A sunny Saturday afternoon in September and what better place to go than Ju Ming Sculpture Park, officially known as Ju Ming Museum and only 20 km from here round the northern coast, with stunning views over the sea and mountains.   This was the main entrance today…

My first visit there was in November 2016 (see my blog post here) ~ and I was very impressed.  It houses all the incredible art work of Ju Ming 朱銘, the world famous Taiwanese sculptor, born in Miaoli, Taiwan in 1938.

The park is big – and on a sunny day, it’s a bit hot out there. But definitely worth seeing and wandering around and looking at the far distant views!

Ju Ming’s sculptures come in different ‘series’, on different themes.  This time I’ve only taken photos of sculptures I particularly like, so the armed forces theme is a bit under-represented.  But there’s soldiers and sailors and air force figures all over the place, here’s some….

And then there’s the Taichi series, which are huge and mostly black and mostly beautiful!

And then there’s the Living World series which are of all colours, all styles, all materials, all fun, and all over the place ~ I love ’em!  Every seat around the park has a figure sitting on it, every corner has a sculpture, it’s great!

Some of the Living World series are inside, this is a huge mural on the wall….

and these lovely lines of ladies….

and sunbathing metal figures – with others trying to stay awake in a meeting!

And outside there’s an amazing tree called a ‘Common Screw Pine’ with huge fruits…

And a few other sculptures which are nice but I’m not sure what series they belong to!  This one is a horse up above the trees…

Ju Ming Museum is one of those must-see places, it’s a great afternoon’s outing. And one last view of the main entrance as I was leaving, these sculptures look like what everyone feels like after a day at a museum ha ha!

Ah, I love it!