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포항시
Next to POSCO's headquarters in Nam-gu, Pohang, Park1538 is a corporate history park that tells the story of the steelmaker and of the city that grew up around it. The 1538 in the name is the melting point of iron, 1,538 °C. At its heart i…
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서울특별시
At the end of a lane in Seongbuk-dong, a white two-storey building shows through the trees. This is where the Kansong Art Museum began, the first private museum in Korea. At a time when Korean heritage was being shipped abroad under Japane…
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거제시
During the Korean War up to 173,000 prisoners were held on Geoje Island, more people than the island's own population, behind barbed wire. Prisoners even kidnapped the camp commandant. The Historic Park of Geoje POW Camp uses the remains a…
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용인시
Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, in Sanggal-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin, tells the story of Gyeonggi Province from prehistory to the modern era under one roof. Its strength is donated material from the province's old clans, such as portraits of Jo…
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강진군
Set in Sadang-ri, Daegu-myeon in Gangjin County, this museum stands on the very ground where Goryeo potters fired their celadon. 188 kiln sites have been identified in the area, and the museum holds the results of their excavation along wi…
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광주
The Gwangju History and Folk Museum in Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, brings together the everyday life of the Jeolla region and the modern history of Gwangju in a single city-run museum. The ground floor follows the homes, farming, fishing, marke…
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경주시
If you want to understand Silla before visiting Gyeongju's tombs and temple sites, start here. Gyeongju National Museum holds the largest collection of artefacts from Silla (57 BC–AD 935), a kingdom that lasted almost a thousand years with…
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서울특별시
If a walk through Gyeongbokgung leaves you wondering what the kings actually used, the answer is in the building next door. The National Palace Museum of Korea gathers the treasures of the Joseon royal court and the Korean Empire. It stand…
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공주시
This is where the treasures of the Tomb of King Muryeong ended up after workers digging a drainage channel stumbled on it in 1971. It is the only royal tomb of the Three Kingdoms period whose occupant is known for certain, and the museum s…
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과천시
Next to Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon stands a large national science museum. When it opened in 2008, its 19,127 m² of exhibition space was reported to be three times that of the National Science Museum in Daejeon, and between the dinosaur…
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광주
In 1975 a fisherman's net off Jeungdo Island in Sinan, South Jeolla, brought up a piece of Chinese porcelain. Underwater excavations began the following year and revealed a large trading ship that sank in 1323, along with tens of thousands…
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김해시
Built of black brick, Gimhae National Museum looks from a distance like a huge block of iron. The dark walls, evoking iron ore and charcoal, are a nod to Gaya, the confederacy known as "the kingdom of iron". The museum opened on 29 July 19…
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나주시
Across the fields of Bannam-myeon in Naju rise great burial mounds of the rulers who held this land during the Three Kingdoms period. Naju National Museum stands close to these Bannam tomb clusters, and it is the place to see the huge jar-…
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대구
Daegu National Museum tells the story of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province from the Old Stone Age to the Joseon dynasty through objects found in the region. You can see Silla and Gaya metalwork, early Buddhist sculpture from northern Gye…
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서울특별시
The National Folk Museum of Korea stands in the north-east corner of the Gyeongbokgung Palace grounds, on Samcheong-ro in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Instead of royal treasures it shows the everyday objects and customs of ordinary Koreans, so in one…
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부여군
Buyeo, ancient Sabi, was the last capital of the Baekje kingdom, and its national museum gathers the heritage of Sabi-period Baekje and the prehistory of western South Chungcheong. It is home to the Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje, co…
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광주
In the middle of downtown Gwangju, on the site of the former South Jeolla Provincial Office where the May 1980 uprising played out, stands a vast cultural complex. The Asia Culture Center (ACC) puts most of its facilities underground under…
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인천광역시
Opened in December 2024 on the eastern shore of Wolmido, the Incheon National Maritime Museum is the first maritime cultural facility in the Seoul capital area. Three permanent galleries cover seaborne exchange from prehistory to today, po…
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전주시
In Jeonju, ancestral home of the Joseon royal family, Jeonju National Museum tells the story of North Jeolla from prehistory to modern times. It opened on 26 October 1990 and displays around 2,000 of its 40,000-odd objects. Many come with…
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제주시
Jeju was once home to its own kingdom, Tamna. Jeju National Museum is an archaeology and history museum built around the story of this island state, covering Jeju's history and culture from prehistory to the Joseon period. Opened on 15 Jun…
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대전광역시
In Daejeon, the science city that grew up around the Daedeok research district, one of the biggest draws is the National Science Museum. Dinosaur skeletons, an engine from Korea's Nuri rocket and the history of Korean science share one lar…
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서울특별시
The National Museum of Korea is the country's flagship museum of history and art, covering everything from prehistory to the Korean Empire under one roof. Its collection runs to more than 310,000 objects, with about 15,000 on display at an…
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청주시
Cheongju National Museum is worth a look for its building alone. It was designed by Kim Swoo-geun, the architect who shaped modern Korean architecture, and opened on 30 October 1987, its galleries stepping down a wooded valley on the easte…
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춘천시
Step into the darkened gallery and hundreds of small stone faces look back at you. Smiling, sleepy or tilting their heads, these arhat figures are what made Chuncheon National Museum famous across Korea. Opened on 30 October 2002, the muse…