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Museum of Musical Instruments of the World
- +82-31-946-9838
- e-musictour.com
Overview
Museum of Musical Instruments of the World is the first Korean museum that collects musical instruments from all over the world. At present, it houses about 500 musical instruments from about 70 countries including African percussions (made with rocks, trees, animal’s bone such as balafon, jembe, didgeridoo, angklung, and others), musical instruments from the Middle East, Islamic northeast Asia, and an island country in the Pacific Ocean.
Visitors can attempt to play the instrument in person at the designated hands-on activity area, and try on traditional costume, as well as, other entertainment activity like pungmul (traditional Korean percussions). Visitors who don’t get enough by just playing and touching the instrument can also take part in the folk music lectures to learn more about their favorite musical instrument that features a cultural artistic hands-on activity space. In addition, to provide more knowledge on the regional culture, the museum showcases musical instrument with dolls of respective region's traditional costume, pungmul, and painting.
Utilization information
Opening hours, closed days and other practical details.
- Capacity
- 500 people
- Contact
- • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-31-946-9838 - Parking
- Available
- Parking fee
- Free
- Closed
- Every Monday
- Admission
- Adults 5,000 won / Students 4,000 won / Groups (20 people and more) 3,000 won
- Size
- Floor space: 340.4974m² (B1-2F)
- Time needed
- Playing the musical instrument: 50 min (based on 20 people)
Updated 2017.04.02
Industry Information
1) Yemin’s small concert for children
2) World literature travel of music
3) Special lecture and performance (e.g. ocarina, and jembe)
Reservations
Info. Services for Koreans
Foreign Language Intepretation Services
Access
How to get here by subway or bus, with a map.
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[Subway+Bus]
Hapjeong Station (Seoul Subway Line 2 & 6), Exit 1.
Take Bus 2200 and get off at In front of Gyeongmo Park and Heyri No. 6 Gate Bus Stop.
(about 1 hr 30 min)
Or, Hapjeong Station (Seoul Subway Line 2 & 6), Exit 2.
Take Bus 200 to Heryi. (intervals: 20-30 min)
* Bus: 1-2, 1-3, 900
* Related bus: 1, 2, 3, 90, 92, 150, 773, 900, 9709
34, Heyrimaeul-gil, Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
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