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Exhibition

Industrial History of Taiwan(臺灣工業史蹟廳)

Exhibition date： Permanent exhibition
Exhibition place：6F

Description

The exhibition hall of Industrial History of Taiwan, a collaboration between the Industrial Development Administration (formerly the Industrial Development Bureau), MOEA and the National Science and Technology Museum, focuses on the history research and the collection, preservation, and maintenance of its artifacts. The gallery comprehensively presents the trajectory and prospects of Taiwan’s industrial development. Meanwhile, it showcases the fruits of NSTM’s long-term efforts in a more lively fashion .

The five areas of this exhibition hall are:

The Pride of Taiwan’s Industries: : Portraying the representative Taiwanese industrial products through the visualized display of “Towards AIoT Interactive Wall.”
Taiwan’s Industrial Development: Presenting the environmental background, industrial characteristics, and policy measures of Taiwan's industrial development in historical context, complemented by the museum’s collection.
Vanguard of Economic Miracle: Using the museum’s artifacts and interactive installations to explore the structural characteristics, technological context, and unique advantages of Taiwan’s industries, and how they transformed Taiwan into a manufacturing powerhouse in the international division of labor.
Behind Taiwan’s Industrial Development: Introducing key figures in Taiwan’s industrial development and their influential contributions through interview videos.
Review the Past, Envisage the Future: Interpreting the industrial development’s impact on Taiwan from different perspectives and seeking a fresh perception of Taiwan’s experience through interactive games.

This exhibition is suitable for middle school age and older audiences who are interested in Taiwan’s industrial development.

Visiting groups are welcome to book guided tours; individual visitors can scan the QR code at the entrance or within the exhibition hall to obtain learning sheets, audio guides and collection introductions for exploration and study.

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Focus

Theodolite and Level of Government of Taiwan
During the later period of Japanese rule, land reform was a crucial foundation for ensuring tax collection and transactions. “Theodolites” and “levels” were essential tools for land surveying, not only clarifying land details and ownership but also modernizing Taiwan’s land administration.
Tompkins Knitting Machine
Widely known as the “trolley machine” in the textile industry, it features elegant Baroque-style leg frames and is configured with two sets of needle beds for left-right symmetry of the loom. The Chung Shing Textile Co., Ltd. relied on this machine and skilled Shanghai master craftsmen to make their “Three Gun” underwear, sharing fame with “Skyscraper” brand of Far East Textile.
Fully Automatic Sock Knitting Machine
Shetou in Changhua County is an important hub for Taiwan’s sock industry. From knitting, dyeing, sewing, shaping, packaging to shipping, the entire township functions as a sock production line. The sock knitting machine is the symbol of Taiwan’s transition from an agricultural economy to industrialization in the 1960s.
Fuji Hao Bicycle
These bicycles were manufactured by Fuji Company during the Japanese occupation. They weighed over 30 kg, with a linkage system as the front brake and the backpedaling as the rear brake. In an era when the average monthly salary ranged from 200 to 300 JPY, this bicycle cost 1,500 JPY. It was a symbol of higher socioeconomic status and a stylish mode of transportation at the time.
Horizontal Wedge Oil Press
In early days, farmers would take their harvest of peanuts and sesame seeds to the oil-pressing mills. The equipment was called an “oil press,” and the main oil extraction component was the “press chamber.” The 1940s and 1950s were the peak time for the traditional oil extraction. It was phased out in the 1980s due to the influence of chemically refined cooking oils.