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3 small Taipei Museums near the Songjiang Nanjing MRT station

Written By: herbrunbridge - Aug• 15•11

Blink and you'll miss it: look upwards for Suho Paper Museum signage

Taipei is full of museums, so we here at WoWasis love to group them into geographical areas where we can see them all in a day, or an afternoon. The following 3 museums are all close to either the Songjiang Nanjing (Luzhou line) or the Zhongxiao Xinshong (Bannan Line) stations, and can be easily seen in a morning or afternoon:

Suho Paper Museum
68, Chang An East Road
Tel: 02-2507-5535, x24
Open Monday-Saturday
www.suhopaper.org.tw
This tiny museum, offers exhibitions on making paper and hosts both permanent and temporary exhibitions, all relating to the aesthetics of paper.

Miniatures Museum of Taiwan
B1, #96 JianGuo N. Road
Tel: (02) 2515-0583
Open Tuesday-Sunday
www.mmot.com.tw
Located 2 blocks east and 2 blocks north of the Suho Paper Museum, this museum features dollhouse-sized replicas of furniture, housing, people and designs, running from Louis XV style to the kitschy.

Museum of Jade Art
#96 Jianguo N.Road
Tel: (02) 2509-8166
www.museumofjadeart.com
MRT stop Zhongxiao
This museum is the passion of Burmese-born jade designer and collector Sofeen Hu. The most remarkable pieces in the collection include flora with exposed, tiny roots of jade, insects, and spectacular color.

 

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