郭元益糕餅博物館 | |
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| Established | 2001 |
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| Location | Shilin,Taipei Yangmei,Taoyuan City,Taiwan |
| Type | museum |
| Website | Official website (in Chinese) |
TheKuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry (simplified Chinese:郭元益糕饼博物馆;traditional Chinese:郭元益糕餅博物館;pinyin:Guōyuányì Gāobǐng Bówùguǎn) is apastry culture and making museum inTaiwan.
The museum has two branches in Taiwan, one inShilin District,Taipei and another inYangmei District,Taoyuan City.[1]
In 1708, an ancestor ofKuo Yuan Ye moved fromZhangzhou toTaiwan within the Fujian Province during theQing Dynasty and started the family bakery business.[citation needed] To preserve the brand asset, the family opened a bakery museum at the 4th and 5th floor of the headquarters buildings inYangmei District as Taiwan's first bakery museum in 2001.[2][3][4] In 2002, the Shilin branch of the bakery museum was founded.[5]
The museum is accessible within walking distance north fromShilin Station of theTaipei Metro for the Shilin branch, and northwest fromPuxin Station of theTaiwan Railway for the Yangmei branch.[citation needed]
(in Chinese)