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(Top) 1 History 2 Collections 2.1 NYC Taxi toy 2.2 Taxis 2.3 The taxi which clipped by TransAsia Airways Flight 235 2.4 Other collections 3 References 4 External links

Taxi Museum

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TAXI Museum
計程車博物館

Established	9 July 2019
Location	Su'ao, Yilan County, Taiwan
Coordinates	24°36′19″N 121°49′52″E / 24.605412°N 121.831144°E / 24.605412; 121.831144
Type	Automobile museum
Director	Lee Chi-Cheng^[1]
Website	http://taximuseum.com/

The TAXI Museum (traditional Chinese: 博物館; simplified Chinese: 計程车博物馆; pinyin: Jì chéng chē bówùguǎn) is an automobile museum of taxisinSu'ao, Yilan County, Taiwan.^[2] The museum was established in 2019, and it displays several taxis and more than 2,000 taxi-related exhibits. The TAXI Museum is the first museum displays taxis in the world.^[1]

History[edit]

Lee Chi-Cheng (Chinese:李濟成; pinyin: Lǐ jì chéng), director of the TAXI Museum, began to collect various taxi-related items after bought a toy taxi which the plate number is "NYC-1009" in New York City in 2000.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Collections[edit]

NYC Taxi toy[edit]

The first collection Lee Chi-Cheng bought when he was traveling in New York City in 2000. The plate number "NYC-1009" is same as his birthday: 9 October.

Taxis[edit]

1947 WILLYS JEEP MB GPW

1957 MERCEDES-BENZ W123

1962 Nissan BLUEBIRD P312

1967 Austin FX4

1972 CHECKER MARATHON

1980 裕隆 YUE LOONG 勝利 CEDRIC 803DL^[5]

1983 MERCEDES-BENZ W120

1988 Peugeot 505

1988 裕隆 YUE LOONG 速利 Sunny 303

Peugeot 406inTaxi (Replica)

1996 TOYOTA CROWN CONFORT (Swing roof)

2001 TOYOTA CROWN CONFORT (Red from Metropolitan Area)

2002 TOYOTA CROWN CONFORT (Green from New Territories)

2002 TOYOTA CROWN CONFORT (Blue from Lantau Island)

2002 Nissan CEFIRO A33

2005 TOYOTA CROWN SUPER DELUXE G (Privately owned taxi)

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA ALTIS E140

2014 TOYOTA CROWN CONFORT (Checker Cab Musen Cooperative [ja])

The taxi which clipped by TransAsia Airways Flight 235[edit]

AVolkswagen CADDY MAXI taxi which clipped by TransAsia Airways Flight 235 at Huandong Viaduct before the plane crashed into the Keelung River. The taxi protected the driver's and the passenger's lives after it was hit by the plane.^[6]

Other collections[edit]

Cycle rickshaw from Taiwan and Indonesia
Tuk-Tuk
Taxi displays
Taximeter
A 1920s mechanical Taximeter from India
Model taxis
Any kinds of taxi-related exhibits, like CDs, books, toys, clothes, etc.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Ju-feng, Shen (20 July 2019). Ming-kun, Chang (ed.). "宜蘭計程車博物館車迷朝聖景點" [Yilan Taxi Museum, a pilgrimage attraction for car fans] (in Traditional Chinese). Yilan: Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

^ Hetherington, William (26 July 2019). "Taxi enthusiast opens museum to share his collection". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

^ Han-yen, Lin (9 July 2019). "全台首家汽車主題文物館 Taxi Museum 計程車博物館正式於宜蘭開幕" [The first car-themed museum in Taiwan, the Taxi Museum, officially opened in Yilan]. 7car.tw Xiaoqiche Viewpoint (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

^ Huang, Aries (12 October 2020). "全球唯一品味經典計程車歷史和風華 TAXI Museum計程車博物館" [The world's only taste of the history and elegance of classic taxis TAXI Museum Taxi Museum] (in Traditional Chinese). United News Network. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

^ "36歲「小藍」計程車東港載客趴趴走" [The 36-year-old "Little Blue" taxi takes passengers around in Donggang]. Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 5 September 2016.

^ "全球唯一計程車博物館藏復興空難被撞小黃李濟成熱血擲6000萬只為讓台灣更美好" [The only taxi museum in the world, the little Huang who was hit by Fuxing Air Crash, Li Jicheng threw 60 million blood just to make Taiwan a better place]. Apple News Network (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Chinese)

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