New Taipei City Gold Museum Introduction
The Gold Museum focuses on the history of mining and gold, integrating the settlement patterns, mining history, local culture, and ecological landscapes of the Jinguashi area. It is the first museum in Taiwan based on the concept of an ecological museum. Since its opening in November 2004, the museum has been dedicated to the ideals of sustainable resource management and ecotourism while collaborating with the community. The aim is to properly preserve the precious natural ecology, mining heritage, landscape features, historical memories, and cultural assets of the Jinguashi and Shuinandong areas, giving them new significance. Beyond its captivating natural scenery, Jinguashi is also a place filled with touching stories and memories. The traces of gold mining history are spread throughout Jinguashi and the surrounding mining areas, leaving behind many old buildings, tunnels, and mining tools from the gold rush era, which bear witness to the economic activities and history of East Asian mining in the first half of the twentieth century. Artifacts from the Taiwan Metal Mining Company during the government of the Republic of China record the minutiae of gold mining after World War II.
