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Taipei Astronomical Museum

The Taipei Astronomical Museum (traditional Chinese: 臺北市立天文科學教育館; simplified Chinese: 台北市立天文科学教育馆; pinyin: Táiběishìlì Tiānwén Kēxué Jiàoyùguǎn) is a museum in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan.

The museum took over the responsibilities of the Taipei City Observatory. The dome at the museum consists of geometrically identical pieces.

The museum was opened on 7 November 1996.

The museum includes the following exhibition areas:[citation needed]

The museum also has a domed theater.

The museum is accessible within walking distance northwest from Shilin Station of Taipei Metro.

Asteroid 300300 TAM, discovered by astronomers Hung-Chin Lin and Ye Quan-Zhi in 2007, was named for the Taipei Astronomical Museum. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 January 2020 (M.P.C. 120069).

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