Free admission to visit historic sites! Kaohsiung City Memory Hall by the Love River

This building located on the banks of the Love River was the "Kaohsiung City Hall" during the Japanese colonial period, and later the Kaohsiung City Government. After the city government moved in 1992, it was transformed into the Kaohsiung Museum of History in 1998, becoming the first history museum operated by a local government in Taiwan, and giving this imperial crown-style building a new life.

It was announced as a city-designated historic site in 2004. The building adopts a Japanese-Western eclectic style. The exterior is based on light green concrete, integrating the central main tower and the symmetrical towers on both sides, the four-cornered spire and the glazed tile roof. It retains the octagonal windows, peach-shaped windows and stone lanterns that are characteristic of the Japanese colonial period. It is an important witness in the city's memory.

🛕 Architectural highlights and historical reincarnation
• Imperial crown-style architecture: Built in 1938, it is represented by the imperial crown-style architecture under Japanese nationalism, integrating Western structures and oriental roofs, and has become one of the few preserved buildings in Kaohsiung.
• From political center to cultural venue: The transformation of the role of the old city government symbolizes that Kaohsiung has moved from "administrative drive" to "cultural orientation", becoming a new base for urban historical narratives

📚 Exhibitions and collections: Kaohsiung Local Story Collection Room
• The museum houses more than 8,000 cultural relics, including local historical materials, folk objects and memories of post-war life, showing the development of Kaohsiung from a fishing village to a modern metropolis .
• Regular exhibitions include local industries, social events and cultural anthropology. In recent years, a special exhibition on "embroidery craftsmanship" has been launched, showing cultural heritage and technological evolution from Qing Dynasty to modern embroidery .
• The Hamashing Taiwan Railway Museum and Kaohsiung Shadow Theater are both under the jurisdiction of the History Museum, connecting a more complete urban cultural experience .

🎓 Education promotion and daily participation
• Outdoor teaching and life performances: Invite schools and communities to cooperate, combine the Love River and the 228 Memorial Park, and become a venue for civic education and historical dialogue ().
• Free visit + audio guide service: Indoors are free, and personal audio guides (NT$80/general, NT$50/senior) are also provided.

🧭 How to play during the journey?
1. Stop during the Love River tour: Walk along the Love River to the front of the museum with green shade and evening breeze;
2. Travel through space and time: First feel the majestic appearance of the imperial crown-style building in the lobby, and then explore the museum history exhibition along the stairs;
3. Turn into the cultural chain of the sub-museum: Enter the Railway Museum or the Shadow Theater according to your interests to experience diverse cultures;
4. End with nearby food: After the visit, you can go to "Pier-2", "Yancheng Snacks" or the Love Riverside Cafe to rest.

The Kaohsiung Museum of History is an urban experience of "architecture + memory + display". As an imperial monument, it witnessed the progress of the Japanese rule, municipal administration, and urban advancement; as a museum, it records the local customs and the pulse of the times, allowing visitors to have a dialogue with Kaohsiung at the moment of free admission.

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