National Museum of Natural Science is located in Taichung City. The Museum had its grand opening in 1986. So far, the museum has four multi-media theaters for different subjects, including Space Theater, Birdview Theater, Three-dimensional Theater and Environment Theater. In addition, there are the park encompassing the greenhouse for tropical rainforests and outdoor exhibitions of evolution of low-altitude plants in Taiwan. It is the largest recreational and educational center in the country and it is the best-equipped museum.

The museum was established in No. 1, Guanqian Road, North District, Taichung City.

Across 9 exquisite hectares, the Museum is a five-venue complex housing the Space IMAX Theater, Science Center, Life Science Hall, Human Cultures Hall (the original Chinese Science Hall), and Global Environment Hall, plus the 4.5-hectare Botanical Garden, the 5-hectare 921 Earthquake Education Museum at Wufong, the 33-hectare Fonghuanggu Ecology Education Park at Lugu, and the 2.6-hectare Chelungpu Fault Preservation Education Park at Chusan. Over 50 permanent exhibit areas covering subjects on astronomy, space science, paleontology, ecology, gems and minerals, human cultures, tropical plants, and geology, the Museum is a place filled with hand-on exhibits that delights children and adults of all ages

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Telphone: +886-04-23226940
Official website: Link
Open time: AM9:00~PM17:00 (Monday closed)
Charge: Outer space theater NT$100，Three-dimensional theater NT$70，Exhibition NT$150

The Taichung City Seaport Art Center began its operations in March of 2000. The Center is located in the culturally rich town of Qingshui and built amongst rolling artificial hills and flat land. The overall planning of the grounds takes inspiration from the idea of “courtyard space”; the architecture design simulates the building style of southern Fu-chien, exuding humble elegance. The Center is a multipurpose artistic performance and exhibition space, with a gross floor area of 30,390 square meters sectioned into areas such as the Exhibition Hall, Concert Hall, Taichung City Artist Archives, Conference Hall, Recreation Area with Open Air Stage, Arts and Crafts Classrooms, Cingfong Building, parking lot and the administrative offices.

Gongdu Art Center is built above artificial hill and ground. The style of the architecture is Chinese style. it is classic and elegant. There are exhibition hall, performance hall, lecture hall, outdoor area and administration department in the center.

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Telphone: +886-04-26274568
Official website: Link
Open time: AM09:00~PM17:30

The National Theater and Concert Hall, The National Taichung Theater and the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, from north, central, and south Taiwan, respectively, form a coalition, and are in league with the National Symphony Orchestra, providing international production experience, and specialized theater services, with the goal of educating and fostering arts appreciation and enriching life with the arts.

National Taichung Theater is a continuation of the 1987 completion of the National Concert Hall and Theater. After nearly 30 years since the first opening of a national performance venue, NTT is a 21st-century cultural facility that is not only a new landmark in the city, but also represents a cultural step forward.

Taichung is located in the geographical heart of Taiwan and is a city with a storied, profound cultural heritage. Now, for this city's energetic, lively, and ambitious people, we have created this stunning world-class performance and exhibition facility.

In 2005, the Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Toyo Ito, won the extremely competitive international contest to design our theater, besting contestants from 13 countries, and delivering to us this magnificent 21st-century artistic venue.

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Telphone: +886-04-22511777
Official website: Link
Open time: Sunday to Thursday, 11:30 to 21:00, Friday to Saturday, and 11:30 to 22:00

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