Getting Here-National Museum of Natural Science

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Getting Here

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Traffic infomation

By Car

From the Sun Yat-sen Freeway (National Freeway No. 1)

Exit at Taiwan Boulevard interchange (Exit 178) toward Taichung. Continue on Taiwan Boulevard until you reach the museum.
Exit at Zhongqing interchange (Exit 174). Stay on Zhongqing Road, until you come to Jianxing Road. Turn right onto Jianxing Road and continue on until you reach the museum.

From the Formosa Freeway (National Freeway No. 3)

Exit at Kuaiguan interchange (Exit 202), connect to the Taichung-Changhua Expressway and get off at Wuquan West Road. Turn left onto Wenxin Road and then right onto Taiwan Boulevard to reach the museum.
Exit at Kuaiguan interchange (Exit 202), connect to the Taichung-Changhua Expressway and get off at Shizheng Road. Turn left at Wenxin Road and then right onto Taiwan Boulevard to reach the museum.

From the Taichung-Nantou Expressway (Provincial Highway No. 63)

From Wuquan South Road, turn onto Zhongming South Road and then onto Taiwan Boulevard to reach the museum.

From the Taichung-Changhua Expressway (Provincial Highway No. 74)

From Changhua, exit at Wuquan West Road. Turn onto Wenxin Road and then onto Taiwan Boulevard.
From Changhua, exit at Shizheng Road. Turn onto Wenxin Road and then onto Taiwan Boulevard.

From Provincial Highways

From Changhua, pass Wurih. From Fuxing Road turn onto Zhongming South Road and then onto Taiwan Boulevard.
From Fengyuan, pass Tanzi. From Beitun Road turn onto Jianxing Road.
From Nantou, pass Dali. Guoguang Road turns into Linsen Road, which turns into Yingcai Road. Turn at Taiwan Boulevard to reach the museum.

By High Speed Rail

From the Taichung High Speed Rail Station: take the High Speed Rail shuttle bus No. 159 (Taichung Park route) and get off at the Botanical Garden stop along Xitun Road.

Parking information

There are 3 parking lots in the Museum: on Boguan Road, at the Botanical Garden and on Xitun Road.
Beside the parking lot in the Botanical Garden, there is a lounge for bus drivers.

Precautions for parking charge:

Parking lot

Not visitors: $40/hr for small cars on weekdays, $50/hr for holidays (including winter and summer vacations), and $60/hr for large cars.

With ticket stubs or Dinosaur's cards : $30/hr for small cars and $60 /hr for large cars, both of which can reach a maximum of $180 on that day.

Night time (19:00~8:00 the next morning )

$30 /hr for small cars and $60/hr for large cars, both of which can reach a maximum of $180 on that day.

Taichung City Citizens' Discount

The holders of the "reserved parking space identification card for the physically and mentally handicapped" (yellow cards , with marked car numbers ) can enjoy a 4-hour free parking discount, and the fifth hour is the first hour of charging.

The holders of the "physically and mentally handicapped parking permit" (blue cards , with photos, names and car numbers) can enjoy free parking without time limit.

Non-Taichung City Citizens Discount

The holders of the "physically and mentally handicapped parking permit" (blue cards , with photos, names and car numbers) can enjoy free parking without time limit.

By Bus

National Museum of Natural Science： 300、301、302、302E、303、304、305、306、307、308、309、310、324、310S1、310S2、48、305E、307V、306E、309S、306A、305W、306W
Botanical Garden (Xitun Rd.)： 11、159、365、37、45、45E、45S、45E1、71
Botanical Garden(Jianxing Rd.)： 18、35、70、77、70B、70A
Chungming H.S.： 11、365、71、72、77、70、70A、70B
National Museum of Natural Science(Jianxing Rd.)： 11、365、70、72、77、70B

2023/04/12 Updated