Yilan Literary Museum occupies Japanese-style wooden buildings that once served the old agricultural school. Even if the exhibitions are hard to follow without Chinese, the setting is worth your time: low timber rooms, garden edges, and a slower atmosphere than the traffic outside.
Treat it as part of a small cultural cluster rather than a single must-see. The museum sits close to the art museum, distillery, and administrative memorial hall, making it easy to build a half-day walk through Yilan's older civic core.