things to do in jongno-gu, seoul, south korea

Alive Museum Insa-dong Branch

Alive Museum Insa-dong Branch

The Alive Museum is a media theme park located in Insa-dong. The exhibition here is made up of optical illusion art, large objet, and digital media...

Seoul City Wall Museum

Seoul City Wall Museum

Hanyangdoseong, the Seoul City Wall, built in 1396, was the city fortress wall that protected the capital city Seoul for over 600 years. The fortre...

World Jewellery Museum

World Jewellery Museum

Situated in the gallery district in the back alley of Samcheong-dong (east of Gyeongbokgung Palace), the World Jewellery Museum houses 3,000 jewelr...

National Palace Museum Of Korea

National Palace Museum Of Korea

The National Palace Museum of Korea displays over 40,000 relics from the Joseon dynasty. With various treasures on exhibit, the museum continues to...

National Museum Of Korean Contemporary History

National Museum Of Korean Contemporary History

The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History opened on December 26, 2012, and showcases Korea's modern history, from the opening of Incheon P...

Owl Museum

Owl Museum

The Owl Museum is filled with over 2,000 pieces of owl-themed arts and crafts collected from all over the world by the owner. Renovated from a hous...

Korean Museum Of Straw And Life

Korean Museum Of Straw And Life

Korean Museum of Straw and Life is a private museum dedicated to the collection, research, and display of materials and historical accounts of dive...

Bukchon Museum

Bukchon Museum

The Bukchon Museum displays items that have been collected from Bukchon, a historical village that was once home to the nation’s nobility. The muse...

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...

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...

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,...

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 ...

National Folk Museum Of Korea

National Folk Museum Of Korea

Located inside Gyeongbokgung Palace, the National Folk Museum of Korea presents historical artifacts that were used in the daily lives of Korean pe...

National Folk Museum Of Korea Children S

National Folk Museum Of Korea Children S

The Children’s Museum is a hands-on experience museum run by the National Folk Museum of Korea. A variety of visual aids and assembly models allow ...

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Seoul Museum Of History

Seoul Museum of History covers everything about Seoul's history and culture from the prehistoric era to modern times, focusing especially on the Jo...

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Donuimun Museum Village

Donuimun Museum Village is a historical and cultural space situated in the city center reborn through Seoul-style urban generation while still main...