Location Da'an, Taipei, Taiwan Function Museum | Opened 1928 | |
Established 1928 (original building)
1998 (current building) Type University museum, Zoology Website zoology.lifescience.ntu.edu.tw (English) Similar Cambridge University Museum, Museum of Classical Archaeol, Whipple Museum of the Histor, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sci, Museum of Medical Humanities | ||
The Museum of Zoology (Chinese: 動物博物館; pinyin: Dòngwù Bówùguǎn) is a museum about zoology in Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan. The museum is located at the National Taiwan University.
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History
The museum was originally established in 1928 during the Japanese rule. In the early days, recording of fauna in Taiwan and its neighboring areas such as Asia and Hainan was the major purpose of its collections. As time passed by, rodents and fishes became the main collection targets. In recent years, the collections expanded to include earthworms, bats, shrews, larval fishes etc.
Transportation
The museum is accessible within walking distance northeast from Gongguan Station of the Taipei Metro.
References
Museum of Zoology Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA