The National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC; ) is an educational center in

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. The mission of the center is to promote the teaching of applied science throughout Taiwan.

History

NTSEC was established in 1956 in

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. In 2003, it moved to

to its current place today. The center is temporarily closed since 15 May 2021 due to the ongoing

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Architecture

The NTSEC building is a 11-story building consists of theaters, laboratories, lobby, restaurant, life science exhibition area, materials science exhibition area, mathematics and earth science exhibition area, temporary exhibitions galleries, library and administration area.

Exhibitions

The center displays permanent exhibitions on life science, physics, chemistry, mathematics, and earth sciences. On an attraction called the Sky Bike, visitors can cycle the length of the building on a wire 20 meters in the air.

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance northwest from

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of the

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