A Fire Safety Museum in Neihu District
The Taipei Fire Safety Museum teaches kids and parents about fire safety, and best practices in case of a fire, earthquake, typhoon, or other type of emergency. There’s several interactive activities available for kids, such as holding a fire hose spraying water, navigating through a maze filled with smoke, and practicing how to stay safe during a mock-earthquake with shaking floor. All visits to the museum require a tour guide, so phone to make reservations in advance. If you're a small group, the museum will likely add you to another group for your visit. The museum’s website is available in English, and provides information on what’s available to see on each floor. (Also, the fire safety videos they play before each activity are available in English as well!).
Address: No. 376, Section 2, Chenggong Road, Neihu District, Taipei City
Hours: 9AM - 12PM and 2PM - 5PM Tues - Sun (Closed Mondays)
Phone: 02 2791 9786 (Reservation Required!)
Find out more:
Name and Address in Chinese:
名稱: 防災科學教育館
地址: 114台北市內湖區成功路二段376號
Things to do with kids:
Admire the classic fire trucks in the lobby.
Listen to the fire safety introduction in the main lobby, and kids can try on firefighter helmets and jackets.
Go outside to pump water and hold a fire hose shooting water.
Make your way through a maze filled with smoke by following exit signs.
Put on a padded hood and sit under a table as the floor shakes in the earthquake experience area.
Look around at all the fire and safety related exhibits.
Play in the children's education room on the first floor, which includes a couple of giant puzzles and two rideable play firetrucks. (FYI - as of March 2018, the children's education room is temporarily closed as the play firetrucks are broken)
Teenagers and adults can experience a typhoon room and the moving stairs on the outside of the building!
