A national museum of the prehistoric and Indigenous cultures of Taiwan in Taitung City, and the only national museum in the east of the country. It grew out of the Beinan Site, uncovered in 1980 during construction of Beinan Station (now Taitung Station), and was built at Kangle (康樂) after the protected area was enlarged in 1991, leaving the excavations to Beinan Cultural Park. Designed by American architect Michael Graves, it opened in 2002 after a fire during its trial run the year before, and reopened in 2023 after a three-year renovation.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
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- Tourist Attractions in Taiwan (台灣旅遊景點)
- Indigenous People of Taiwan (台灣原住民)
- Contemporary Architecture in Taiwan (台灣當代建築)
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- Old Caoshan Community (草山舊社)
- Beinan Cultural Park (卑南文化公園)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.