Taipei Travel

Really impressive... and that goes for the building itself and the wealth of information and displays inside it. There are helpful volunteers on hand to assist with whatever query you might have, and they cloaked my friends’ bags for free. Now to the current exhibition: Andy Warhol Pop Art. The exhibition covers for areas of Warhol’s work: self portraits and photos, celebrity portraits, magazine covers an album covers, and silk screen printing and the ubiquitous “others“. I am a huge fan of Warhol and hoped to increase my knowledge and understanding of the artist’s work. Regrettably this was a colour by numbers exhibition, focusing largely on the artist’s well known silkscreens and celebrity portraits. It included none of the large-scale works by Warhol, and the nod to these with three Campbell’s Soups cans was laughable. The interps in the exhibition proper were exactly the same - word for word - as printed on the (reasonably well designed) brochure you get on paying the steep NTD350 admission fee. There was an audio guide available for an additional price, but regrettably it was only available in Chinese, not much help to thr significant number of non-Chinese speaking tourists visiting Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. The exhibition gift shop was almost as large as exhibition itself, and should serve as an indication of the focus of the exhibition organisers. This was a very disappointing experience. Five stars for the building and staff, one star for the exhibition.

My 2nd time, the last time was summer- it was so hot walking through the Liberty Square down to the memorial hall. Last January, it was raining, but that did not stop me and the other visitors in traversing through the rain puddles just to watch the changing of thr guards, a spectacular sight to watch. Too bad i was not able to let them see the beauty of the Liberty Square, the architecture of the memorial hall itself as well as the National Concert Hall and the National Theater. Next time I'll visit the musuem.

We went to visit and I can say Wow ! It is a beautiful and good atmosphere, very big area can make u tired ! At the main budding is is good decoration , beautiful culture and style suggest to visit it easy to go by MRT

This is a huge complex with large gardens and an open plaza. When I went there were dance troupes practicing their routines: mimes standing very still; musicians, and it seemed to be a great place to just hang out. There were also stalls selling a bewildering array of Chinese herbs and medicines. There is a theatre, several restaurants and a book and souvenir shop. The main attraction however is the memorial hall itself which sits atop 89 steps. The changing of the guard on the hour is not to be missed. Get there early as there is often a crowd. The soldiers are very young, very slim and very well rehearsed. A great free attraction and you can spend as much or as little time as you like here.

Despite the renovation works, the key highlight was the change of guards. Late saw this decades ago and it's still military precision. Thoroughly impressed with the skill and handling by the guards....what a special treat