Taipei Astronomical Museum
The Taipei Astronomical Museum (traditional Chinese: 臺北市立天文科學教育館; simplified Chinese: 台北市立天文科学教育馆; pinyin: Táiběishìlì Tiānwén Kēxué Jiàoyùguǎn) is a museum in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan.
The museum took over the responsibilities of the Taipei City Observatory. The dome at the museum consists of geometrically identical pieces.
History
The museum was opened on 7 November 1996.
Exhibitions
The museum includes the following exhibition areas:
- Ancient Astronomy
- Celestial Sphere and Constellation Exhibit
- Cosmology
- Space Technology
- Stars Area
- Telescope and Observatory Area
- The Earth
- The Galaxies
- The Solar System
The museum also has a domed theater.
Transportation
The museum is accessible within walking distance northwest from Shilin Station of Taipei Metro.
Asteroid
Asteroid 300300 TAM, discovered by astronomers Hung-Chin Lin and Ye Quan-Zhi in 2007, was named for the Taipei Astronomical Museum. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 January 2020 (M.P.C. 120069).