The National Palace Museum of Korea opened in 1992 displaying relics from the Joseon Dynasty [1392~1910]. Over 20,000 royal relics from Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace, Changgyeonggung Palace and Jongmyo Shrine are on display. 1. Royal Symbols and Records The Joseon Dynasty attained Confucian ideals, and therefore, the king and his Read more [...]
Seoul Education Museum ( 서울교육박물관 )
Seoul Education Museum, located in Bukchon Hanok Village, is a museum dedicated to the history of education from three kingdom era to nowadays of Korea. You can find all kinds of relics that are related to the education of Korea in this museum. It has about 13,540 of items and Read more [...]
Simone Handbag Museum ( 시몬느 핸드백 박물관 )
The Simone Handbag Museum in Seoul, South Korea, is a museum dedicated to handbags. 300 bags are on display at the museum, dating from 1550 to the present day.
Seoul City Wall Museum (한양도성박물관)
Built in 1396, Seoul City Wall has protected Seoul for 600 years. Even though some parts were demolished through modernization, it has kept its original form well to be designated as a valuable Cultural Asset. Located inside Dongdaemun City Wall Park, Seoul City Wall Museum exhibits historical artifacts relating to Read more [...]
War & Women’s Human Rights Museum ( 전쟁과여성인권박물관 )
The War and Women’s Human Rights Museum is an open space to remember ‘Comfort Women’s history, to educate people, and to tackle the Japanese military sexual slavery issue. It is also an active museum that attempts to make the world a place without war and violence against women by collaborating in Read more [...]
Korea Furniture Museum ( 한국가구박물관 )
Korea Furniture Museum is an architecture and traditional furniture museum which is located in Seongbuk-dong. This museum was built as a personal project of a former Yonsei University professor, Chyung Mi-sook who amassed 2000 pieces of Joseon Dynasty furniture over the past five decades. She wanted to create a beautiful Read more [...]
Seoul City Hall Citizens’ Hall ( 서울 시청 시민청 )
If you head down to CIty Hall’s basement, you will find Citizens’ Hall which is located on the first and second basement level of the Seoul City Hall. The Citizens’ Hall was built for the people as a space dedicated to listening to the voices of the people with Speakers Corner Read more [...]
National Museum of Korean Contemporary History (대한민국역사박물관)
The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History is Korea’s first museum recording the nation’s comprehensive history from the late nineteenth century to current time. It opened on December 26, 2012 and was established to share the nation’s history of going through all kinds of hardships and troubles by showing them Read more [...]
Grevin Seoul Museum ( 서울 그레뱅 뮤지엄 )
France’s famous beeswax museum, the Musee Grevin, opens its new 4th venue in Seoul, South Korea’s capital, after its opening in Paris, Montreal and Prague. The first Asian subsidiary in Seoul is adding a slew of South Korean hallyu celebrities like Psy, G Dragon as well as figure skating star Kim Yuna. Over Read more [...]