Sunchang Traditional Paste Museum
- +82-63-650-1626~7
- sunchang.go.kr
Overview
Sunchang Traditional Paste Museum is located across from the Sunchang Gochujang Village. The 2-story building (1,513㎡ in size) consists of a permanent exhibition hall exhibiting Jangnyu (Fermented Sauces) such as red pepper pastes and soybean pastes, a planned exhibition hall displaying cultural treasures of Sunchang, and an outdoor square.
At the permanent exhibition hall, recipes for fermented sauces and their histories are introduced, and containers for fermented sauces are displayed. An observation room for the fermentation process and spaces for hands-on experience activities are at the corners. The outdoor square attracts people with a terrace displaying earthen wares that are used to contain the fermented sauces, as well as a millstone worked by horse or ox, and an old tomb from the Baekje dynasty.
Utilization information
Opening hours, closed days and other practical details.
- Contact
- • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-63-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-63-650-5432 - Parking
- Available
- Parking fee
- Free
- Closed
- Every Monday, New Year’s Day, Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day), and days designated by the governor in Suncheong-gun
- Admission
- Free
- Hours
- Summer Season (March-October) 09:00-18:00
Winter Season (November-February) 09:00-17:00
※ Lunch hour (12:00-13:00): No entrance
※ Last Wednesday of every month (Culture Day) open two hours longer. - Size
- Land: 8,439㎡ / Building (2F): 1,513㎡
Updated 2016.04.14
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 Central City Bus Terminal, take an express bus to Sunchang.
* Bus Schedule: 09:30, 10:30, 13:30, 14:45, 16:10
From Sunchang Bus Terminal, take a local bus bound for Geumgwa (금과) or a taxi to Sunchang Gochujang Village (순창 고추장 마을).
43, Jangnyu-ro, Sunchang-eup, Sunchang-gun, Jeollabuk-do
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