The National Museum of Korea, established in
1945, has been recently relocated (2005) in a new building
in Yongsan Family Park, in Seoul. The National Museum
of Korea is the biggest museum in Asia and it hosts a
big collection of Korean art pieces and crafts, as well
as items from other Asian countries. The museum collection
is made up by more than 150,000 pieces and about 11,000
pieces can be exhibited at any one time.
The National Museum of Korea – layout
The National Museum of Korea, in Seoul, is made up by
three floors:
The first floor contains the Archaeological Gallery with
artefacts from the Palaeolithic to 
the
Balhae Era and it also contains the Historical Gallery,
which hosts historical documents.
On the second floor there are the Fine Arts Gallery and
the Donation Gallery. The fine Arts Gallery hosts four
rooms (Painting room, Calligraphy Room, Buddhist Paintings
Room and Wooden Craft Room) with Korean art items. In
the Donation Gallery there are artefacts of Korean and
non-Korean art, donated by private collectors.
The third floor contains the Fine Arts Gallery II with
Korean Buddhist sculpture and craftwork. The third floor
of the National Museum of Korea also contains the Asian
Arts Gallery, dedicated to arts and crafts from other
Asian countries.
The National Museum of Korea – getting there
The National Museum of Korea’s address is: 168-6
Yongsan-dong 6 ga, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea, 140-026 and
the closest subway station is Ichon station on line number
4 of the underground or Jungang Line. Once at Ichon station,
take exit 2 and walk for 150 metres towards Yongsan Family
Park.
