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Literature, art and an old cloth house on a walk through West Central District; allow a separate half-day for Yang Kui in Xinhua.
TainanPrint-design cloth house and art space
Taiwanese print designs in a small cloth house founded in 1923, with an exhibition space on 3F.
Zeze Chen's Through the Weave is on 3F, October 22–November 22, 2026; Wednesday–Sunday, 10:00–18:00. Textile fabrication collaboration: 張靖盈.
From Tainan Station's front side, allow 30 minutes for the roughly 1.8 km walk. Enter Lane 209 off Zhongzheng Road and find No. 3. The exhibition is upstairs, reached by a narrow terrazzo stair.
TainanPrintmaking studio
Follow the hand-drawn marks of coffee-lift printing into a Tainan studio where you can arrange a lesson.
From Tainan Station's front side, follow Beimen Road towards Dongmen Roundabout and turn into Lane 51; the studio is opposite the park. Allow about 15 minutes. From October 17, use Exit 1 on Beimen Road; allow extra time inside the station for the temporary footbridge between the new underground station and the old station.
By appointment. Course dates and times are agreed with the studio.
TainanGallery
A Gongyuan South Road gallery showing painting and sculpture.
About 400 metres / six minutes from Beimen Road Exit 1
Gallery and Google hours differ; call 06-2208833 before a special trip.
West Central District, TainanNational literature museum
On a walk through West Central District, stop to see the languages Taiwanese writers have worked in.
越境的詩心, the tanka and haiku donation exhibition, is in 2F exhibition room E: free, through May 30, 2027.
November 28 closed.
November 1, 09:50–17:30: Tainan Art Biennale opening forum in the first-floor auditorium. Sou Fujimoto keynote 09:50–11:20. Free with advance registration; foreign-language talks have consecutive interpretation into Mandarin.
About 1.24 km on foot from Tainan railway station; allow 20–25 minutes
Ordinarily closed Mondays.
North District, TainanMusic library · Taiwanese song exhibition
Twelve minutes from the station; a free permanent exhibition on Taiwanese song.
About twelve minutes on foot from Beimen Road Exit 1
Closed public holidays and the last Friday of each month.
West Central District, TainanLiterary museum
The redesign maps scenes from Yeh's fiction onto Tainan streets. A visit can show how much of Yeh's writing remains beside the map.
Inside walking West Central District, near the Museum of Taiwan Literature
Xinhua, TainanLiterary museum
A free literary stop beside Xinhua Old Street.
No railway in Xinhua; bus from Tainan or drive
West Central District, TainanNational art museum
Closed Monday, open until 21:00 on Saturdays; a paid ticket also covers the municipal Tainan Art Museum that day.
H31 to Jianxing Junior High School (Confucius Temple), about five minutes on foot
Last admission 17:30, Saturday 20:30; closed Monday, with national-holiday exceptions.
West Central District, TainanCity art museum in the former police station
Start at the old police-station facade, then follow the glass corridor into the newer galleries behind it.
Through January 10, 2027, Investigation Chronicles: The Police Expo in Gallery A, 1F, starts from a 1925 police-bodhisattva poster to examine policing and colonial rule through art, literature, film and comics.
Tainan Station front side: about 1.1 km / twenty minutes on foot
Saturday until 21:00; last admission 30 minutes before closing.
West Central District, TainanArtist-run art space
A small room that shows one exhibition at a time, slow enough to look closely and ask about the work.
Lee Shih-Hwa's 14453 runs October 24–November 29, opening October 24 at 15:00. Friday–Tuesday 11:00–19:00; closed Wednesday and Thursday. The gallery is on 3F.
About 900 metres on foot from Tainan Station's front side; allow fifteen minutes via Minzu Road Section 2 into Lane 64, Minquan Road Section 2. The gallery is on 3F at No.56.
The gallery is on the third floor, and closes on Wednesday and Thursday.
West Central District, TainanSunken public water plaza
From September 1 to November 1, 2026, LONG FLOW TAINAN 攏 Hô 樂 lays seven works along the entrance, the bridge underside, and the B1 water. Doors at 17:30.
Bus 0-left from Tainan Station's Chenggong Road side, or a short walk west from the Zhongzheng commercial area
These are exhibition hours through November 1, with final admission at 21:00. The plaza itself stays open as public space.
November 1 · a police station, cloth house and water
This route is for Sunday, November 1. Museum: 10:00–18:00, last admission 17:30; Gimgoanheng: 10:00–18:00. On October 31 the water area hosts a separately ticketed Halloween event.
Literature museum to Hai’an Road · take dinner slowly
Museum ordinarily closed Monday; dated holiday changes apply.
Tainan and Changhua · two days, or one long train
Two cities: two days, or one long train.
