Museum Week
May 20th through 26th is Museum calendar week inwards Seoul. Many museums inwards Korea offering unloose admission. During this week, however, museums that unremarkably accuse an entrance fee (and are participating inwards the program) are unloose for the full general public. In add-on to unloose admission, each museum has a “mission.” Computers are laid upward at each location. If you lot register alongside your email address together with a password you lot tin shipping away reply a inquiry or “complete a mission” at each museum. The questions are based on exhibits inwards each museum. Once you lot stimulate got completed the mission past times answering the inquiry correctly you lot tin shipping away stimulate got your motion-picture exhibit together with directly have a printed re-create of the epitome equally a souvenir. In add-on to this, each museum is offering a souvenir if you lot exhibit them your photograph. If you lot take in 5 or to a greater extent than museums, together with correctly consummate 5 missions you lot are entered to win the week's grand price- your ain photograph printer. ( The challenger is exclusively inwards Korea)
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| Paper toy souvenir |
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| Computer alongside "Mission" together with photograph printer |
Tteok Museum
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| Traditional Korean Wedding |
I met a novel friend together with several travelers to savour a hateful solar daytime of museum hopping together. Our grouping was made upward of a Korean, American (me), a duo from Amsterdam together with a guy from Ukraine, currently residing inwards Belfast. Once again, a real international group. The bulk of the museums that nosotros would focus on for the hateful solar daytime were located inwards Jongno-gu. Most museums inwards Seoul opened upward at 10:00 a.m. together with stay opened upward until 5 or
6:00 p.m. Tto laid about our day, we met at 9:00 a.m. together with enjoyed a loving cup of tea close our showtime museum.
6:00 p.m. Tto laid about our day, we met at 9:00 a.m. together with enjoyed a loving cup of tea close our showtime museum.
Our showtime museum was the Tteok Museum run past times the flora of Korean food. The museum has over l kinds of rice cakes, from 8 provinces of Korea, on display. In add-on to this, in that location are displays of traditional Korea showtime birthday political party celebrations, regal dining house settings together with traditional Korean weddings. The museum consists of 2 floors.
Address: 164-2, Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul Korea.
Subway: Jongno 3-ga Station Exit No. 6.
Tel. 82-2-741-5447 www.tkmuseum.or.kr
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| First Birthday Celebration- Child is assail tabular array together with must select an item to determine his future |
Mok inwards Museum
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| Mok inwards Museum Facade |
From hither nosotros walked the principal pedestrian street of Insadong (a neighborhood of Jongno-gu) to our adjacent museum. Insadong-gil is a groovy surface area to wander around. There are groovy shops alongside souvenirs, fine art galleries, Korean pottery, antiques, restaurants together with java shops. The principal street is partially a pedestrian street from 9:00am- 6:00pm. At nighttime in that location is a multifariousness of street nutrient carts together with you lot tin shipping away oftentimes times stumble upon street performers.
The museum nosotros visited inwards Insa-dong was the Mok inwards museum. This museum is comprised of traditional Chinese together with Korean funeral statues. There are over 2,000 on display. Currently on display is the Chinese wooden human statue exhibit entitled “I pray, I pray.” The museum offers unloose drinks such equally dark-green tea together with java together with has a beautiful roof deck to savour them on.
Address: 20, 11gil, Insa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Subway: Line 1 Jonggak Station, Exit 3-1; Line iii Anguk Station, Exit 6
Tel. 02-722-5066 www.mokinmuseum.com
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| Mok inwards Roof Patio |
Buckon Museum
Following the Mok inwards museum nosotros continued walking downwardly the principal street of Insa-dong until nosotros made our agency to Bukchon. The district houses Bukchon Hanok Village, which is made upward of many alleys comprised of traditional hanok houses. This surface area showcases what a 600-year-old urban surround looked similar during the Joseon Dynasty. The hamlet soundless is dwelling describe solid to many residents together with is also comprised of teahouses, hanok restaurants, museums together with invitee houses.
The museum nosotros visited inwards Bukchon was called the “Bukchon Museum.” Here nosotros got to larn inwards a traditional hanok dwelling describe solid where over 120 antiques used inwards the Bukchon surface area together with xx relics are on display. Currently in that location is a particular exhibition for children called “Let’s play fun, honey society.” Note: You must take your shoes prior to entering the museum.
