Gold Museum

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• Anynomous

  26 December 2017

  Very good place, good view, small museum, but impactfull. Recomended!

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• Anynomous

  16 December 2017

  Really scenic views and quant town make it a good place to visit. The 80 ntd for the museum are well spent learning the horrible tales of those who worked the mines during Japanese times (both voluntary and involuntary). Afterwards be sure to take a detour to the golden waterfall before plunging yourself into the madness of Jiufen.

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• Anynomous

  07 December 2017

  It's a scenic place. Do not expect too much as the museum is just showing the bare minimum. Pay NT$80 per person for entrance to the museum/exhibits but free to walk around the place for scenic view.

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• Anynomous

  13 October 2017

  Great place for the whole family to spend the day. Can go for a tour of the Gold museum, check out the mining trenches, participate in some DIY activity, go for a relaxing hike nearby or just enjoy the scenaries.
  
  Can be a bit packed on weekends. Try to be there early (as in before 10am). Parking is, difficult. There is a car park, but small. If you drive, prepare to spend up to an hour on getting parking space.

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• Anynomous

  08 October 2017

  NTD80 for visit to 6 sites on the museum.
  The most attracting one would be touching 220KG of gold brick in the museum.
  Overall it is niCe to experience and learn about the gold mining history in Taiwan and how Japanese colonization influents the locals.

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• Anynomous

  26 September 2017

  A should visit place for those interested in sino Japanese architecture. Well preserved houses. Would recommend a good walking shoe. The climb could be arduous

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• Anynomous

  11 September 2017

  A far better prospect than the nearby underwhelming and over-hyped Jiufen. There is so much to explore in the area from the thought-provoking remains of the Japanese POW camp at the foot of the valley to the remains of the Shinto temple at the very top, looking like something out of a Greek myth.
  
  The gold museum, gold bar and mocked-up mine are of vague interest, but the showpiece here is the Japanese bungalow, built for the visit of Crown Prince Hirohito, who never made it there. The work that went into creating it is amazing and we are lucky that it was preserved rather than being allowed to succumb to the heat, damp and humidity of the area.

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• Anynomous

  03 September 2017

  A definitely MUST GO TO place when you visit Taiwan. The place oozing with amazing History. The museum is literally a small village so going around it feels like going on a mini adventure.
  
  For a good fee you can even try and venture inside the actual gold mine & experience being a miner for a day.
  
  The place also have very scenic spots that enables you to seen the beautiful ecology of the place with all its flora and fauna.

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• Anynomous

  10 May 2017

  There are restuarant and hotel inside (local business). Nice scenery. Nice museum.

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• Anynomous

  20 April 2017

  Nice walk in this old mining site. No need to purchase the 80 NTD at the entrance given that the content inside the buildings is quite limited. There are plenty of food options so it's probably good to visit the place around lunch time. We did not do the Tunnel 5 experience partly because we lacked time, partly because we did not understand what it was about. Overall, there is a lack of English translation of the content.

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• Anynomous

  18 April 2017

  Famous for the miner lunch box and a big block of gold that worth a fortune where visitor can touch and take photo. Lots of leftover and artifact of the golden era of gold mining in the area. Once also operate by Japanese and some of the building are Japanese style. Worth the time coming here.

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• Anynomous

  08 March 2017

  Great place to learn about the history of gold mining in Taiwan all the while doing some hiking and sightseeing. I never knew that Taiwan even had any gold deposits until I visited this museum. I would definitely recommend touching the "world's largest ingot of gold," having one of the bento boxes that are made after what miners used to eat on the job, and drinking a peanut tofu soup (hot or cols depending on the day). The trip into the mines sounds interesting as well but we did not have time to go. Some of the exhibits costs extra on top of the entrance fee that you already paid. We had a great time. If you are in the area, don't forget to also visit Jiufen Old Street!

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• Anynomous

  08 November 2016

  A fun place to kill an afternoon. You can get a mine tour which is a bit cooler and refreshing in the summer time. They have a huge ingot on display in the museum that they claim is pure gold, however, given the value of that much gold, and the utter lack of physical security around it, I highly doubt it. I realize a slab of gold that size would weigh 500+ pounds, but someone could easily cut off a valuable chunk from it. Anyway, I digress. There's a lot of Taiwan history available here from the times of the Japanese occupation.
  
  The surrounding area is quite nice to take a walk and enjoy nature.

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