NTM Multilingual Tour

We won!🎉🎉
The International Docents of National Taiwan Museum won the 12th place in the 3rd National Youth Volunteer Award among the 83 volunteer teams from different universities, institutes and NGOs.

It is our first time competing in this category and we feel extraordinarily honored, especially seeing the presentations from other 32 teams that were also selected in the finals, an eye-opening experience! So many young people are willing to contribute their time and expertise in caring for people outside their comfort zone — Taiwan’s young generations are remarkable! 🤩🤩

No matter what place we got, we know we are the best team ❤️
Being able to give a guided tour that fascinates people requires not just solid knowledge and language proficiency but also experience in interacting with audience and handling crowds. We thank all the audience that responded to our survey and gave use an overall 4.8 (out of 5) satisfactory score.

Don’t forget! We have our monthly walking tour this coming Sunday. We’ve still got slots, so sign up now!💪
https://www.facebook.com/share/1Hv1QCT3gt/

Want to showcase Taiwan's amazing biodiversity and cultural treasures to international visitors? The National Taiwan Museum's 2025 Autumn International Docent Training Program (volunteer guide program) is calling for passionate students!

✨ What's NEW this year?
With National Development Council support, we're adding exciting field trips outside Taipei - including authentic tea culture experiences in the tea town Pinglin and visits to the Puppetry Art Center of Taipei!

📌Why join us?
1️⃣Guide visitors at Taiwan's oldest museum (just 10 mins from Taipei Station!)
2️⃣Lead English walking tours around historic Taipei
3️⃣Connect with international students & locals
4️⃣Explore Taiwan's hidden gems beyond the city

📅 Key Details:
▪Deadline: September 8th
▪Registration: https://forms.gle/CWvijYtuKbpQFX578
▪More details: https://reurl.cc/r33lOO
▪Contact: [email protected]

🌏 Ready to be Taiwan's cultural ambassador? Apply now and help share about the unique place with the world!

18 May (Sunday) is International Museum Day, when many museums in Taiwan will be free of admission.
There will be several events at the National Taiwan Museum conducted in English. And to promote Taiwan's traditional performing arts, the following event, "Puppet Arts Alive," includes an English guided tour of the current special exhibition on Asian puppetry, "Puppets: Expressions of Cultures," and a special Potehi puppetry workshop in which a renowned puppeteer, KUO Chien-Fu, is invited to demonstrate the skills of manipulating Potehi puppets. Attendees will have a chance to learn to handle a traditional Potehi puppet.

Rundown
13:30-14:00 | Sign in (Main Building Information Desk)
14:00-14:30 | English guided tour of the special exhibition "Puppets: Expressions of Cultures "
14:30-15:20 | Manipulating the Potehi puppets with the real master
15:20-15:30 | Group photo & feedback survey

📌Registration (before 16 May): https://www.accupass.com/event/2505011137341993804607

📖Online Exhibition "Puppets: Expressions of Cultures"
https://openmuseum.tw/.../89084a9222699f7806fa92d44558b54f

📰 About the Guest Speaker, Kuo Chien-Fu
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/04/23/2003669275

📣 【World Earth Day Event Invitation】
Nourishing Power: Sustainable Food Stories Cultivated Across Taiwan

🗓️ Date: April 19th (Saturday)
📍 Venue: National Taiwan Museum Nanmen Branch

Three exciting activities:

1️⃣ 【Earth Day Market】11:30-17:00 at Nanmen Branch Outdoor Square
• Over 20 eco-friendly and sustainable food vendors
• Featuring handcrafted kombucha, fermented syrup, reusable food bags, art made from ocean-collected plastic bottles, vegetarian burgers and local environmental initiatives!
• Exchange of diverse sustainability concepts and practices unique to Taiwan.

