A Study of Eco-museums–By the Example of the Museum of Gold

[[abstract]]“Gold Ecological Park” is the first ecological museum in Taiwan, as a newly historical site in Taiwan, and also as a paradigm of native culture. It has great meaning to the era, from retrieving the historical records and development to cultural identity of Taiwan. There are many complicated position thoughts existing in the development of Gold Ecological Park. In this research, we want to discuss the details from the practice to the subsequent development. The priority is to list all of the relative problems then analyze & describe them. We analyze the contexts of display via the literature review approach and field survey. At the same time, by using quantity and qualitative approach analyze the result of in-depth interview and questionnaire to introduce the fruitage of Gold Ecological Park. In the event, presents some advices about interaction with the resident, education, industry, traffic, displays of museum, and the future development. Nowadays the display of hardware for the “Gold Ecological Park” is almost perfect, but the software is insufficient. According to the questionnaire we can find that the visitor comprehension is poor, by the way the traffic is still inconvenience. This research utilizes “SWOT analysis” to analyze the present status of Gold Ecological Park, then utilizes “TOWS matrix” to present some suggestions. Short term suggestions: 1. Solve the traffic problem 2. Increase the docent 3. Contribute to the local social. Mid-long term suggestions: 1. Change the top-down and inside-out policy to bottom-up and outside-in policy. 2. Combine the school education to train the residences for Gold Ecological Park stuff. 3. Combine the compulsory education to promote the objects and characters. 4. Develop new scenic spots to diversity the exhibition in Gold Ecological Park. However, no matter in the short term policies or mid-long term policies must consider the influence on the entire environment, and the impact on local cultural and regional characters.