Beitou Hot Spring Museum

Beitou Hot Spring Museum

The Beitou Hot Spring Museum is a historical preservation museum located in Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan. It was originally a public hot spring bathhouse, hence also known as the Beitou Public Bath. It was first built on June 17, 1913, covering an area of about 700 pyeong, and is a two-story brick building designed in the British style—making it the largest public hot spring bathhouse of its time. After 1945, when the Nationalist government took over Taiwan, the bathhouse was briefly repurposed as a community service center and swimming pool before falling into disuse and being left abandoned. It wasn’t until after 1995 that the building’s cultural value was recognized. Following various hurdles, it was eventually designated as a third-grade historic site, and the museum was subsequently established.

The Beitou Hot Spring Museum features exhibition areas on both the first and second floors, divided into seven major sections including the principles of hot springs, Beitou stones, and volcanoes, which detail the development history of Beitou’s hot springs. Currently, the museum enforces a visitor limit, with no more than one hundred people allowed inside at any given time, and visitors are required to change into slippers upon entry. Additionally, the outdoor lawn of the museum is beautifully landscaped and elegantly presented, often serving as a popular photo spot for couples taking pre-wedding photos.

Beitou Museum

Must-visit reason: The most important museum on the history of Beitou’s hot springs