Gold Museum, New Taipei City Government

·View gold collections and more than 140 kinds of characteristic minerals up close

·Feel the mining history and culture of East Asia and visit the traditional Japanese dormitory

·Appreciate the charming natural scenery and review the gold mining experience after World War II

The Gold Museum boasts the history of Jinguashi mining and gold as the core theme. It integrates the settlement appearance, mining history, local culture, and ecological landscape of the Jinguashi area to make a master plan, thereby developing a new look for the area and bringing New vitality, combined with community strength, will completely preserve the precious nature, mining sites, landscape features, historical memories, and cultural assets in the Jinguashi area, which give them new life.

△ The New Taipei City Gold Museum Visitor Service Center provides tourist information, museum guides, and other related service consultations.

△ The Gold Museum was rebuilt from the former office of a metal mining company and now has three floors. The first floor is an exhibition room with multiple themes such as “Retrospecting the Golden River in History” and “The Outcrop of a Giant Pumpkin”; the second floor also has a permanent exhibition with three themes; the third floor is a gold panning experience area, where visitors can experience the gold panning process in person.

△ Four consecutive buildings - a well-preserved and complete Japanese-style dormitory. The interior furnishings and living objects remind people of the past. The exterior red bricks and black tiles constitute the mountain city characteristics of Jinguashi District.

△ The Alchemy Building is a two-story brick building. On the right side of the first floor is a small special exhibition room, where special exhibitions with current themes are launched from time to time. On the left side of the first floor is the Alchemy Theater space. The second floor is also a permanent exhibition room, providing the fun of "river gold panning" through a multimedia interactive experience.

△ Prince Hotel is famous for the rumor that the Japanese Crown Prince (later Emperor Showa) stayed there during the Japanese colonial period. The dense foliage around it provides privacy. The architectural type of this building is a combination of traditional Japanese academy style and Western-style space, forming a popular building at the time.