The National Palace Museum. ~

We took the bus to the National Palace Museum after the peanut factory. The collection here had begun 1931 in the hinterland of China. With the civil war the Chinese government shipped about 600,000 treasured words to Taiwan for storage. This collection was not brought back into the public until 1965, 16 years later! With 660,000 items now displayed in The National Palace Museum, Taipei holds the greatest collection of Chinese art and culture in the world.
I would have loved to take some pictures but of course, there was no cameras allowed!

We spent 3 hours walking around the museum! By the time we got out Joey was so tuckered!

I was trying to mimic the faces all the old men were making when they were having their pictures taken. All of them refused to smile! Behind me is what used to be the gift shop, but presently it is a HUGE restaurant.

Although Taiwan is always smoggy you can see how this place is beautiful.