Canal Museum (Taiwan)

Canal Museum
運河博物館
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Former name
Anping Customs
Established2003
LocationAnping, Tainan, Taiwan
Coordinates22°59′54.7″N 120°9′50.2″E / 22.998528°N 120.163944°E / 22.998528; 120.163944
Typemuseum

The Canal Museum (traditional Chinese: 運河博物館; simplified Chinese: 运河博物馆; pinyin: Yùnhé Bówùguǎn) is a museum in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan.

History

The museum building was originally constructed in 1926 as the Anping Customs building.[1] It was the place where docked ships paid tariffs when arriving or leaving Anping. It was declared a historical building and converted into the Canal Museum in 2003.[2]

Architecture

The museum building is a Japanese-style building with two banyan trees in front yard and decorated with black brick roof and red brick wall.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Canal Museum (Old Tainan Canal Anping Customs)(運河博物館(原台南運河安平海關))". Travel Tainan. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Canal Museum". Tourism Bureau of Tainan City Government. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Canal Museum". Anping District Office, Tainan City. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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