the immense role Taiwanese literature plays to shape cultural and identity discourse in modern life. I was deeply moved and engaged throughout.

Free entry and a beautiful space! Informative and engaging exhibits with English translations for the main body text though not for many of the text excerpts. Google translate does a fair job for the extra things but it’s fun either way. The second floor has a small exhibit space with only Chinese information, which can be skipped as the first floor has 3 or 4 super engaging exhibits already. There were also stamp activities throughout the space that were quite fun to collect!

Very nice area for walking in the evening and night.

Perfectly curated, architecture was great, new and old blended very well, and it's free! Absolute steal, made the trip so much better 💫

A great place to know Taiwan history and literature. The exhibitions are informaive; the building is artistic, comfortable, modern and beautiful to me. Free admission. You can check out the audio guide machine. Definitely a must-come place if u want to know more about Taiwan literature and history.

Awesome service. I’m impressed with their locker service. No matter the size of the locker, you deposit 10nt and collect it back at the end. The security guard reminded me to collect it back. Much of the museum is under redecoration but there were 3 halls open and one of the exhibition caught my interest. It’s a rather large place and plenty of sitting area. Nice place to learn a little more about the city’s history.

The building is very beautiful, built by the Japanese. The Taiwanese have installed a modern internal structure that spoils everything, a terrible thing, without culture. Absolute lack of translation, are foreigners not welcome? Yet Taiwan exists thanks to American aid; the palace exists thanks to the Japanese! (JB. 1841)

Very interesting, even in English. The women that work there are so friendly, kind, lovely and so so smart! They love to help and explain everything to you. Thank you to all of you, we had an amazing visit here

The museum is specialized in cultural and literature exhibits, and it's conveniently located in the center city area.

Limited info in English on wall placards only. Cultural history of Taiwan can be gleaned from content of this free museum, but if you do not read Chinese, it will not be as interesting.