National Museum of Korea

Korea's largest museum — free entry to millennia of art and history.

Why go

The National Museum of Korea in Yongsan is the country's flagship museum, tracing Korean history from prehistory through the Joseon era across vast, well-labelled galleries.

General admission is free and English signage makes it easy for first-time visitors.

Opened at its Yongsan home in 2005, it ranks among the world's most-visited museums, holding hundreds of thousands of objects. Highlights include the gold crowns of Silla, the serene Pensive Bodhisattvas, and the towering Gyeongcheonsa stone pagoda rising in the central hall.

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Good to know

• General admission is free; some special exhibitions are ticketed.
• Don't miss the Pensive Bodhisattva room and the tall stone pagoda in the main hall.
• It sits inside Yongsan Family Park — pair it with a riverside walk.
• Allow at least half a day; the reflecting-pond grounds and Yongsan Family Park make a good riverside pairing, and it's a short walk from Ichon Station.

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