cultural facilities in jongno-gu, seoul, south korea

Gahoe Museum

Gahoe Museum

Opened in 2002, Gahoe Museum exhibits folk paintings and amulets reflecting the lifestyle and wishes of the Korean people from ancient times. Insid...

Daelim Museum

Daelim Museum

The Daelim Museum, built by the Daelim Group, was first established in Daejeon in 1996 and later moved to Jongno, Seoul in 2002. The art gallery st...

Beautiful Tea Museum

Beautiful Tea Museum

Located in Insa-dong, The Beautiful Tea Museum aims to promote Korean tea culture. It preserves and exhibits tea related utensils and items, featur...

Total Museum

Total Museum

The Total Museum is a branch of Jangheung Art Park (formerly “Total Outdoor Museum”) that opened near Bukhansan Mountain in April 1992. It houses f...

Korean National Police Heritage Museum

Korean National Police Heritage Museum

The police museum opened on October 14, 2005 to give a better understanding of the job of the police and to offer a formal education to children wh...

Dong-lim Knot Museum

Dong-lim Knot Museum

Opened in April 2004, Dong-Lim Knot Museum exhibits a variety of decorative traditional Korean maedeup (knots): norigae for hanbok, belts, pouches,...

Theatre Changdeokgung

Theatre Changdeokgung

Theatre Changdeokgung is located across from Changdeokgung Palace in the Gugak-ro Special Cultural Zone of Seoul. To recreate the traditional Kore...

Doosan Art Center

Doosan Art Center

Doosan Art Center, which opened on October 1, 2007, is structured around three different spaces: The Yonkang Hall, exclusively designed for musical...

Tteok Museum

Tteok Museum

The Tteok Museum displays over 2,000 Korean kitchen utensils and tteok (rice cake) related items, arranged by various themes. The displayed utensil...

Mok In Museum Seok Won

Mok In Museum Seok Won

Mok In Museum Mok Seok Won relocated in 2019 from Insa-dong to Buam-dong. Six exhibition halls offer visitors a look at wooden figures from around ...

Kukje Gallery

Kukje Gallery

The Kukje Galley has been committed to presenting the work of significant Korean and international contemporary artists to the public since 1982. T...

Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery

Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery

Opened in 1992, Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery is a 17,791㎡, two-story building with four exhibition halls. It is one of the main galleries o...

Bukchon Cultural Center

Bukchon Cultural Center

Bukchon Cultural Center, located in a hanok, was established to offer traditional cultural experience opportunities for visitors to the area. The p...

Kumho Art Hall

Kumho Art Hall

Kumho Art Hall was built in 2000 exclusively for classical music concerts, with 390 seats, the perfect structure for chamber concerts. All seats ar...

Jeongdok Library

Jeongdok Library

Jeongdok Library opened in January 1977 on the former site of the Gyeonggi High School in Bukchon, Jongno-gu, Seoul. As a public city library, it b...

Arko Arts Theater

Arko Arts Theater

Opened on April 1, 1981, Arko Arts Theater’s mission statement is to “boost performance art, obtain performance space to promote its popularity amo...

Gallery Hyundai

Gallery Hyundai

Gallery Hyundai has been improving daily for over 40 years since April 1970, working closely with various Korean artists in modern art. Gallery Hyu...

Zaha Museum

Zaha Museum

Located in Buam-dong, Jongno-gu, Zaha Museum is the highest art gallery in Seoul. Reaching the museum involves a bit of an uphill walk, but the bre...

Insa Art Space

Insa Art Space

Insa Art Space was established in 2000 to support artists who are experiencing financial difficulties. In 2005, Art Space started to develop artist...

Sungkok Art Museum

Sungkok Art Museum

Sungkok Art Museum was founded in 1995 by the Korean corporation Ssangyong to promote Korean art. The gallery offers a special exhibition featuring...