The Museum of Medicine (서울대학교병원의학박물관)

The Museum of Medicine (서울대학교병원의학박물관)

- Homepage
http://medicalmuseum.org

The Museum of Medicine is located in the building of the former Daehan Medical Center, the oldest modern hospital in Korea. It is a medical museum that provides a comprehensive view of the development of modern medicine in Korea, the history of medical devices, and the transformation of Seoul National University Hospital. Through permanent and special exhibitions, the museum showcases medical artifacts and documents related to the history of medicine.

- Address : 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul


※ Presentation Information
- Information and Guides
+82-2-2072-2636

- Parking
Available

- Day Off
Sundays, Holidays, May 1st, October 15th

- Usage Fee
Free

- Operating Hours
Monday-Friday 09:00-18:00 / Saturday 10:00-15:00

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ Seoul Daehan Hospital (서울 대한의원)

- Homepage
tour.jongno.go.kr
www.cha.go.kr

- Tel
+82-2-2148-1842

Daehanuiwon (Daehan Medical Center) is an antique two-story brick building within the grounds of Seoul National University Hospital. It was established under the direct administration of the Uijeongbu (State Council), combining the Gwangjewon (under the Home Ministry), Gyeongseong Medical School and the Korean Red Cross Hospital (under the Royal Household).

Built in the Madubong Hill area, this location where Hamchunwon, the outer garden of Changgyeonggung Palace, once stood in 1484 (15th year of King Seongjong), was also once the site of Gyeongmogung Palace, where King Jeongjo enshrined the mortuary tablet of his birth father Crown Prince Sado Seja in 1776 (the year King Jeongjo ascended to the throne).



These places that held importance for the royal family were destroyed as the Japanese built Gyeongseong Empire University in its place. In 1907, with the announcement of the plan to establish Daehan Medical Center, construction began on the main building, seven wards and affiliated buildings. Construction was completed in November 1908.



The Daehan Medical Center opened in Gwangjewon, but upon Japanese colonization in 1910, its name was changed to the Japanese Viceroyalty Hospital. In 1926, it was included as a part of Gyeongseongjeguk University to become a university hospital. Since the liberation of Korea in 1945, it has been a hospital affiliated with Seoul National University.

⊙ Geunal Urineun (그날우리는)

- Tel
+82-2-764-4697

This is a Korean cuisine located in Daehak-ro, Seoul. The best menu at this restaurant is grilled sea eel. It sells grilled hagfish, which Koreans eat a lot for health in summer.

⊙ Himesiya (히메시야)

- Tel
+82-70-4187-4569

This is a Japanese cuisine located in Changgyeonggung Palace, Seoul. This restaurant specializes in Japanese rice bowls with toppings. The best menu at this restaurant is katsudon.

⊙ Dongsung Sutbulgalbi (동숭숯불갈비)

- Tel
+82-2-741-3451

This is a Korean cuisine located in Daehak-ro, Seoul. The best menu at this restaurant is grilled spareribs. A restaurant serving charcoal-grilled meat.

⊙ Daehangno (University Street) (대학로)

- Homepage
tour.jongno.go.kr

- Tel
+82-2-2148-1114

Daehangno is an artistic neighborhood that stretches 1.1 kilometers from Jongno 5-ga Intersection to Hyehwa-dong Rotary. The area is filled with culture and performing arts facilities, with the center of all this being Marronnier Park. Visitors can find performances taking play every day at the many theaters large and small, as well as restaurants serving a range of cuisines. The area is especially active on weekends and during the street festival period.

⊙ Podowon Samgyetang (포도원삼계탕)

- Tel
+82-2-743-6541

This is a Korean cuisine located in Daehak-ro, Seoul. The best menu at this restaurant is ginseng chicken soup. It sells Korean healthy cuisines.

⊙ Daepo Jjimdak - Daehangno Branch (대포찜닭 대학로)

- Tel
+82-2-742-6669

This is a Korean cuisine located in Daehak-ro, Seoul. The best menu at this restaurant is braised chicken. A restaurant that's popular among college students.

⊙ ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)

- Homepage
www.arko.or.kr

- Tel
+82-2-760-4850

ARKO Art Center was founded in 1974 as Misulhoegwan in a building of former Deoksu Hospital in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu to offer much-needed exhibition space for artists and arts groups. In 1979, Misulhoegwan moved to its present building, designed by preeminent Korean architect Kim Swoo-geun (1931-1986) and located in Marronnier Park, the former site of Seoul National University. The two neighboring brick buildings accommodating ARKO Art Center and ARKO Arts Theater are the major landmarks of the district of Daehakro.

As more public and private museums and commercial galleries came into the art scene in the 1990s, Misulhoegwan shifted to curating and presenting its own exhibitions. Renamed as Marronnier Art Center in 2002, ARKO Art Center assumed a full-fledged art museum system and played an increasingly prominent role as a public arts organization leading the contemporary art paradigm. When The Korea Culture and Arts Foundation was reborn as Arts Council Korea, Marronnier Art Center became ARKO Art Center named after the abbreviation for Arts Council Korea in 2005.

ARKO Art Center is committed to working as a platform where research, production, exhibitions and the exchange of creative activities grow and develop in connection with one another in addition to having a diversity of programs including thematic exhibitions addressing social agenda and public programs widely promoting various discourses in art.

⊙ Welcome Daehakro (웰컴대학로)

- Tel
+82-2-743-5220

Welcome Daehakro is a festival devoted to celebrating various types of performances including non-verbal, traditional, musical, plays, and more. Started in 2017, the festival attracts visitors from around the world every fall.



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