Cijin Shell Museum

The Cijin Shell Museum is located on the second floor of the Cijin Seaside Park Tourist Center at Cijin 3rd Road, Cijin District, Kaohsiung City. The Cijin Shell Museum has one of the best shell collections in all of Taiwan, displaying more than 2,000 kinds of shells, approximately 200 crab specimens, and the 5 kings of shells. These were all generously donated to the Kaohsiung City Government by the famous shell collector Mr. Ge-liang Huang, allowing the public to see this impressive shell collection. The treasure of the museum is the world's largest "bivalve," and other rare shellfish such as the nautilus, white jade shell, tiger spot shell, Rumphius’ slit shell. These are all beautiful and precious shells that are part of the collection.

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基本資訊

地點: No. 887, Qijin 3rd Road, Qijin District, Kaohsiung City
拍攝日期: 2013-05-09
GPS定位: 22.601214,120.274238

如何前往

[By Car]
Take the Sun Yat-sen Freeway (National Highway No. 1): exit at the Terminal Interchange → go onto Yugang North Road → Turn left onto Xinsheng Road → There will be signs directing you towards Guogang Tunnel → After arriving at Cijin, you’ll see directions for the Coastal Park after going straight.

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景點介紹

There are about 2,000 kinds of shells in the Cijin Shell Museum, with the most valuable being the nautilus of the Cypraeidae family, which is one of the “5 Kings of Shells” and also known as "Nature’s Submarine." There are currently about 4 to 5 specimens in the world, and the Cijin Shell Museum has three of those species. The “bivalve,” which is said to be gigantic, is found in the Southern Pacific Ocean, the Philippines, and Australia. The museum houses one of these impressively sized and heavy shells, as the museum’s bivalve weighs more than 70 kgs. In addition to displaying shell, the Kaohsiung Cijin Shell Museum also has a crab exhibit with more than 200 crab specimens on display, so that people can learn more about marine ecology when they visit the Kaohsiung Cijin Shell Museum.