Daegwallyeong Museum
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Overview
The Daegwallyeong Museum is located in Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do Province. It is housed in a building that resembles a dolmen, striking a balance with its surrounding landscape and earning it an Outstanding Architecture Award from the Construction Association of Korea and the Best Award from Gangwon-do Province.
The museum has six exhibition halls, including those that are named after the guardian gods that represent the four directions. Cheongnyongbang (Room of the Green Dragon - East) is decorated in blue and displays celadon and traditional ceramics. Baekobang (Room of the White Tiger - West) is in white and exhibits Buddhist art and wooden dolls. Jujakbang (Room of the Red Vermillion - South) is in red and displays a bridal palanquin, folk paintings, and calligraphy. The black Hyeonmubang (Room of the Black Turtle - North) displays bronze relics. Also, there is the Togibang (Earthenware) showing Prehistoric era shacks and earthenware. Uribang exhibits wooden furniture and folk craftwork.
The outdoor space offers an exhibit of stone pagodas and statues as well as a thatched cottage and an operating water mill.
Utilization information
Opening hours, closed days and other practical details.
- Contact
- • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info:+82-33-660-3830~3832 - Parking
- Available
- Parking fee
- Free
- Closed
- January 1st, Seollal (Lunar New Year), Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving)
- Admission
- Adults 1,000 won / Group 700 won
Teenagers 700 won / Group 500 won
Children 400 won / Group 300 won - Hours
- 09:00-18:00
(Last admission: 30 minutes before closing)
Updated 2016.04.13
Access
How to get here by subway or bus, with a map.
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[Bus]
From Dong Seoul Bus Terminal, take a bus to Gangneung Intercity Bus Terminal.
From Gangneung Intercity Bus Terminal, take a bus (or taxi) to downtown Gangneung and get off at Sinyeong Theater bus stop. Cross the road and take Bus No. 503 at the bus stop in front of Gyobo Life Insurance and get off at Daegwallyeong Museum.
374-3, Eoheul-ri, Seongsan-myeon, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do
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