Taiwan Ceramic Tile Museum Introduction
The Taiwan Tile Museum has become a must-visit attraction for travelers coming to Chiayi City in recent years. This is a rare museum themed around tiled flowers, with a collection of 1,500 pieces of various types of Taiwanese flower tiles. Flower tiles, which have played the role of unsung heroes in the history of Taiwan's architectural development, have been one of the ways wealthy merchants adorned their residences to showcase their family wealth for over a century. The historical houses with Taiwanese flower tiles have salvaged, restored, and preserved more than 4,000 pieces of century-old flower tiles over the past two decades, showcasing the art of flower tile architecture in Taiwan from 1915 to 1935. The Taiwan Tile Museum has also gained international attention in recent years. Notably, the renowned spa operator "SPAWORLD" from Osaka, Japan, hired a team of Taiwanese master craftsmen to design and produce 5,500 tiles to create a tiled space; Japanese NHK television aired a program about the Taiwan Tile Museum and featured a special segment on the import of flower tile series products to Japan; South Korea's premium skincare brand Sulwhasoo launched a public welfare limited edition skincare line based on Taiwanese flower tiles, which was selected by the Presidential Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as diplomatic gifts for Taiwan. The museum is filled with world-class precious flower tile culture that is worth exploring. Photos are provided by the Taiwan Tile Museum.
