Seoul Children's Museum (서울상상나라)

Seoul Children's Museum (서울상상나라)

- Homepage
www.seoulchildrensmuseum.org

- Tel
+82-2-6450-9500

Seoul Children's Museum is a multifaceted cultural space established in 2013 to foster children's creativity and imagination. Spanning from the basement floor to the third floor, it boasts over a hundred interactive exhibits. These exhibits cover a wide range of areas including art, imagination, thought, and physical play, organized into ten distinct zones. It's a popular destination where children can learn and expand their imagination through play. Advanced booking is required, and reservations can be made through the website.

- Address : 216 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul


※ Presentation Information
- Information and Guides
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-6450-9500

- Parking
Available (307 parking spaces)

- Parking Fee
Sedan: 300 won for every 10 min / Middle-sized car: 600 won for every 10 min / Large-sized car: 900 won for every 10 min

- Day Off
Mondays, New Year's Day, Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) holidays

- Usage Fee
Individuals (Children over 36 months and Adults) 4,000 won / Group (20 or more people) 3,000 won

- Operating Hours
10:00-18:00 (Last admission 1 hour before closing)

- Scale
Site area: 6,600 ㎡
Building area: 19,637 ㎡
Exhibition area: 2,744 ㎡

- Tour Duration
2 hr



- Reservations
Online reservation required

- 100 slots available per hour (8 sessions, 10:00-17:00)

- Groups of 20 or more not permitted

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ Seoul Children's Grand Park (서울어린이대공원)

- Homepage
www.sisul.or.kr

Opened in May 1973, Seoul Children’s Grand Park is a theme park situated among green forests and fields with a total area of 56,552㎡. It contains a zoo, arboretum, amusement park, and performance venues. Seoul Children’s Grand Park has been a beloved part of Seoul, a paradise for children and a living venue for education. For grown-ups, it functions as an area of refuge and culture within the city. The Grand Park offers facilities that everyone in the family can enjoy, so everyone can find their own fun in the Grand Park.

⊙ Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center (광나루안전체험관)

- Homepage
fire.seoul.go.kr

- Tel
+82-2-2049-4061

Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center was founded in 1999 after two fire accidents in which many children lost their lives. These tragedies emphasized the necessity of establishing a disaster training center for common citizens.



Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center is a three-story building with one basement floor, covering an area of more than 5,000 m². The basement floor includes a small theater. The first floor is set up for natural disaster training and consists of an orientation hall, storm simulation training room, earthquake simulation room, computer tests on fire safety knowledge and others. The second floor is a place for artificial catastrophe training. It consists of a smoke escape training room, fire extinguisher training room, first-aid (CPR) training room and practice place for calling 119. The third floor is used for rescue training and consists of a rescue training room, screening room, training for professionals and video examples of the five biggest disasters that have occurred in Seoul. Overall there are about 20 training areas established, so citizens can experience the imitation of a disaster by themselves and learn easily and in an interesting way how to cope with a disaster.

⊙ Korean Children’s Center Snow Sledding Field (어린이회관 눈썰매장)

- Tel
+82-1800-5309

The Korean Children's Center has a many subsidiary facilities as well as its excellent snow sledding field. The center has something for the entire family, offering various performances and recreation activities.

⊙ Universal Arts Center (유니버설아트센터)

- Homepage
www.uac.co.kr (Korean only)

Universal Arts Center, inaugurated in 1981, stands as a prominent venue for performances. Renowned for its splendid and classic architectural interior, it is celebrated for its distinctiveness. Its main facilities include the Grand Theater, the Luna Hall capable of accommodating up to 300 guests for banquets, and an audience lounge. It serves as a harmonious space where performance venues, artistic community, and art educational institutions converge. Here, visitors can enjoy a diverse array of performances ranging from ballet and musicals to concerts.

⊙ Seobungmyeonok (서북면옥)

- Tel
+82-2-457-8319

It is a 100-year-old store that has been loved by customers for a long time while maintaining its reputation for over 30 years. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. The representative menu is cold buckwheat noodles.

⊙ Sejong University Museum (세종대학교 박물관)

- Homepage
museum.sejong.ac.kr

- Tel
+82-2-3408-3876

Sejong University Museum exhibits folk art, wooden crafts, clothing, accessories, pottery, paintings and calligraphy collected for over 40 years by the couple who founded the present day Sejong University, Dr. Ju Young-ha and Dr. Choi Ok-ja. This museum has its origins in the Soodo Gallery, which was built in Chungmuro, the campus’ original location, in 1959. Needing more space to house additional artifacts, the museum moved to its current location, which first opened on May 5, 1973 in a four-story concrete building inspired by traditonal tower design from the Baekje era. This building was later expanded on May 20, 1977.



After the university’s name was changed to Sejong University in 1979, the museum was also renamed the Sejong University Museum. The museum showcases unique artifacts to both scholars and students from home and abroad in contribution to the research of Korea’s culture, arts, and archeology.

⊙ Etude House - Sejong Univ. Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (에뛰드하우스 세종대)

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⊙ Madang Jokbal (마당족발)

- Tel
+82-2-468-3030

It is a restaurant with an outdoor terrace. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. The most famous menu is braised pigs' feet.

⊙ Olive Young - Children's Grand Park Station Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 어린이대공원역점)

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This work was created by the Korea Tourism Organization for 24 years and opened as the first type of public Nuri. You can download it for free from the Korea Tourism Organization, https://kto.visitkorea.or.kr/eng.kto