Tainan Judicial Museum
臺南司法博物館（原臺南地方法院）
The former Tainan District Court, completed in 1912, with an ornate Baroque dome and colonnades. It is now the Judicial Museum, and admission is free.
The Judicial Museum is on Fuqian Road in West Central District. It was originally the Tainan District Court, completed in 1912 and designed by Matsuyama Shonosuke. Together with the Presidential Office Building and the Taiwan Museum, it is counted among the three landmark buildings of the Japanese occupation period. The building is in the Baroque style, with a tall domed tower at the entrance and paired Corinthian columns. The hall's ceiling is richly decorated. The museum also preserves the former courtroom, detention cells and lawyers' lounge, which illustrate the development of Taiwan's judicial system. Admission is free. It is closed on Mondays, and scheduled guided tours are available. It is about a 10-minute walk from Confucius Temple and Lin Department Store.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 9:00 am–5:00 pm; closed Mon
Nearby sights
- Hayashi Department Store
- Tainan Confucius Temple
- Blueprint Culture & Creative Park
- Tainan Art Museum
- Museum of Taiwan Literature
- Koxinga Shrine
- Zhengxing Street
- Sacrificial Rites Martial Temple