Museum of History and Philology, Academica Sinica

On our first full day in Taiwan, my dad brought us to his campus to the Museum of History and Philology. The museum has a lot of original artifacts and rare texts that my dad enjoys viewing so he brought us there for an early afternoon visit. Here I am at the entrance:

And Ken:

The museum was very quiet the day we visited and we were able to walk through and see all of the exhibits. The entrance exams were the most interesting; the pages were filled with a student’s answers to an essay question and the calligraphy was so uniform and perfect.

I took some photos of the weapons that were in the museum:

Helmets:

And a very cute bronze owl, which I think is from the late 14th century:

After the museum, we went to the old residence of Hu Shih, the Hu Shih Memorial Hall. Hu Shih was an academic that spent time in Academia Sinica (as well as the United States). He was also a former ambassador to the United States and the head of Peking University.

Here’s me and my mom outside his house, which is now also a museum:

Tomorrow, we head to Hualien!