Jiufen Goldore Museum — Attraction in New Taipei

The owner of the museum diligently introduce numerous stories, details, histories for the old town Jiufen. She also told us many anecdotes that just local folks know. That's exactly why I want to participate in her tour. I really want to know something that I am unable to find via internet. Nowadays we live in a society where we can instantly obtain enormous information from the internet. However, some of them are probably not accurate and precise. As such, trying to look for someone who is a local resident might be appropriate. She is the one I am looking for. In addition, she introduced us some essential points for the old town like many different sorts of gold minings and coal minings, how local folks exchanged merchandises by using golden bars during the early era in 1950s roughly, how local people lived and how local miners collected and extracted golds. I also heard that she is the sixth generation living in this old town. That's amazing as well. There are still too many things I am unable to write them here since her tour is not only fantastic but also she told us many things abundantly. If I were you, and if you do want to know another aspect of this old town, trust me, you definitely won't be regret to...

It was wayyyyyyyy better than I expected.

Honestly I know Jiufen is a tourist place but there wasn’t much to do besides the old street. Plus what you can do the most is food there. But this one is way more interesting than just food.

The guide is on point. She is funny and knowledgeable to provide enough information to us. Sadly the whole tour is in Mandarin so you have to understand Mandarin to know what she is saying.

We had a fun time with seeing the old Jiufen houses, how it was built and what’s special about it. We also see a lot of night views and knowing the geolocation of Jiufen.

Overall a fun 2.5 hours and we end up at a small and cozy family own’s restaurant (in a separate review) it was a different experience for sure.

Remember to bring your luck to Jiufen so you don’t meet...

Awesome museum about the daily life of miners in ancient Jiufen, giving detailed insights into the methods and tools used to mine gold! Particularly interesting are the details on the processes on how to extract the gold particles from the ore, super interesting, reminded me of Dagobert Duck in his young years in Klondike! :) Museum is rather small and can easily be visited in less than one hour, and you’ll get accompanied by a guide explaining you the insights and a step-by-step demonstration of the gold mining process. Our tour was in Chinese, but I think they can also speak some English! To get there, don’t trust Google Maps, or you’ll have to climb some stairs. Instead just go there from the end of the old town street and go down a few stair steps when you see the sign...