National Science and Technology Museum, Science museum in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
The National Science and Technology Museum is a science museum in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, spread across a sprawling site with several pavilions dedicated to different themes. Individual buildings are connected by covered walkways and house themed exhibition rooms on energy, transportation, computing and applied research.
The museum opened in November 1997 as a national facility to promote technical education across Taiwan. Over the following years, new exhibition rooms and interactive installations were added, continuously expanding what the site could offer.
Most visitors spend a full day here watching children experiment at movable exhibits that make technical principles tangible and concrete. In several halls, staff demonstrate physical phenomena and invite guests to participate in the activities throughout the day.
The site is directly accessible from the railway station bearing the same name, and the rooms offer level paths for wheelchair users. The museum remains closed on Mondays and official public holidays, so planning a visit on another weekday is worth considering.
Some pavilions contain simulators that replicate lunar gravity, recreate earthquake movements, or let visitors experience the sequence of a fighter jet flight. Another installation in a separate hall offers a four-dimensional representation of space travel, where motion and effects complement the imagery.
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