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Tamsui, New Taipei · Historic house and exhibitions

Shi Family House, Tamsui

A restored merchant family's red-brick courtyard house in Tamsui's market lanes.

The restored red-brick courtyard and tiled roofs of Shi Family House in Tamsui.

Shi Family House, Tamsui

Tamsui Historical Museum

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Free admission.

Built in the nineteenth century and later bought by the Shi family, the courtyard house witnessed their agricultural-processing, timber and shipping businesses.

Get there

Public transport

From the visitor centre at Tamsui MRT Station, walk through the Zhongzheng Road lanes: about 550 metres; allow eight minutes.

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