The most famous museums of the time-such as New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of London-were situated in parks, and so the Japanese government chose Taipei's New Park as the site of their museum, following global architectural trends.
由於當時世界知名的博物館都蓋在公園內，例如美國紐約大都會博物館、英國倫敦博物館等，所以日本政府選擇在新公園內興建台博館，建築理念上完全與世界接軌。