National 228 Memorial Museum — Attraction in Zhongzheng District

I visited this place during a school class on transitional justice in Taiwan. It’s a great spot to learn about Taiwan’s history during the KMT era and the start of the martial law period. The venue itself has an interesting past—it used to be a U.S. building, then passed through several authorities, and now it’s been turned into a museum.

The exhibition covers the history of the event, including the victims who died or disappeared. It’s a bit tragic, but you definitely come away having learned something important. They also host special exhibitions every few months, featuring art, painting, and human rights films, which keeps things fresh.

If someone is visiting Taiwan and wants to understand its history, this is definitely one of the places to check out. Even though the museum is small, it’s worth a stop if you’re in the area. The 228 incident and martial law era played a major role in shaping the Taiwan we know today.

Downside—there’s not much English translation, so it might be a bit challenging for...

I don't like to be the guy complaining about "No English" but if the goal is to make the events of 2/28 more known, would it not make sense to have at least some English translations? There is PLENTY of room on the walls and pictures for those. They give you some QR codes that take you to random pages with a bunch of youtube links.

For the most part I had no idea what I was looking at. In fact, if I didn't know what 228 was before entering, I probably would still not know what it was when exiting.

So for all I know, this museum could be fantastic. But it doesn't do justice commemorating an event which very few people outside Taiwan have heard of, and I will probably forget about it again in a few weeks. All the massacre/disaster museums in Asia had English versions, including places with much fewer English speakers, like Cambodia, Laos, South Korea. And this...

Ticket is free. The museum is easy to find, and nearby with other museums so it's a nice destination.

If you are interested in history, this is a very good place to see and learn one of Taiwan's most important history. Keep in mind that unfortunately the museum's information is in Mandarin, however, they provide a barcode in which you can see the english translation, but it does require extra work.

The building itself is amazingly pretty, the architecture is really picturesque, but inside holds a really disturbing history of Taiwan. Overall a good place to really appreciate how Taiwan people fought for their...