Republic of China Armed Forces Museum

Museum in Zhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan

25°02′23″N 121°30′29″E / 25.0396°N 121.5081°E / 25.0396; 121.5081TypeMilitary museum

The Republic of China Armed Forces Museum (AFM; Chinese: 國軍歷史文物館; pinyin: Guójūn Lìshǐ Wénwùguǎn) was a museum located on Guiyang Street in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It opened on 31 October 1961, under the administration of the Republic of China Ministry of National Defense Department of History and Translation Office. The Museum encompassed 3 floors, and served to preserve and present the heritage and history of the ROC military to the general public.

The museum closed permanently on 30 December 2021, to be replaced by the upcoming National Military Museum.^[1]

Permanent Exhibits

From the Whampoa Army to the Northern Army
Early Gruelling years in the War of Resistance – Features captured Japanese Military equipment including swords used during the Nanjing Massacre's hundred man killing contest
Counter Insurgency and Battle of the Taiwan Strait
Modernization of the Military
Weapons Collection Room^[2]

Past exhibits

Army Special Operations Aviation Exhibition (2005)
Japanese Prisoner of War Camps in Taiwan (2005)
Military Police Special Exhibition (2006)
Joint logistics exhibition – Armor Vehicles (2007)
ROC Reserve Command (2008)
50th Anniversary of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis Exhibition (2008)
ROC Airforce in the New Century – Forward Looking Vision (2009)
60th Anniversary of the Battle of Guningtou (2009)
The Great Wall at Sea – Naval Command Exhibition (2010)
Black Cat Squadron Exhibition (2010)
CBRN Defense / Chemical Warfare Corps Exhibition (2012)
90th Anniversary of Whampoa Military Academy Exhibition (2014)
Thunder Tiger Aerobatic Team Exhibition (2014)
Fidelity of Military Police^[3] (2018)

Incidents

In 1999, Chang Fu-chen, a Taiwanese schoolgirl, was raped and murdered at the Armed Forces Museum. Taipei Police found the girl's body dumped in a suburban Taipei park following the confession of Kuo Ching-ho, a military guard at the museum who was serving his compulsory two-year military service.^[4]^[5]

Transportation

The museum was accessible within walking distance South from Ximen Station of the Taipei Metro.

References

^ "中華民國國防部-全球資訊網-公告專區: 國軍歷史文物館閉館公告". Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ "ARMED FORCES MUSEUM >>Usual Exhibitions". Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
^ "Taiwan's military police history exhibition held in Taipei". Taiwan News. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "Sun Journal - Google News Archive Search".
^ "Military court exonerates Chiang Kuo-ching - Taipei Times". 14 September 2011.