Get to know Annan District
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- Administrative area
- District · 區
- Part of
- Tainan City
- Chinese name
- 安南區
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 107.00 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
An exhibition across the centuries
Its permanent exhibition, Our Land, Our People: The Story of Taiwan (斯土斯民：臺灣的故事), has seven chronological sections extending from prehistory to the present. Subjects include early arrivals, maritime trade, communities living between mountains and sea, Japanese rule, and the path towards democracy.
History in the architecture
The pool before the museum symbolises migration across the sea. A photovoltaic Cloud Wall (光電雲牆) combines 1,350 solar panels and 405 screen-printed glass panels to spell out the museum’s English name while supplying electricity. The exhibition building draws on red-brick courtyard houses and Indigenous stilt-building columns. Outside, a large stainless-steel kinetic installation shaped like oars evokes collective rowing and the movement of waves.
Sources for this guide
國立臺灣歷史博物館-常設展簡介 · National Museum of Taiwan History
國立臺灣歷史博物館-臺灣歷史公園 · National Museum of Taiwan History
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.
Explore Annan District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Annan District
Lakeside library at the National Museum of Taiwan History · 国立台湾历史博物馆湖畔图书馆 Source-recorded photograph date: 2023-06-23 10:38:46.National Museum of Taiwan History台湾历史博物馆
The National Museum of Taiwan History stands in Annan District, Tainan, in a landscape once connected with the Taijiang inland sea.
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Waterway at Sicao Green Tunnel in Tainan · 台南四草绿色隧道水道 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 17 December 2015.Sicao Green Tunnel四草绿色隧道
Sicao Green Tunnel is a mangrove-lined waterway behind Sicao Dazhong Temple in Tainan's Annan District.
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Getting there
Annan District is about 6 km in a straight line from central Tainan City. Search for 安南區 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
Where to stay →Build your route
National Museum of Taiwan History and Sicao Green Tunnel are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
Continue with Tainan City →More in Tainan City
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Photo: National Museum of Taiwan History · Pbdragonwang · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full-frame source proportionally resized and converted to WebP for display. No subject alteration. Source-supplied marks and edits remain; cards may crop the view.
Photo: Sicao Green Tunnel · lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0. Full-frame source proportionally resized and converted to WebP for display. No subject alteration. Source-supplied marks and edits remain; cards may crop the view.
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