921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan

921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan
國立自然科學博物館九二一地震教育園區
Chelungpu Fault Gallery
General information
Type	Museum
Location	Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan  Taiwan
Opening	13 February 2001
Website
www.921emt.edu.tw

The fault on the sports field of the Guangfu Junior High School

Collapsed School Building

921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan Pool

The 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan (Chinese: 國立自然科學博物館九二一地震教育園區; pinyin: Guólì Zìrán Kēxué Bówùguǎn Jiǔ'èryī Dìzhèn Jiàoyù Yuánqū) is a national museum in Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan. The museum is dedicated to the 7.3 earthquake that struck the center of Taiwan at 01:47:12.6 TST on Tuesday, 21 September 1999.

The museum is located on the site of the former Guangfu Junior High School; the shell of the building forms the exterior walls of the museum and the Museum's Chelungpu Fault Gallery crosses the actual fault line on which the earthquake struck.^[1]

History

The museum, previously known as the Earthquake Memorial Museum, opened on Tuesday, 13 February 2001.

Galleries

• Chelungpu Fault Gallery
• Earthquake Engineering Hall
• Image Gallery
• Disaster Prevention Hall
• Reconstruction Records Hall

See also

• 921 Earthquake
• List of museums in Taiwan
• National Museum of Natural Science

References

External links

• 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan (中文)‧(English)‧(日本語)

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Coordinates: 24°02′37″N 120°41′58″E / 24.043603°N 120.699449°E / 24.043603; 120.699449