The Furniture Manufacturing Eco Museum in Tainan () is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

Rende District Rende District () is a rural district in southern Tainan, Taiwan. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Rende was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County ...

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

History

The museum building was originally the manufacturing building for the Yongxing Furniture built in 1958. The factory building was converted to museum after 50 years of its furniture manufacturing processes due to its relocation to

Mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

. Planning and renovation works were done in three years and the museum was officially opened in May 2005.

Architecture

The museum was constructed with 1960s and 1970s architectural style of Taiwanese houses.

Exhibitions

The museum exhibits the history and evolution of the furniture industry in Taiwan. It also displays some classic domestic and international wooden furniture.

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance southwest from Bao'an Station of the Taiwan Railways.

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