National Museum of Taiwan Literature, Tainan, Taiwan

3Marathonwinner 5:00 PM Feb 23, 2012

Great Building, Good Exhibits, But Content Inaccessible to English-Speakers
The simple fact is that the museum is about Taiwanese literature with an emphasis on native aboriginal writers. Unless you're a genius you're just not going to fathom what is going on in the non-english presentations. I wouldn't let that stop me from a quick stop here however. The building is truly gorgeous both inside and outside - a remnant of earlier Japanese colonialism. It has a really fine cafe where you can get some fantastic salads and other lunch time stuff (for the usual inflated museum prices). Also, the museum is ideally located around a whole series of other interesting sites. So you can drop in here for a few minutes of gawking at the architecture and proceed down the street to the famous Confucian Temple or around the block to the equally famous Tu Hsaio Yueh (Slack Season Tan Tsai Noodles) restaurant, or just a few more blocks away to the vibrant Tiantan Temple or Mr. Wu's Garden. And if your legs can take it even more temples. Oh, and the museum is free so you get more than you pay for.

3Bowi72 5:00 PM Apr 10, 2019

Impressive building from the outside, inside only for literature fans
The building makes an interesting picture, especially in the evening when it’s a facade is being highlighted with spots. Go inside though it’s not that spectacular, there are different areas with of course the focus on literature, if you are not a diehard literature fan, you may be disappointed.