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135 Seobinggo-ro, Yongsan-gu
140-026 Seoul South Korea Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website Phone: (82) 2-2077-9000  |
| Tuesday, Thursday & Friday | Wednesday & Saturday | Sunday & Holidays |
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| 9 am-6 pm |
9 am-9 pm
(evening sessions included)*
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9 am-7 pm |
- Museum is closed on Mondays and New Year's Day (January 1)
- Children's Museum: Tuesday through Sunday (maximum 170 people allowed per session)
| Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | Session 5 | Session 6 |
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| 9 am | 10:30 am | noon | 1:30 pm | 3 pm | 4:30 pm |
- Evening Sessions
- Hours: Wednesday & Saturday 6-9 pm (two sessions available at 6 pm & 7:30 pm)
- Children's Museum: only on the last Wednesday of every month
- Maximum capacity: 170 people per session
- Tickets are issued on a first-come, first-served basis
- Only the Meeting Place Ticket Booth is open after 6 pm (until 8 pm)
- No admission fee is required for the permanent exhibits, the Children's Museum, and temporary exhibitions except special exhibitions that require separate tickets for admissions.
- Visitors must get a free admission pass at the ticket booths before entering the museum.
- Backside Ticket Booth (behind the Main Exhibition Building)
- Open Plaza Ticket Booth (next to the Special Exhibition Gallery)
- Meeting Place Ticket Booth (west of the Reflecting Pond)
- Hours
- Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 9 am-5 pm
- Wednesday & Saturday: 9 am-8 pm
- Sunday & Holidays: 9 am-6 pm
- Admissions less than an hour before museum closes may be possible without a free admission pass.
- Wheelchairs and baby strollers are available free of charge in the Great Hall.
- Storage lockers are available in the Great Hall.
- A nursing room is located across from the Museum Shop in the Great Hall.
- Guided Tours of the Museum's Collection Highlights are offered by professionally trained guides in all permanent exhibit galleries.
- All tours start at the information desk and can be cancelled without prior notice
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| Guided Tour in Korean |
All visitors |
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| Guided Tour in Foreign Languages (English, Japanese & Chinese) | All visitors who need foreign language services |
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| Groups of over 10 people who need foreign language services |
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| Guided Tour in SignLanguage | All visitors who need sign language service |
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- The Digital/Audio Guides are available for persons of age 14 and over.
- Personal ID is required for rental.
- Rental Fees: Digital Guide (PDA)-3,000 won / Audio Guide (MP3)-1,000 won
- Reservation is required for rental at least a day prior to the visit.
- Non-reserved Digital/Audio Guides may be rented at the museum on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Smoking is prohibited on the museum property except for in designated smoking areas.
- Food, beverages, and pets (with the exception of guide dogs for the blind) are prohibited.
- Cell phones must be turned off or switched to vibrate before entering the exhibition galleries.
- Do not touch artifacts or behave in any way that might damage cultural property at all times.
- Flash photography and use of tripods are prohibited in the galleries without prior permission.
- All types of photographies for commercial use including digital and video photographies are prohibited without prior permission from the museum.
- Riding bicycles, kickboards, inline skates, and rollerblades is prohibited on the museum property.
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