National Taiwan Museum Railway Department Park

A cluster of red brick and timber buildings just north of the old North Gate now operating as a branch of the National Taiwan Museum dedicated to the history of railways in Taiwan. The site was first developed under the Japanese colonial administration as an arms repair shop and was handed over to the Railway Department in 1900 to become the Taipei Railway Workshop. The main building was designed by Moriyama Matsunosuke (森山松之助) and completed in two phases between 1919 and 1920. While the main workshop later relocated to Songshan in 1935 and the old buildings were repurposed as offices. After a decade-long restoration project the compound opened to the public in July 2020.