Miniatures Museum of Taiwan 袖珍博物館

4/17/2023

The Miniatures Museum of Taiwan was the first miniature museum in Asia, and with 200 items is the second largest miniature museum in the world. The collection includes Medieval architecture, Disney characters, doll houses, scenes from fairytales, and more. It is definitely worth a stop for miniature enthusiasts everywhere.

Background:
Taiwan's miniature museum was founded in 1997 by Mr. Lin Wen-ren (林文仁) and his wife, who had amassed a large private collection for their children before planning to make a museum. The Miniatures Museum of Taiwan was the first miniature museum in Asia, and with 200 items is the second largest miniature museum in the world. The collection includes Medieval architecture, Disney characters, doll houses, scenes from fairytales, and more. The most precious miniature in the museum is the replica of Buckingham Palace which took three years to complete, and the most extensive miniature is the "Thunder River Town."
The miniature museum is popular for both children and adults and may be crowded on weekends.

Hours:
10 AM to 6 PM every day

Price:
Adults: 250 NT at the door, 219 NT if booked on Klook.
Children under 6: Free
You can book tickets on Klook here, as well as a tour of Taipei.

How to get there:
By MRT: Take either the orange line or the green line MRT in Taipei to Songjiang Nanjing Station, and take exit 4. The museum is about a five-minute walk from the MRT station.
By car/scooter: There is some paid parking along Jianguo Road.

Map:

Our Journey:

I have been to the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan once, and it was a fun experience. It is definitely a fun place to take kids and also fun for adults that are kids at heart. The museum is not very large (it's a miniature museum after all) so you should budget for only an hour or two.

The museum lies in the basement of this building, a few hundred yards from the Songjiang Nanjing MRT station. Don't be like me and take the wrong exit.

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You will see signs pointing to the museum on the outside of the building.

You can take the stairs or elevator.

Elevator as seen from the outside.

Then you have to buy tickets here. 250 NT for adults.

View of the entrance to the museum.

The first miniature here is a giant pink doll house.

Dolls.

More dolls.

A European street scene.

Greenhouse.

European medieval house.

Seven dwarfs.

Another dollhouse.

The miniatures here are placed pretty close together. Everything fits on one floor. You can walk through the whole thing in about three minutes, but not if you want to stop and enjoy each display.