Caotun, Nantou · Private museum in the hills
Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art
A private art museum in Pinglin, Caotun. Admission is free by reservation. Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–17:00, Thursday until 15:00; closed Mondays and national holidays.
Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art
The museum building. Image: Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art.
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The building is the reason to come: light-cut windows, a corridor that blurs inside and out, and the sound of the hills.
The museum sits in Pinglin, Caotun, not far from the Jiujiu Peak forest trail: board-marked concrete and glass, galleries at a scale you can finish without hurrying. For ten years it has built its programme around figurative art while living alongside the farmland and houses around it.
Admission is free, visits are by reservation, and the museum keeps numbers deliberately low. That makes for a quiet visit, but it also means you cannot simply drive up. Thursdays close early at 15:00, and Mondays and national holidays are closed. Wheelchairs, accessible routes, and lifts are available.
Get there
Public transport
About 28 minutes by car from Taichung HSR; the museum has car and coach parking. By bus: take 6670 from Taichung HSR to Pinglin; the museum estimates a 20-minute walk from there. The bus serving the museum entrance does not run at weekends or on national holidays.
Sources
- Yu-Hsiu Museum visitor information ↗ — Free admission, booking, hours, wheelchair access, lifts, parking, and the route from Taichung HSR
- Yu-Hsiu Museum visit booking ↗ — Reservation page for free admission