For some relics with tremendous historical significance, it is important to preserve their original appearance or to use them as a museum, such as Taipei's Presidential Palace, Fort Santo Domingo in Tanshui, the early Qing-dynasty British consulate in Takou, Kaohsiung City, the Wute Palace in Nantou, or Tainan's Julius Mannich & Co. (an old German trading company).
有些古蹟，由於本身歷史意義重大，只適宜保持原貌，或做博物館功能使用，例如台北的總統府、淡水紅毛城，或高雄的前清打狗英國領事館、南投武德殿、台南德商東興洋行等。