Yujheng Museum, Chiayi, Taiwan

4.5 (59 reviews) Spent Ranking #7 in Chiayi Speciality Museums

A unique historic site, a unique museum.

I’ve visited two prison museums. Lushun Prison Relic Museum (Russo-Japanese Prison Museum, 旅順日俄監獄遺址博物館) and this one - Chiayi Prison Museum. The former is much larger, but both are great museums. This museum is formerly the Chiayi Prison. It was established in 1919, then underwent restoration and was transformed into a museum in 2011. It is a completely preserved Pennsylvania-system prison building, which is characterized by the cell blocks arranged like spokes (radial layout) round the hub, or central rotunda (the guard station) . This is a unique historic site, a unique museum. Visitors can learn how the prison was run and know the prisoner's life during those years. A major drawback is that most of the exhibition texts and instructions are in Chinese only.
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Address

140 Weixin Rd, Chiayi 600 Taiwan

Mobile

+886 5 278 9242

Website

http://prisonmuseum.moj.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=1

Current local date and time now

Monday, May 13, 2024, 8:10

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4.5 based on (59 reviews)

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3Mark Anthony 5:00 PM May 2, 2017
Runs only certain hours tour in Chinese.
I have added the photo of the hours the tour runs. The guide is in English she seems to speak good English when needed but mainly the tourists are all Chinese. Good insight of the old days prisons in chiayi. The tour goods into good depth of all aspects of the prison allow at least one hour for this tour. There is no shops or drinks at this location and it is walking distance from the village only two blocks away.
3Kimitaka S 5:00 PM Nov 9, 2018
Ancient prison
The entrance is free, but the visit of museum is only with a guided tour, which takes about one hour. The tour is conducted in Chinese, but even if you cannot understand the language, you can guess many things by seeing displays. This prison is a construction of Japanese governing time, but very well conserved.