Taiwan Coal Mine Museum

The Taiwan Coal Mine Museum (traditional Chinese: 台灣煤礦博物館; simplified Chinese: 台湾煤矿博物馆; pinyin: Táiwān Méikuàng Bówùguǎn) is a museum about coal mining in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

In 1997, the mining activity was halted due to the more competitive price from imported coal to Taiwan.

[1] With the help from railway enthusiasts and other associates that cared about the coal mining industry, Mr. Gong Yung-tsang began to create buildings in this historical site and created the museum in 2001 with the storing ground became the museum entrance.

Due to the lack of vegetation growth to grasp firm holds of the gravel, a side of the rock mountain tumbled in July 2005, creating The Abandoned Rock Mountain.

[citation needed] The museum is accessible within walking distance northeast from Shifen Station of the Taiwan Railways.

Taiwan Coal Mine Museum entrance