Ju won rave reviews for the show, the very first of his career. At a time when the newspapers paid scant attention to the arts, China Times reported on his show five days in a row. The museum extended the show by a month, but the visitors were still flocking in to see Ju's work, so an entire room was set aside and Ju's show ended up running an entire year.
民國六十五年，朱銘的首次個展，各方佳評如潮，在藝文版面稀少的年代，中國時報連續做了五天的報導，而館方在延展一個月之後，順應越來越多的人潮，乾脆另闢專室，進行為期一年的長展。