Museum of Anthropology, Anthropology museum at National Taiwan University campus in Taipei, Taiwan.
The museum holds collections across two floors featuring artifacts, photographs, films, and recorded materials from ethnographic research. The exhibition spaces are organized by theme to present the material culture and heritage of the region's peoples.
The collection began at Taihoku Imperial University under Japanese administration and was transferred when National Taiwan University was established. The objects document decades of scientific fieldwork, showing how understanding of the region's peoples grew over time.
The displays showcase the material world of Taiwan's Austronesian-speaking Indigenous peoples, allowing visitors to observe their traditional crafts and everyday items firsthand. You can see how these peoples shaped their surroundings and passed down their skills through generations.
You can walk to it from Gongguan Station on the metro system, then proceed through the university campus. It helps to allow time for browsing, since the displays spread across multiple rooms.
The oldest pieces in the collection came from fieldwork conducted in 1895 and include garments beaded with shells and other crafted items from that era. These early materials offer a direct sense of how people lived and worked during that time.
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