National Taiwan Science Education Center 國立臺灣科學教育館 – Taipei’s Best Science Museum

Our Journey:

I have been to the Science Museum twice and I was blown away. It truly exceeded my expectations and I did not have enough time to see it all. It is also very child-friendly and there are a lot of fun things for kids to do here. I highly recommend visiting for all those who are interested in Science.

1F Entrance Area 展廳入口

An entrance ticket gets you to the permanent exhibitions on floors 1-6. You have to buy another ticket to see the special exhibitions on floors 7-8. You can buy tickets for a discount on Klook here.  

When you first enter the museum, you will notice the huge open space in the middle. On the upper floors there is also a bike rope ride and a glass bridge to enjoy the view.

Floor guide of the science center. Again, An entrance ticket gets you to the permanent exhibitions on floors 1-6. You have to buy another ticket to see the special exhibitions on floors 7-8. There is also a nice rooftop garden with great views of floor 11.

On the first floor is a large open space with various exhibitions, and there are also restaurants here.

When I visited, there was a remote control drone exhibition. I think you had to pay extra to fly the drones.

Another wide shot of the first floor.

This building really is beautiful.

2F Rest Area 2F展廳入口/休憩區

Another view of the restaurant area and trapeze bike above, which is the only part of the second floor you can access.

3F Science Experience Area 3F科學探索區

The 3F Science experience area includes a DIY area, physical anatomy area, design area, and semiconductor area.

DIY Science Area 敲敲打打工作坊

On the third floor, there is a DIY area where you can my your own parachutes and try to get them to float in some fan tubes.

They gave us some random paper materials to make the parachutes.

We then launched them up in these tubes.

We were successfully able to get ours to float. Sometimes they got stuck on the top ledge.

Next we checked out the semiconductor exhibition.

Semiconductor Exhibition 半導體零極限特展

There are lots of interactive exhibits here.

Including this blinking semiconductor exhibit.

See above for a video.

You can also find more hands-on learning in this room.

More of the semiconductor area.

Human Anatomy Exhibition 從我到我們—人體奧妙展

Next we visited the physical anatomy area.

Here you can learn about human insides.

More human insides.

Best of all, you can experience the human digestive system.

View down the human throat.

Inside the digestive tract.

Poop-shaped stools near the exit.

And the exit comes out here.

Design Exhibition 設計我們的世界－科技性別化創新

There is another section on this floor dedicated to design.

Kids can design their own theme park here.

There is also an area here with big building blocks and computers.

Computer area.

Another part of the design portion.

4F Biological Diversity Exhibiton 4F生物多樣性展示區

There is not as much to see on this floor, but it mainly teaches about the biological diversity in Taiwan, including the fossil record.

5F Physics Exhibition Area 5F物質科學展示區

The fifth floor is the best part of the museum. Here you have the bike rope walk and hands-on physics exhibitions.

Trapeze Bike Ride “Air Bike” 空中腳踏車

Here you can ride a bike five stories in the sky. You have to pay an extra 80 NT to ride this.

A lot of kids get scared and don’t want to finish. But they can make it as long as they keep pedaling.

Kitchen of the Future 未來廚房

Here you can explore physics through the kitchen of the future, which has hands on exhibitions.

Exploring Chemistry 探索化學世界

Here you can see different types of molecules.

Exploring the world of Physics 探索物理世界

You can also play around with magnets and a spinning metal ball.

Science Game World 科學遊戲世界

The fifth-floor physics area may be the funniest part of the museum. Here was an exhibit where you can balance balls with blowing air.

Here is another exhibit where you can ride bikes with square tires.

There is also a slide and ball pit here that kids cannot play in.

View of the ball pit.

Another view from the fifth floor.

6F Physical Science Exhibition 6F物質科學展示區

The sixth floor mainly focuses on geology and rocks.

There are many different rocks here to discover, including some meteorites.

Raw sulfur from Taiwan.

More different types of rocks.

There is also a great view from here.

More different rocks on display.

Earthquake Experience House 地震體驗屋

There is also an earthquake experience house here. Be sure to get here before it closes at 4:10.

There is also a great video about Taiwan’s geological history. The island of Taiwan was submerged twice before it became its current form.

Geology of Taiwan
There are seven geological provinces in Taiwan, which can be categorized into three main zones:
The Central Range Zone: The Central Range constitutes the main mountain ranges in Taiwan, including the tertiary sub-metamorphic strata and pre-tertiary metamorphic complex. This geological zone can be further divided into the east and west geological subzones.
The Western Foothill Zone: This zone mainly consists of the Neogene clastic beds, including sandstone and shale with a total thickness of more than 8000 meters. There are also two geological zones, the coastal plain and the Penghu Islands, to the west of this zone, and they can be included in this zone.
The Coastal Range Zone: This zone consists of the Neogene strata, and is represented by igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks containing volcanic matters, clastic sedimentary rocks formed by the turbidity current, and disordered mélange.

There is also a sand DIY area here.

9 F Skybridge / 11 F Rooftop Garden

Don’t forget to visit the sky bridge on the ninth floor and the rooftop garden on the 11th floor, which are free with a general ticket. I didn’t know so I didn’t get any photos of them. Don’t miss out like me.

You can buy tickets for a discount on Klook here.  

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