Address: 35-177, Samcheong-dong, Jong-gu- Seoul
Subway: Line iii Anguk Station, Exit 1
The. 02-736-3957 www.bomulgun.com
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| Korean Iron |
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| Trying on Traditional hats! |
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| Korean "Pillow" for air ventilation on hot nights |
Gahoe Museum
Our adjacent museum was also inwards a traditional hanok house. Gahoe Minwha Museum is comprised of old folk paintings. Folk paintings are from the Joseon Dynasty. There are 2 rooms comprised of 1,500 artifacts, 250 folk paintings, 750 amulets together with 150 classic books. Classes together with demonstrations are offered hither where you lot tin shipping away stance together with create folk art.
Note: You must take your shoes prior to entering the museum.
Address: 11-103 Gahoe-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Subway: Line iii Anguk Station, Exit 3
Tel. 02-74-0466 www.gahoemuseum.org
After exploring these 4 museums together with some groovy neighborhoods nosotros took a quick intermission for lunch. My friend (and tour guide) showed us a groovy traditional Korean eating topographic point to swallow at for lunch. There was exclusively 1 matter offered on the menu, which was noodle soup alongside clams, mussels together with shrimp served alongside kimchi along side. You could select betwixt immature together with old kimchi. I preferred the younger kimchi. The luncheon cost roughly $4.50 together with you lot could stimulate got equally many helpings equally you lot would like. One huge bowl was to a greater extent than together with then plenty for me. You entered the eating topographic point past times walking straight through the kitchen together with sat downwardly inwards a real modest environment. From my topographic point I could lookout 2 women cutting huge cabbages for kimchi together with several men preparing dough together with using a noodle maker to ready noodles for the soup fresh, from scratch. I enjoyed the eating topographic point together with left feeling satisfied together with stuffed!
After luncheon nosotros walked off our repast together with made agency for the National Folk Museum of Korea. I had visited this museum previously when nosotros were at Gyenbukgun Palace. We walked right past times the palace, where nosotros were able to witness the changing of the guard ceremony that was taking place.
Traditional Folk Museum of Korea
The national Folk Musem of Korea is a beautiful museum housed inwards a modern structure. Outside you lot tin shipping away stance traditional hanok describe solid replicas together with many traditional statues. Inside in that location is a large multifariousness of exhibitions that exhibit insight into Korean history. Many of the exhibits are exclusively offered inwards Korean exactly you lot tin shipping away rent an good guide inwards English, Japanese together with Chinese at the entrance for $1.00.
Address: 37, Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Subway: Line iii Gyeongbokgung Palace station, go out #5; Anguk station go out #1
Tel. 82-2-3704-3114 www.nfm.go.kr
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| Outside of the Folk Museum |
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| Kimchi |
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Korean High fashion exhibitionLock Museum |
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| Facade of the Lock Museum |
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| Ancient Pottery collection at the Lock Museum |
The Lock Museum was my favorite museum of the day. The museum displays a man’s person collection together with consists of over 5,000 beautifully showcased locks. The possessor of the museum was working during our take in together with gave us a wonderful tour of the facility. Each lock has a description inwards both Korean together with English. Many of the locks incorporate a QR code where you lot tin shipping away access additional data when taking a photograph from a smart telephone or wireless device. The possessor also showed us his person collection consisting of thousands of additional locks together with others he collected, that are inwards storage, to last placed on display inwards time to come exhibitions.
Address: 187-8, Dongsung-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Subway: Line 4 Hyehwa Station, Exit 12
Tel. 02-766-6494 www.lockmuseum.org
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| Inside of the Museum |
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| My favorite-the turtle together with beast shaped locks |
If you lot discovery yourself inwards Seoul together with stimulate got a item involvement I definitely encourage taking wages of 1 of the many various museums that are offered throughout the city. The civilization together with history museums are a groovy agency to larn introduced to Korea!
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At 7:00 p.m., after a long hateful solar daytime of exploration together with absorbing lots of groovy information, we sat downwardly for our instant repast of the hateful solar daytime together together with enjoyed some Korean beers together with bbq (which is speedily becoming 1 of my favorite things nigh Korea.) All inwards all it was a groovy hateful solar daytime total of interesting museums, practiced nutrient together with groovy company!