Daegaya Museum
- +82-54-950-7103
- daegaya.net
Overview
Daegaya Museum is an exhibition of history and culture of the Daegaya (The Great Gaya; 42-562 AD) Kingdom. The Museum consists of the Daegaya History Pavilion and the Daegaya Royal Tomb Pavilion. The History Pavilion houses a collection of relics from the Daegaya Kingdom era, while holding special exhibitions and education activities periodically. The outdoor exhibition center displays items that represent ancient lifestyle such as dugouts, attic storage, iron furnace, as well as religious relics. The Royal Tomb Pavilion is a 37m-wide dome that houses relics of the Jisandong Ancient Tombs. It is essentially the restoration of the Jisandong Tumulus No. 44, the first large-scale sunjang (burial of the living with the dead).
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- Contact
- • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-54-950-7103 - Parking
- Available
- Closed
- Mondays (Tuesday if Monday is a holiday)
- Admission
- Individuals
Adults (Ages 19-64): 2,000 won
Chidlren (Ages 7-18): 1,500 won
Groups (20+ people)
Adults (per person): 1,800 won
Children (per person): 1,200 won
* Seniors (Age 65 and over) & Children (Age 6 and under): Free
* Admission fee includes entry to the Daegaya History Pavilion, Daegaya Royal Tomb Pavilion, and Ureuk Museum. - Hours
- Summer Season: 09:00-18:00
Winter Season: 09:00-17:00 - Size
- Daegaya History Pavilion
* Site area: 13,308 ㎡ (4,032.7 pyeong), Building area: 2,232.72 ㎡ (676 pyeong)
* 1F - Planned hall, children’s experience hall, office, restroom
* 2F - Permanent hall, restroom, photo booth * Outdoor exhibition area, storage, auditorium, restrooms, parking lot, etc.
Royal Tomb Pavilion
* Site area: 10,839 ㎡ (3,278 pyeong)
* Exhibition hall: 1,464 ㎡ (443 pyeong) (diameter: 37 m; x_height: 15.47 m)
* Ground floor: 1,107 ㎡ (335 pyeong): Space frame, copper sheet roofing end (exhibition hall)
* Children’s experience hall (110 ㎡, 33 pyeong), restrooms (40 ㎡, 12 pyeong), tumulus in maintenance (one), ancient tomb, water fountain (2), gazebo (2), parking lot, etc.
Wooruk Museum
* Site area: 9,098 ㎡ / Indoor area: 965 ㎡
* 1F - Exhibition hall, office, machinery room, restrooms
* 2F - Auditorium, musical instrument storage, machinery room, restrooms
* Other facilities: Wooruk workshop, outdoor restrooms, parking lot
Updated 2017.04.02
Program Information
It is the place where children can experience the traditional culture of Daegaya. The contents of experience include Daegaya pottery, helmet and crown puzzle, rubbed copy and printing experience, petrograph, making Daegaya storybook and so forth. Children can also experience traditional folk tools such as mortar, pounder and so forth as well as bowstring drill, a pair of hand bellows and so forth.
※ Experience Time 10:00-14:00
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Access
How to get here by subway or bus, with a map.
Routes and travel time from your current location open in Google Maps. Naver Map is shown in Korean.
From Seoul Nambu terminal, take an express bus to Goryeong (고령).
* Bus schedule: 10:00, 12:00, 13:20, 14:00, 15:00, 16:45, 19:00 (Subject to change)
From Goryeong Intercity Bus Terminal, take a bus bound for Dalseong 2 (달성2).
Get off at Goryeong-gun District Office (고령군청앞).
Go 750m in the opposite direction of Nonghyup (고령성주축산농협) to arrive at Daegaya Museum.
1203, Daegaya-ro, Goryeong-eup, Goryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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