Taiwan Museum and Tamsui

This morning we visited the Taiwan Museum which is still housed in the purpose built Greek revival building built by the Japanese in 1908. It has a interesting collection of exhibits including a temporary one about the qipao which is the local equivalent of the cheongsam style of dress. Lots of folk loaned examples from their family collections. It only went out of style in the 1970's but that is two generations ago here.
There was an exhibition about global warming and the danger to Taiwan's food supply. Did you know that there is a vast seed collection in the permafrost in Sweden. If the worst happens and humans are driven to open that vault, what is the likelihood of them eating rather than planting the seeds?
There was an exhibition about their first marine conservation area, another about amber, one of the local flora and one about the indigenous groups of Taiwan who have been here only about as long as the Aboriginals have been in Australia.
And a photographic exhibition of the local mountains with snow on them.
Jo was museum end out so we took the Metro to Tamsui, the end of the line and joined a procession of Chinese tourists to gawk at the local delicacies and curiosities.

The wrapped building is the local art gallery.