National Folk Museum

국립민속박물관

The Folk Custom Museum is a museum that provides a variety of historical artifacts to learn about and experience the traditional life and culture of the Korean people. It is very convenient to rent a multi-language guide machine at the consulting desk.

The "National Folk Museum" built in 1945 is located in Gyeongbokgung Palace, which represents the palace of the Joseon Dynasty. It is a folk museum affiliated to the National Museum of Korea. The museum is composed of three permanent exhibition halls: "Korean Life History Museum", "Korean People's Daily Life", and "Korean People's Life". Through various historical relics, learn about and experience the traditional life and culture of the Korean people. There are also planned exhibitions and outdoor exhibitions for national folklore.

This museum is very nice. It has permanent exhibitions of the everyday lives of Ancient Koreans. This museum has a nice cafe that you can sit and get ice cream, coffee, etc from. The muesum is clean and easy to navigate around. I recommend checking it out if you want to learn more about ancient Korean history.

Worth the visit if you are in the area as it is free and insightful

After visiting Gyeongbokgung Palace this museum just completed the picture of everything. I spent half a day in there, it is totally worth it! It is magnificent!

One of the 'must visit' place in Seoul. This is the best museum in Korea I've ever been. Their exhibit is very intimate. Not just showing things from the past in the glass compartments, they actually built an old style houses in the museum so we can sit and feel what it's like. You can learn about history, culture, food, clothes, games, farming culture... most of everything about Koreans life in the old days. It is located in a very convenient location; right in the center of the city, next door of Gyeongbok Gung, one of the main palaces in Seoul. Highly ecommended!

An attraction inside the famed Gyeongbok Palace, a casual museum with many sections, we visited the one that highlights the lifetime of a Korea person, our tour guide was very good and informative. Excellent stop inside the palace.