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The Taiwan Balloons Museum () 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 ...
about
balloon A balloon is a flexible bag that can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, and air. For special tasks, balloons can be filled with smoke, liquid water, granular media (e.g. sand, flour or rice), or light so ...
s in Anli Village,
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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 ...
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History

The museum building were once the old factory of the Taiwan Tailloon Balloons Co., Ltd. The current factory of the company is located right next to the museum building where the museum building is still owned and operated by the same company.


Architecture

The museum building resembles a balloon from outside.


Exhibitions

The museum exhibits the balloon production process, balloon making activities and balloon-related games.


Transportation

The museum is accessible west from
Fengyuan Station Fengyuan () is a railway station in Taichung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. It was formerly a terminus for the now-defunct TRA Dongshi line and a current terminus for local trains that specifically travel via Taichung railway station,Xinw ...
of the Taiwan Railways.


See also

*
List of museums in Taiwan This is a list of museums in Taiwan, including cultural centers and arts centres. Kaohsiung City * Chung Li-he Museum * Cijin Shell Museum * Fongshan Community Culture Museum * Former British Consulate at Takao * Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Rai ...


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* Balloons (entertainment) Industry museums in Taiwan Museums in Taichung Museums with year of establishment missing Toy museums in Taiwan {{Taiwan-museum-stub