Beitou Museum Introduction
The Beitou Museum officially opened to the public in 1984 as a private museum. Nestled among the mountains, this elegant garden covering an area of 800 ping features a traditional two-story wooden Japanese-style building, constructed in 1921. At that time, it was the most prestigious "Jia Mountain Hot Spring Hotel" in the Beitou area. In 1983, the founder Mr. Chang Chun-Ming revitalized the historical site into a museum and established the "Taiwan Folk Art Museum," which was officially renamed the "Beitou Museum" in 1987. The Beitou Museum is dedicated to preserving and exhibiting Taiwan's early folk art and cultural artifacts, currently housing nearly 5,000 pieces. The collection mainly focuses on Taiwanese folk crafts from the late Qing Dynasty, the Japanese colonial period, up to the 1970s, including over 1,000 items from Taiwan's Indigenous peoples and more than 3,000 items from the Han Chinese, primarily of Holo and Hakka descent. For dining, the Beitou Museum features a restaurant called Yiranju, offering exquisite and creative kaiseki cuisine as well as afternoon tea, and it also provides venue rental for small meetings. The outdoor cherry blossom viewing platform at Yiranju offers a close view of Danfeng Mountain and a distant view of Guanyin Mountain, where visitors can enjoy health-conscious light meals featuring the museum's special kaiseki creations, leaving behind the hustle and bustle for a leisurely experience. Culturally, the museum operates under a philosophy of multicultural management, utilizing the large hall for performing arts exhibitions, cultural activities, and offering banquet and meeting venue rentals, making full use of the historical site. The museum regularly hosts a variety of experiential courses, such as tea ceremony experiences, formal tea courses, wagashi (Japanese sweets) experiences, and the Jia Mountain "Zhua Zhou" celebration. *Currently managed by a private operator.