2️⃣ 【Sustainability Lectures】at Nanmen Branch White Hall
• Morning Session (9:40-11:30): "Food for Positive Change: Sustainable Practices and Green Living in Action"
▫️Speaker: Wu Pi-Shuang (Executive Director, Homemakers United Foundation)
• Afternoon Session (14:40-16:30): "Guishan Island, Sakura Shrimp, PET Bottles, and the Future of Our Oceans"
▫️Speaker: Chan Chia-Ho (Project Manager, Seabelongings)
🗣️English consecutive interpretation available

3️⃣ 【Sustainable Dish Presentation and Culinary Workshop】12:00-13:10 at Outdoor Square Main Stage
• Sustainable dish presentation by local students and cooking demonstrations
• Led by professional chefs Huang Yu-Hsin and Cheng Ya-Chun
• Featuring creative sustainable New Year dishes and the art installation "Marine Waste Dining Table"

🎫 How to participate:
• Market entry is free
• Lectures require Nanmen Branch admission ticket (NT$20)

Join us in celebrating Earth Day through action! Explore the endless possibilities of sustainable dining and eco-friendly living! 🌍🌎🌏🌳

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📣 【世界地球日活動邀請】
Food Food得正—山海之間的永續能量

🗓️ 日期：4/19(六)
📍 地點：國立臺灣博物館南門館

三大活動精彩內容：

1️⃣ 【地球日市集】11:30-17:00 南門館戶外廣場
• 20多個友善環境、永續飲食攤位
• 包含手作康普茶、環保食物袋、海漂寶特瓶再造花藝等特色商品
• 多樣永續理念展示與交流

2️⃣ 【永續講座】南門館小白宮
• 上午場(9:40-11:30)：《吃出正能量：永續飲食與淨零綠生活的實踐》
主講：吳碧霜(主婦聯盟環保基金會執行長)
• 下午場(14:40-16:30)：《龜山島、櫻花蝦、寶特瓶，還有我們未來的海洋》
主講：詹佳和(海波浪專案經理)
• 提供英語口譯

3️⃣ 【永續飲食行動發表暨手作工作坊】12:00-13:10 戶外廣場木棧台
• 永續菜色發表與料理示範
• 由專業主廚黃育芯、鄭雅珺帶領
• 展示「懂吃懂吃」永續年菜創意與澎湖在地藝術創作「海廢餐桌」

🎫 參加方式：
• 市集免費入場
• 講座需購買門票

■ Walking Tour of Old Taipei
Now the whole island is experiencing heavy rain, but tomorrow morning, Sunday, we will have a DRY day!

Join us in our Walking Tour of Old Taipei and explore the history of the city in cool, dry, fantastic Taipei weather.

(but just in case, maybe still bring an umbrella with you)

■Date: 13th April (SUN)
■Time: AM 9:20- 12:30 (3 hrs)
■Meeting Spot: North Gate- Beimen Post Office (台北市中正區忠孝西路一段120號)
■Fee: NT$50 regular; NT$25 discount.
■Route:
The North Gate (Beimen)--> Guanqian Rd. --> NTM main building--> Teng-yun Express Train Engine --> 228 Peace Park --> [Group Photo]-->Bus tour-->Nanmen Branch

⛈️【週六雷雨陣陣、週日氣溫下降】〽️
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🌡️週六下午起至週日晨，有大雷雨，中北部局部大雨
🌟週日白天雨緩、東北季風影響，氣溫下跌
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【逐日預報】

🗓️ 4/11(五) 水氣減少
☀️ 中南部多雲到晴，高溫約31度左右󠀠，午後山區零星雨
🌦️ 北部、東半部及馬祖多雲為主、偶有零星雨
☝️ 金門、馬祖及清晨西半部局部霧或低雲，交通留意
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🗓️ 4/12(六)~4/13(日)晨 鋒面通過，天氣非常不穩定
🌦️ 上午雲量增加、馬祖雨增、其他地區雨零星，雨勢尚不大
⛈️ 下午起至週日晨各地易有雷陣雨，中部以北局部大雨
⛈️ 雷雨影響期間，留意瞬間大雨、雷擊、強陣風
🌡️ 下雨前氣溫仍高，尤其臺東局部焚風，留意高溫
☝️ 上午金馬局部霧，下午起鋒面通過後，各沿海、離島留意強風、大浪
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🗓️ 4/13(日)白天起 水氣減少、東北季風
🌦️ 各地雨勢逐漸停歇，西半部及離島陽光逐漸露臉
🌡️ 氣溫下降，普遍比週六降5度以上，各地高溫24~26度，有轉涼、轉舒適的感覺
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🗓️ 4/14(一)~4/17(四) 各地天氣多雲到晴，白天氣溫回升，但清晨有涼意、日夜溫差大。

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#中央氣象署 #雲編 #鋒面 #大雷雨 #東北季風

It was to our great pleasure to host the NTU "Exploring Taiwan" General Education Course excursion at the Main Building.
To give a guided tour to 90 visitors, we have our experienced docents, Sam, Emory and Jenni, pair up with new docents, Solene, Miguel and Tiana, leading three groups.

