National Museum of Korea

국립중앙박물관(國立中央博物館, National Museum of Korea)은 대한민국 서울특별시 용산구 서빙고로 137 (용산동6가)에 있는 국립 박물관이다. 1946년에 개관했으며, 문화체육관광부 소속기관으로 국립중앙박물관장은 차관급 정무직공무원으로 보한다.

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    +82 2-2077-9000

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    museum.go.kr

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  • Type

    Museum

Address

용산구 서빙고로 137 Seo bing go dong Seoul Seoul 04383 South Korea

Credit Cards Yes (incl. MasterCard)
Wi-Fi Yes

Comments / 144


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David

Well designed building: a lot of light and open spaces . Comprehensive history of Korea through archeological artefacts. Pottery and traditional painting on upper floors. Free WiFi .

Gregory K.

The building is huge and architecture and space is beautiful.😃 The museum exhibits are ok.🤔 Very old school and traditional. Look and read mostly. Not much interactivity and multimedia. 😔

Nuri Jeon

Archeological museum of Korea. Free admission for the ordinary entrance. It is huge so leave home early if you want to master the museum . They have a nice park for family picnic outside the building.

The Ritz-Carlton

A remarkable venue where viewers see and feel Korean history and culture for themselves. With a wide variety of exhibitions , other facilities and foreign-language information, access is easy for all.

The BS Travelers

Nice museum for free of charge. Why do museums always make you pay extra to see the mummy exhibits of Egypt? Used the museum 's brochure to take note of the best items in each room. Rainy day activity

Kai Gonzales

Huge, beautiful and modern museum . The special exhibit was less than $5 to get in and the rest of the museum is free. The only downside were loud , undisciplined children everywhere!

Suzanne Xu

Plan to spend at least a few hours if you want to explore all three floors, lots of interesting historical pieces including many national treasures.

Rachel Liu

It's hugeeee! Unestimated how much time can spend there as well as the park and a Hanguel museum nearby too. 3rd floor is interesting especially the Korean Buddhas

Elise ❥

Floors are made of wood so if you wear heels, they make loud clip clopping sounds as you walk which might disturb other visitors. And it's REALLY loud , especially when everyone is being silent

Magdalena Mrázková

Beautiful building with impressive interiour as well gardens around. The exhibition is vast and it's free admition entry 👍

Ibrahem

A historical journey of Korea's history. I suggest it be ur first destination to get a historical overview of the whole country . 7/10

John Cho

It is not as boring as it sounds. If you want to see and hear about Korea in more detail, National Museum of Korea would definitely be a perfect choice. By the way, admission to the museum is free.

Cin Dee

Open: Tue, Thu, Fri: 9:00 - 18:00 Wed, Sat: 9:00 - 21:00 Sun&Holidays: 9:00 - 19:00. Closed New Year's Day, Every Monday (When Monday is a holiday, closing on the following day)

Katrin Gryshchenko

Great place. Worth it to visit, but takes at least 4 hours.

Ross

Get a free audio tour with one of the museum robots.

Cin Dee

Get there via the Ichon Station (Seoul Subway Line 4 & Jungang Line ), Exit 2. The subway is connected to the museum via an underpass called 박물관 나들길 or Moving Museum .

Gonzalo Solis

It's free for the general exhibition , plenty to see there to take up your whole day

Inkeol Baek

Lovely place. You can meet pensive Bodhisattava in here

Povilas Vikšraitis

Actually the area around the museum is not fully closed during night time! So I definitely recommend to experience everything in darkness and enjoy romantic atmosphere .

Ted Moran

Awesome for an overview of Korean history in chronological order, from the first men to modern times.

Keith Beck

English language tours meet at the great hall entrance at 10:30 and 14:30. The highlights tour is a fantastic way to see some great pieces with context, without being overwhelmed.

Bianda D.

Must visit museum in Seoul. Very big. Allocate few hours if you want to explore every corner of this museum .

Elise ❥

Free for entry. Lovely museum with so much to learn about. Clear description on the exhibits in English.

Ross

Extensive art and history collection. You can easily spend a whole day here.

Luis Enrique Flores Aceves

Loved the second and third floor of this museum . So big place, you can spend easily a day here.

Pavel Arapov

Nice place to visit to have an understanding of Korean history . Take a tour , there are english tours free

Shelly Zordich

Really great museum , but also giant. You'll want to set aside 2 days to see it all.

Prima Dimalouw

Huge and lots of korean history . If you like history, better visit this museum

Jernej

Huge museum with four floors taking you over Korean and other Asian history. No entrance fee.

Wei Yen Chung

Free admission . Nice place with nice collections that enable you to know more about Korea’s history!

JulienF

Nice architecture , good korean arts collections , free wifi and it's free entrance ! Win win ! ^_^

Zarni Lin Tun

Very nice play and musical I've seen so far! Liked the actor performing as villain official!

Mattert

Beautiful park and scenery. It is worth taking an extra hour to walk around, pack a picnic , etc

Jason Day

Great place to visit. Tickets to the kids museum run out quick, get them early.

Byron K

Free admission except for special exhibits .

Daniel Craig

This place is HUGE. You can do it quick, but you can't take it all in if you do so. The Korean history is a major part of this museum , but they also have great traveling exhibits . Read more

Jonathan Kramer

There are often some great traveling exhibits going on at low prices, check their calendar.

Keith Beck

The tea house at the East end of the third floor is a great way to relax/recharge before seeing more of the museum .

Elena Merkusheva

Free admission . And awesome garden !

Alissa Yi

Lots of history and great explanations!

Jessica Christiansen

Very nice museum and easy to navigate.

Lorenia Snowball

Go if you like pots and vases

일예

Parking Fee is 2000 for 2 hours! First 20min are free~!

Shannon Love

Check out the pagoda garden outside after touring the museum !

David Bryan Ramos

Good and free

Warren Latham

Large free museum with a children museum .

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The National Museum of Korea is located only 1.5km away from Yongsan Station. Read more

Tom Jackson

A wonderful I introduction to Korean history

Lee M

When visiting Seoul, must see.

Siew Kee

It's free admission . Suitable for indoor activities when rainy day

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Open until 9 PM on saturday, u can rent mp3 or pda type e-tour-guide. use subway to enter special area - the moving museum 😃. Great nite view & environment. #joseonvase - cimatt sani

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This is an amazing museum. It is really cool that it is free although I would recommend leaving a donation. The exhibits are well maintained and the staff is courteous. It was a great experience! - Michael Walker

8.8
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National Museum of Korea, Special Exhibition

Huge and very nice museum exhibiting way more than just Korean history and on the top of everything it's free. - Jernej

8.1
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National Hangeul Museum

small free museum about Korea's language history. Surprising interesting and engaging. Cool special exhibit about typology and power of words in advertisement - Gregory K.

9.0
Park
Yongsan Family Park

Nice little park with pretty good tree shade and ponds - Gregory K.