The museum boasts of having a total collection of 220,000 pieces and ahs on display some 13,000 pieces. There are 6 permanent Historical Gallery, archaeological Gallery, Donation Gallery, and Asian Art Gallery, Fine Arts Gallery I, and Fine Arts Gallery II, housing a variety of artifacts and relics. In terms of floor area, the National Museum of Korea occupies the sixth slot in the world. The museum is spread on a total area of 1,480,000 sq ft (137,201 square meters).

Around 4500 artifacts kept on display at the archeological gallery. You can come across 9 display rooms at this gallery; they are the Neolithic Room, Paleolithic Room, the Proto Three Kingdoms Room, the Bronze Age & Gojoseon Room, the Baekje Room, the Goguryeo Room, the Silla Room and the Gaya Room. You can find a variety of artifact starting from fragmented hand axes made of stone to comfortable traditional royal decorations. All these exhibited relics reveal the fact that the premature settler has undertook a lengthy journey in expanding their own exclusive civilization.

Opening Hours

The museum is opened on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from 9:00 to 18:00

On Wednesdays, Saturdays from 9:00 to 21:00

On Sundays and on Holidays from 9:00 to 19:00

The museum is closed on every modnay and on Newyear.

Address

National Museum of Korea
135 Seobinggo-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-026, South Korea
02-2077-9000

Accommodation near the museum

Park Hyatt Seoul, Seoul, South Korea 5.0 of 5
995-14 Daechi 3-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-502, South Korea