Kwangju National Museum

  • Address : San 83-3 Maegok-dong Puk-gu, Kwangju-shi
  • Tel : 82-62-571-7111
  • Fax : 82-62-571-5442
  • Established / Managed by: Minister of Culture and Sports
  • Closed: Mondays and Jan. 1
  • Hours
    1. (Mar. ~ Apr./ Sep. ~ Oct.) 09:00 - 19:00
    2. (May ~ Aug.) 09:00 - 20:00
    3. (Nov. ~ Feb.) 09:00 - 17:00
  • * Visitors may enter until one hour before closing.
  • Average Time to Tour: One - two hours
  • Facilities
    Parking lot, 127-seat auditorium, library, facilities for the handicapped

Admission Fee

Adults 400 Won / Youths(19~24 aged) 200 Won / Children Free

Site

  • Total area 80,444.0§³;
  • Floor space (5 buildings) 7,348.37§³;
  • Exhibition space 584.0§³

Collection

35,989 items, 1,148 items on display 1st Floor Paintings Room and exhibition hall/Buddhist Art Room 2nd Floor Ancient Relic Room; Room for Yuan Chinese Artifacts from the Shinan Coast, Korea; Ceramics Room

Activities

Preservation and management of cultural assets, research and study of cultural assets, special exhibitions, painting contests of cultural assets for children, cultur 35, or 107 at the Culture and Arts Center. The walk is five minutes from the Museum Stop.

Accommodation

Name Tel
  • City Hill Tourist Hotel
  • Kwangju Grand Hotel
  • Koreana Tourist Hotel
  • Sanjang(Mountain Villa) Hotel
  • Coregak Hotel
  • Ribera Hotel
  • Pounjang Hotel
  • Kumhogak Hotel
  • Okchonjang Hotel
  • Yongbingak Hotel
  • Rain Hotel
  • Yong-il-jang Hotel
  • 82-62-524-0025
  • 82-62-224-6111
  • 82-62-526-8600~8
  • 82-62-262-0240~1
  • 82-62-511-6651
  • 82-62-512-8077
  • 82-62-521-7488
  • 82-62-526-2231~2
  • 82-62-526-4568~9
  • 82-62-526-8550~2
  • 82-62-527-2277~8
  • 82-62-527-6811~14

Restaurants

  1. Yongmi Ori T'ang (duck soup) 82-62-527-0249
  2. Rodem Garden 82-62-264-2233

Kyongju National Museum

  • Address : 76 Inwang-dong Kyongju-shi, Kyongbuk-do
  • Tel : 82-561-772-5193~4
  • Fax : 82-561-41-2911
  • Established / Managed by: Minister of Culture and Sports
  • Closed: Mondays and Jan. 1
  • Hours
    • (Mar.~Apr.) 09:00 - 19:00 (May~Aug.) 09:00 - 20:00
    • (Sep.~Oct.) 09:00 - 19:00 (Nov.~Feb.) 09:00 - 17:00
    • * Visitors may enter until one hour before closing.
  • Average Time to Tour: One hour - one and one-half hours
  • Facilities Parking lot, lounge, facilities for the handicapped (including elevator), 100-seat auditorium

Admission Fee

- Adults (Age 25 to 64) : 400 Won - Korean nationals aged 19 - 24 and foreign nationals aged 7 to 24 : 200 Won - Children below 18 or senior citizens older than 65 : Free

Site

  • Total area, 68,447.0§³;
  • Floor space, 11,055.0§³;
  • Exhibition space, 3,228.0§³;
  • Storage space, 2,091.0§³

Collection

Some 100,000 items, about 2,000 items on display Main Building exhibition rooms Pre-historic and Proto Three Kingdoms Room: Relics from the Neolithic to Iron ages including stone axes found in Hupo-ri, relics excavated in Choyang-dong, and ironwork found in Hwangsong- dong Arts and Crafts Room: Relics of Buddhist art including the Stone Buddha Trinity found in Changch'anggok Valley, Sarira casket recovered from the Sokkat'ap Pagoda at Pul-guksa Temple, relics excavated from the site of Hwangryongsa Temple Annex building 1 Relics found in ancient tombs including Gold Crown Tomb, Heavenly Horse Tomb, and Lucky Phoenix Tomb.
These relics include gold crowns and long- necked jars decorated with clay figures. Annex building 2 Relics excavated from Duck and Geese Lake including Gilt Buddha Trinity Carved on Bronze Plate .

