Taxi Museum

The TAXI Museum (traditional Chinese: 博物館; simplified Chinese: 計程车博物馆; pinyin: Jì chéng chē bówùguǎn) is an automobile museum of taxis in Su'ao, Yilan County, Taiwan.[2] The museum was established in 2019, and it displays several taxis and more than 2,000 taxi-related exhibits. The TAXI Museum is the first museum displays taxis in the world.[1]

TAXI Museum
計程車博物館
Established9 July 2019
LocationSu'ao, Yilan County, Taiwan
Coordinates24.605412°N 121.831144°E / 24.605412; 121.831144
TypeAutomobile museum
DirectorLee Chi-Cheng[1]
Websitehttp://taximuseum.com/

History

Lee Chi-Cheng (Chinese:李濟成; pinyin: Lǐ jì chéng), director of the TAXI Museum, began to collect various taxi-related items after bought a toy taxi which the plate number is "NYC-1009" in New York City in 2000.[1][3][4]

Collections

NYC Taxi toy

The first collection Lee Chi-Cheng bought when he was traveling in New York City in 2000. The plate number "NYC-1009" is same as his birthday: 9 October.

Taxis

The taxi which clipped by TransAsia Airways Flight 235

A Volkswagen CADDY MAXI taxi which clipped by TransAsia Airways Flight 235 at Huandong Viaduct before the plane crashed into the Keelung River. The taxi protected the driver's and the passenger's lives after it was hit by the plane.[6]

Other collections

References
  1. Ju-feng, Shen (20 July 2019). Ming-kun, Chang (ed.). "宜蘭計程車博物館 車迷朝聖景點" [Yilan Taxi Museum, a pilgrimage attraction for car fans] (in Traditional Chinese). Yilan: Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. Hetherington, William (26 July 2019). "Taxi enthusiast opens museum to share his collection". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. Han-yen, Lin (9 July 2019). "全台首家汽車主題文物館 Taxi Museum 計程車博物館正式於宜蘭開幕" [The first car-themed museum in Taiwan, the Taxi Museum, officially opened in Yilan]. 7car.tw Xiaoqiche Viewpoint (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  4. Huang, Aries (12 October 2020). "全球唯一 品味經典計程車歷史和風華 TAXI Museum計程車博物館" [The world's only taste of the history and elegance of classic taxis TAXI Museum Taxi Museum] (in Traditional Chinese). United News Network. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. "36歲「小藍」計程車 東港載客趴趴走 ｜ 自由時報 ｜ 自由時報". 自由時報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 5 September 2016.
  6. "全球唯一計程車博物館 藏復興空難被撞小黃 李濟成 熱血擲6000萬 只為讓台灣更美好" [The only taxi museum in the world, the little Huang who was hit by Fuxing Air Crash, Li Jicheng threw 60 million blood just to make Taiwan a better place]. Apple News Network (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022.
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