National Radio Museum, National museum of radio broadcasting in Minxiong Township, Taiwan.
The National Radio Museum is a national museum in Minxiong Township, Taiwan, housed in a 1938 building that once served as an active broadcasting station. Its exhibition halls display transmitters, receivers, and other broadcasting equipment that trace the development of radio communication on the island.
The building was put up in 1938 and operated as the Minxiong Broadcasting Bureau under Japanese colonial rule. After 1949, it became the home of Radio Taiwan International, marking a major shift in who controlled the airwaves.
Radio broadcasting was for a long time the main way people across Taiwan received news and music, and this museum shows the equipment that made it possible. Visitors can see real transmission gear up close and get a sense of how communities once gathered around the radio.
The museum sits north of Minxiong Station on the Taiwan Railways network and is easy to reach on foot from there. It is closed on Mondays, so it is worth checking the day of your visit before heading out.
One of the transmitters on display still carries bullet holes from attacks during World War II, making the damage directly visible to visitors. This MB-15A mediumwave transmitter, rated at 100 kilowatts, is one of the last surviving examples of its type anywhere.
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