[Family Travel]Free Admission!Fuchun 15 New Taipei City Animation Story Museum

With summer coming, keeping the kids cooped up at home all the time isn’t an option~ After visiting my second mother at the postpartum care center, we decided to go on a family trip, taking the brother and sister on a walk to the ‘Fuchun 15 New Taipei City Animation Story Museum.’ It’s super close to our home, but it was actually our first time going there~ Tongtong has been there 3 or 4 times for school field trips, and when we arrived at the entrance, she excitedly said: Let me lead the way!
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During our visit, floors 3 to 5 of Fuchun 15 Animation Story Museum were exhibiting the special showcase “Animating Hearts – From 2D to 3D.” On the 5th floor, the “Animate Pop-Up Book Theater” transformed the classic literary work The Little Prince into virtual animation. We unanimously decided to start from the top and work our way down, so we took the elevator straight up to the fifth floor. As soon as we got there, the warm and friendly staff asked if we wanted to do a challenge? As a mom, you just can’t say no to the word “challenge,” so without hesitation, I immediately replied: Yes, we do!

The fifth floor featured the Little Prince pop-up book theater with lots of 3D paper sculptures, and the challenge activity was also themed around the exhibition, requiring us to fold origami related to The Little Prince—like the little fox, the snake, the rose... It was really fun~

Both of them chose the fox, just with different levels of difficulty~

But this Little Prince looks a bit different

The 4th floor had an exhibition for Cat Mission, an animated film produced in Taiwan, set to be released this summer. All you had to do to pass this floor was check in on Facebook—easy enough, right? The staff said they’d never seen anyone check in so fast... uh... I guess that’s a compliment!? (Mom’s got skills!)

*There were also photo opportunities with characters inside the exhibition, which would then be directly uploaded to their Facebook page—super tech-savvy indeed~

You can also have battles with the characters inside (use cards to select characters and actions),

The two of them also watched the trailer and were completely engrossed!

Next, they went to the third floor. Tong said, "This is Ah Gui from when you were a kid~ I know Ah Gui, but was it from when I was a kid? I need to think about that~" The challenge activity for this section was to guess whether an animated show was 2D or 3D... I really couldn’t tell, but unexpectedly, Tong got it right right away. (Tong~ can you teach me?) Ah Gui was really popular back then. This was Taiwan’s first domestically produced Flash animation that became a huge hit. I used to love watching it so much. I truly think this exhibition is amazing—it combines three different types and eras of animation, bringing back our youthful memories and also helping Tong and the others understand the various types and differences in animation.
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Tell them both to go stand in the corner by the blackboard as punishment!(There are lots of messages posted on the blackboard.)

They said they wanted to leave a message too.

What did A Bei draw? When I asked him later, he said he forgot too...

Tong drew the teacher.

She drew this really strict teacher.

On the second floor is the Animation Learning Garden, an interactive animation game space designed specifically for children under ten years old. There are many parent-child games, such as Face Swap Sticker, Storyboard Musical Chairs... and more. The challenge here involves a persistence of vision mini-game: after stamping both sides of a card, spinning it quickly makes it feel like a spider is inside its web. You could try it at home too~

There are a lot of games suitable for kids. They had so much fun playing Silly Faces~ (By the way, whenever kids didn’t put things back after playing, the brother and sister duo would always tidy up on their own.)
I guess you could call that a kind of OCD ^^

After completing the challenges, they received a bag of gifts.

Tong came back and assembled it—it’s a carousel!

Outside on the first floor, there were also children’s books on sale (all at 70% off). Tong looked for a long time, and the owner gave her a blank magazine book.

In addition to the convenient location and friendly staff at Fuchu Animation Museum, there’s a different exhibition theme each time~ And the challenge activity is always available—summer is the best time to enjoy the cool air (no pun intended), and it’s perfect for families to take kids to complete challenges and win prizes. Be sure to stop by when you have time!

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