Seoul Yangnyeongsi Herb Medicine Museum (서울약령시 한의약박물관)

Seoul Yangnyeongsi Herb Medicine Museum (서울약령시 한의약박물관)

- Homepage
museum.ddm.go.kr (Korean only)
kmedi.ddm.go.kr (Korean only)

- Tel
+82-2-969-9241

Seoul Yangnyeongsi Herb Medicine Museum opened in September 2006 on the grounds of Bojewon, a medical institution for the poor that was in operation during the Joseon dynasty. The museum was established with the goal of preserving and developing Korea’s herb medicine culture. In October 2017, the museum moved to the second floor of the Seoul K-Medi Center. The center provides both information and hands-on programs.

- Address : 26, Yangnyeongjungang-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul


※ Presentation Information
- Capacity
200 people

- Information and Guides
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info:+82-2-969-9241

- Parking
Available (B1-B3)

- Parking Fee
500 won every 10 min

- Day Off
Mondays (the following business day if Monday is a public holiday), New Year's Day, Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day), & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)

- Usage Fee
Individuals - Adults 1,000 won / Children 500 won
Groups - Adults 700 won / Children 300 won

* Groups: 20 people or more
* Free admission: Preschoolers (ages 6 & younger), senior citizens (ages 65 & older)

- Operating Hours
(March-October 10:00-18:00
November-February 10:00-17:00
* Last admission 1 hour before closing

- Scale
Total Area: 2,335㎡
Exhibition area: 621㎡

- Tour Duration
Approx. 30~60 min



- Collections Status
426 Relics and ancient books related to historic herbal medicine

- General Overview
Multi-purpose auditorium (please contact the museum for resevervations)

- Foreign Language Intepretation Services
Leaflets available (English, Japanese, Chinese)

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ Seoul K-Medi Center (서울한방진흥센터)

- Homepage
kmedi.ddm.go.kr

Seoul Yangnyeongsi Market is an herbal medicine specialty market that distributes 70% of the herbal medicines traded in Korea and is a Korean medicine-themed town with over a thousand businesses related to oriental medicine, including oriental medicine clinics and herbal medicine stores. The Seoul K-Medi Center, located in this center of Korean herbal medicine culture, is an oriental medicine complex cultural facility that promotes the excellence and safety of traditional Korean medicine through various exhibitions, education, and experiences. The building is unique in that it harmonizes the simplicity of modern architecture with Korean elegance. Visitors can enjoy various experiences in many different facilities in the center, including the Herb Medicine Museum, where one can expand their understanding of Korean medicine by examining over 300 types of medicinal herbs and their effects; the Herb Medicine Experience Room, where visitors can experience herbal medicine natural face packs and herbal heat packs; and Yakseon Food Experience Center, where visitors can learn about healthy recipes using medicinal herbs and make healthy foods.

⊙ CheongKwanJang - Seonghaengdang Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (정관장 성행당)

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⊙ OME Cooking Lab (오미요리연구소)

- Homepage
www.5-tastes.com (Korean, English, Chinese)

- Tel
+82-10-5060-5250

OME Cooking Lab offers a one-day class where participants can learn to cook Korean food. The participants will be able to learn from scratch, starting from choosing the right ingredients at Korea's local markets and interacting with the market's vendors. After the cooking session, participants can enjoy the meal in a hanok (traditional Korean house). Participants mostly consist of foreigners, and the class is offered in Korean, English, and Chinese.

⊙ Seoul Yangnyeongsi Market (서울 약령시장)

- Homepage
www.seoulya.com

- Tel
+82-2-969-4793

"Yangnyeongsi," which literally means medicine city district, refers to a central Oriental medicine district formed near major cities where medicinal herbs are collected and produced. Yangneongsi were first established by royal order during the Joseon dynasty for the purpose of effective production, distribution and management of medicinal products and herbs.


Seoul Yangnyeongsi Market history is relatively short, having formed naturally in the mid-1960s by medicinal herb merchants who gathered here seeking to sell their products with the city bus terminal and Cheongnyangni Station as their central base. Originally, these merchants came to Seoul through the old Seongdong Station and Chyeongnyangni Station after the Korean War, seeking to sell medicinal herbs and vegetation products that were cultivated and collected in the Gyeonggi-do and Gwangwon-do regions. This small market that was once open on an empty plot of land was later authorized as an official market establishment. Road and railroad developments between Gangwon-do and Seoul were followed and by the 1970s, the market grew into what is now seen today. The name Seoul Yangnyeongsi Market was given by the Seoul mayor in 1995.

⊙ Seoul Gyeongdong Market (서울 경동시장)

- Tel
+82-2-967-8721

As the nation began to recover from the aftermath of the Korean War, farmers from the northern Gyeonggi-do region and Ganwon-do gathered around the old Seongdong Station (renamed ‘Hansol Donguibogam’) to sell their produce and wares. The farmers’ impromptu gathering on the fallow farmland to make their transactions soon led to the birth of a new marketplace.


Gyeongdong Market is located around Jegi-dong, Yongdu-dong and Jeonnong-dong at Dongdaemun-gu and consists of the Gyeongdong Oriental Medicine Market, the Gyeongdong New Market, the Gyeongdong Old Market, the Gyeongdong Building, Hansol Donguibogam, and more.

Currently, renovations are underway to reinvent the out-dated market environment into an updated shopping experience that still preserves the area’s innate charm. In 2004, Hansol Donguibogam was built and opened on the spot where the Midopa Department Store used to stand. Hanbang Cheonha, Donguibogam Tower-Tel and other areas are now undergoing renovations.

⊙ Himart - Yongdu Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (하이마트 용두점)

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⊙ Homeplus - Dongdaemun Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (홈플러스 동대문)

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⊙ Yongdu-dong Jjukkumi (용두동쭈꾸미)

- Tel
+82-2-925-3127

A restaurant frequently featured in delicious Korean dishes programs. This restaurant's signature menu is grilled webfoot octopus. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.

⊙ Godae ap Myeolchi Guksu (고대앞멸치국수)

- Tel
+82-2-953-1095

It is a restaurant featured in the cartoon “Sikgaek.” This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul. The representative menu is noodles in anchovy broth.



This work was created by the Korea Tourism Organization for 23 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