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National Museum of Korea
A museum worth a slow afternoon · Seoul, South Korea
Photo: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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The experience
Korea's flagship museum, opened at its current Yongsan site on 28 October 2005, holding a collection of over 310,000 objects spanning prehistory to the modern era. Three floors run chronologically through Korean history, sculpture, calligraphy and Asian art, and the vast building sits in landscaped grounds with a reflecting pond.
The best single overview of Korean history and art, and the permanent galleries are free.
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Where it is
Seoul, South Korea · Yongsan-gu (Ichon). Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
DirectionsWhat a membership adds.
Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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