Gold Museum, New Taipei City Introduction
The Gold Museum in Jinguashi centers around the theme of mining history and gold, integrating the settlement landscape, mining history, local culture, and ecological scenery of the Jinguashi area. It is the first museum in the country based on the concept of an ecological museum. Since its opening in November 2004, the museum has been committed to the philosophy of "ecological museum," focusing on sustainable resource management and ecological tourism, while also engaging community efforts to properly preserve the valuable natural ecology, mining heritage, scenic beauty, historical memories, and cultural assets of the Jinguashi and Shuinandong areas, giving them a new outlook. Besides the enchanting natural scenery, the Jinguashi area is also a place filled with captivating stories and living memories. Over the past century, the traces of gold mining are scattered throughout the Jinguashi settlement and surrounding mining areas, leaving behind many old buildings, tunnels, and mining tools from the gold mining era, witnessing the economic activities and history of East Asian mining in the first half of the twentieth century. Artifacts from the Taiwan Metal Mining Corporation during the Nationalist government period record the various aspects of gold mining after World War II.