With a student ID, the admission to the Main building AND the Natural Hisotry Branch across the street only cost you NT15 dollars! And all our guided tours are free with admission. So don't miss the chance to join our guided tour tour and learn about Taiwan in-depth!

📌Sunday afternoon regular tours in English: 14h00-14h30, 15h00-15h30
📌Monthly walking tour of Old Taipei: 09h20-12h30, one sunday every month referring to the announcemet.

This weekend, the National Taiwan Museum has invited speakers from National Taiwan University to share their research on urban wildlife in Taipei.

Among these, the lecture on Saturday, 3/22 at 9:30 AM is highly recommended:
“When Wildlife Meets Humans: Understanding Challenges and Conflicts in Urban Ecology”
The speaker is Ms. Hsieh Chi-Heng, the administrator of the “Bird Window Collision Reporting” citizen science Facebook group and has long been collecting injured and deceased birds on the NTU campus to create specimens. She and her partners not only advocate for bird window collision issues and other urban ecology topics, but also participated in renewing the permanent exhibition at the NTU Zoology Museum, focusing on presenting the life stories behind the animal specimens - a novel and ethically-minded approach in modern museology.

From this lecture, everyone can experience the role of an urban animal funeral director, and learn how the urban environment reflects the relationship between humans and other species through taxidermy.

📌Event registration can be found here (although at this point, on-site registration is also welcome): https://www.accupass.com/event/2503131403177463612060

📌Bird Window Collision Reporting Group:
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1B8k6ooCw7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Additionally, this project has partnered with the National Development Council’s Bilingual Program to provide English interpretation. It is free with admission.

After the baseball championship exhibition, we had a bloom in the audience for the Sunday regular tours and the monthly walking tour today.
Thank you all for participating🥳

(Docents: Candice from Taiwan and Nico from Italy)

Next walking tour session: 13th April.
(Correction: The date for April’s walking tour was mistakenly announced as 20th.)

🌟Super friendly and professional Taipei free walking tour organized by a museum 🌟

Looking forward to your first time visiting Taipei?

Here’s a wonderful opportunity for you to grasp the overview of Taipei/Taiwan’s history and culture by joining the walking tour of Old Taipei organized by National Taiwan Museum!

This tour will guide you from the foundation of the modernization of Taiwan and the origin of Taipei city, to the diverse cultures of Taiwan, and one of the few sites where you could touch the remnant of the Qing Dynasty city wall.

The tour will also briefly covered some of the controversial history events that still bug the contemporary Taiwanese society.

We are confident to say that after the tour you probably will know more about Taiwan’s history than the local.

The tour is FREE and even providing free rental of wireless audio devices! You will only need to pay for the admission NT$30 that comes with a special ticket featuring our Champion baseball team!

More details of the event here🔗
https://facebook.com/events/s/19th-january-%E8%87%BA%E5%8C%97%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%E6%95%A3%E6%AD%A5%E5%B0%8E%E8%A6%BD-walkin/950117993306944/

And thanks to a German correspondent for covering our tour :
https://intaiwan.net/2017/12/30/special-english-walking-tour-old-taipei/

The call has been announced!
We are now recruiting docents for 2025 Spring.
This year with the collaboration and support from the 國家發展委員會National Development Council , we are excited to announce that this year’s training program will include off-site excursions! 🤩🤩🤩

We will not just focus on the museum itself, but extend to the culture and history behind our exhibits! Two major themes will be explored: Taiwanese Potehi puppetry🎎 and Taiwanese tea 🍵.

Our docents will not be just giving tours but really diving into local cultures and sharing their expertise as the cultural ambassadors of Taiwan!

Don’t miss the chance to sign up before ❗️2025/2/16 Sunday 17:30❗️
Website: https://reurl.cc/r33lOO