Activities

Preservation and management of relics; archeological excavation, research and study of cultural assets; scientific treatment of relics; research into historic Buddhist relics; special exhibitions; culture classes; museum classes for chil- dren; painting contests; etc.

Transportation
Bus Take bus No. 10, 15, 21, 10

Accommodation

Name Tel
  • Hyupsung Tourist Hotel
  • Kolon Hotel Kyongju
  • Kyongju Choson Hotel
  • Hotel Concorde
  • Pulguksa Tourist Hotel
  • Kyongju Park Hotel
  • Kyongju Tourist Hotel
  • Kyongju Hilton Hotel
  • Chunwoo Hwangshill Tourist Hotel
  • Kyongju Spa Tourist Hotel
  • Hotel Hyundae Kyongju
  • Pomun Condominium
  • Kyongju Kukmin Hotel
  • Koresco Kyongju Family Hotel
  • Korea Resort Condominium
  • Kyongju Kungmin(National) Hotel
  • 82-561-41-3335~9
  • 82-561-746-9001
  • 82-561-745-7701
  • 82-561-745-7000
  • 82-561-746-1911~20
  • 82-561-42-8804~7
  • 82-561-745-7123~8
  • 82-561-745-7788
  • 82-561-745-3500~9
  • 82-561-745-6661~4
  • 82-561-748-2233
  • 82-561--745-8060~8
  • 82-561-746-0601~5
  • 82-561-745-6050~8
  • 82-561-745-1500~8
  • 82-561-746-0601-03
  • Restaurants

    Milbok Shiktang¡¡¡¡82-561-772-4349

    
    
    
    
    
    Cheju Folk Natural History Museum

    • Address : 996-1 Ildo 2-dong Cheju-shi, Cheju-do
    • Tel : 82-64-53-8771
    • Established/Managed by: Cheju-do Hall/Curator of the Museum
    • Closed
      New Year's Day (solar calendar), New Year's Day (lunar calendar), Museum Foundation Day (May 24), Ch'usok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)
    • Hours
      Summer 08:00-18:30 Winter 08:30-17:30 * Visitors should enter prior to 30 minutes before closing.
    • Average Time of Tour:
      Approx. 30 to 40 minutes
    • Facilities
      128-seat theater (Multi-language System) showing films introducing the Museum, wheelchair lifts, parking lot (accommodating 51 large cars), refreshment stand, souvenir shops

    Admission Fee

    ¡¡¡¡Adults 550 won (Group 440 won)
    ¡¡¡¡Youth, Soldiers 270 won (Group 220 won), Children, Senior Citizens Free

    Site
    Total Area (31,459§³), Floor Space (5290§³), five Exhibition Rooms (Natural History Exhibition Room, Folk Exhibition Room, two Folk Exhibition Rooms, and Special Exhibition Room)

    Collections

    22,836 items(6,033 archeological items and 16,803 natural history items)

    Activities

    ¡¡¡¡Academic research, children's program (once a year for 5th and 6th grade elementary ¡¡¡¡school students), study and research work (issuing research reports), conducting ¡¡¡¡esearch on eating habits, quarterly special exhibitions

    Transportation

    Bus Take the intra-city bus and get off at the Kwangyang Chohung Bank (near the Cheju KAL Hotel), and walk 450meters to the east.
    It is five minutes by taxi from downtown Cheju City.

    Accommodation

    ¡¡¡¡¡¡Holiday Cheju Hotel¡¡¡¡82-64-99-3111

    
    

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