Introduction:
Seodaemun Museum of Natural History is the first-ever museum of natural history to be established by a public agency. The museum offers children an opportunity to experience and learn about the environment and shows how to preserve the earth’s natural bea
Directions 1) From Sinchon Station (Seoul Subway Line 2) - Exit #1 (Donggyo-dong Direction): take Bus #110 or #7720 - Exit #3 (In front of Sincheon Rotary): take Seodaemun Bus #03 2) From Exit #3 of Hongje Station (Seoul Subway Line 3), take Bus # 7738 or #7739 and get off at Daelim APT.
Tel:
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-330-8899 (Korean)
Information:
Seodaemun Museum of Natural History is the first-ever museum of natural history to be established by a public agency.
The museum offers children an opportunity to experience and learn about the environment and shows how to preserve the earth’s natural beauty.
Seodaemun Museum of Natural History holds exhibits year round and has over 100 open-run programs.
It has become a popular fieldtrip destination for teens, a cultural space for residents, and a leisure space for family visitors.
Many Asian countries even send representative to the museum to learn from its success.
Every floor of the museum has a theme, making it a little easier for visitors to find their way around.
The first floor runs under the theme ‘Beautiful Seoul, Harmony between Nature and Human’ and houses a library of natural history, a dinosaur lounge, virtual reality room, aquarium, and visual aid lab.
The second floor (‘The Origin and Evolution of Life and its Diversity’) shows the origin of life, the world of the dinosaurs in the Mesozoic Era, the origin of humans, a diversity of land and marine life, and a variety of endangered species.
On the 3rd floor, visitors can explore the process of how the earth was created, which culminates in an exhibit on how the Korean Peninsula looks today.
On the same floor, dramatically enhanced exhibitions lay open the mysteries of the solar system and explain natural phenomenon such as earthquakes and the creation of caves and rock formations. Managing Organization Director of Seodaemun Museum of Natural History: Lee jeong-mo Main Facilities Main hall, Exhibition hall, Audiovisual room, Virtual experience space, Library, Seminar room, Storage, Specimen gallery, etc. Subsidiary Facilities Gift shop, Junganghall coffee shop, water fountain outdoor café, take-out snack bar Exhibition Hall * Central Hall: Dinosaur bones (Acrocanthosaurus, Pteranodon) are on display and visitors may even touch T-rex and triceratops skulls. * Earth Environment Hall (3F): movies on the birth of the Earth and volcano eruptions.
Earth Environment Hall is the starting point of the museum tour and includes videos, graphs, models, and samples of minerals and rocks to explain the birth of the Earth, the Earth’s internal & external structure, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, rocks & minerals, and the caves of the Korean Peninsula. * Evolution Hall (2F): Various fossils and bones of dinosaurs and whales show the history and evolution of life.
On display are fossils by era, bones from Mesozoic dinosaurs and ancient whales, diverse representations of mammals and birds, and samples of insects and fish.
* Human and Nature Hall (1F): Explores the complicated relationship between humans and nature: contrasts and weighs the benefits that nature provides humans and the damage humans inflict on nature. The museum also includes a souvenir shop where dinosaur figurines and dino egg replicas are on sale. *Exibition details are subject to change. Admission / Participation Fees Individuals – Adults 6,000 won / Teenagers 3,000 won / Children 2,000 won Groups – Adults 4,800 won / Teenagers 2,400 won / Children 1,600 won * Group : 20 or more people * Free admission for visitors with a disability (+1 companion), seniors over the age of 65, and children under the age of 5 Parking Facilities 47 spaces available Parking Fee 2,000 won for the first 2 hours 500 won for each additional 10 min. namu.sdm.go.kr (Korean only)
Seodaemun Museum of Natural History is the first-ever museum of natural history to be established by a public agency. The museum offers children an opportunity to experience and learn about the environment and shows how to preserve the earth’s natural bea
Directions 1) From Sinchon Station (Seoul Subway Line 2) - Exit #1 (Donggyo-dong Direction): take Bus #110 or #7720 - Exit #3 (In front of Sincheon Rotary): take Seodaemun Bus #03 2) From Exit #3 of Hongje Station (Seoul Subway Line 3), take Bus # 7738 or #7739 and get off at Daelim APT.
Tel:
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-330-8899 (Korean)
Information:
Seodaemun Museum of Natural History is the first-ever museum of natural history to be established by a public agency.
The museum offers children an opportunity to experience and learn about the environment and shows how to preserve the earth’s natural beauty.
Seodaemun Museum of Natural History holds exhibits year round and has over 100 open-run programs.
It has become a popular fieldtrip destination for teens, a cultural space for residents, and a leisure space for family visitors.
Many Asian countries even send representative to the museum to learn from its success.
Every floor of the museum has a theme, making it a little easier for visitors to find their way around.
The first floor runs under the theme ‘Beautiful Seoul, Harmony between Nature and Human’ and houses a library of natural history, a dinosaur lounge, virtual reality room, aquarium, and visual aid lab.
The second floor (‘The Origin and Evolution of Life and its Diversity’) shows the origin of life, the world of the dinosaurs in the Mesozoic Era, the origin of humans, a diversity of land and marine life, and a variety of endangered species.
On the 3rd floor, visitors can explore the process of how the earth was created, which culminates in an exhibit on how the Korean Peninsula looks today.
On the same floor, dramatically enhanced exhibitions lay open the mysteries of the solar system and explain natural phenomenon such as earthquakes and the creation of caves and rock formations. Managing Organization Director of Seodaemun Museum of Natural History: Lee jeong-mo Main Facilities Main hall, Exhibition hall, Audiovisual room, Virtual experience space, Library, Seminar room, Storage, Specimen gallery, etc. Subsidiary Facilities Gift shop, Junganghall coffee shop, water fountain outdoor café, take-out snack bar Exhibition Hall * Central Hall: Dinosaur bones (Acrocanthosaurus, Pteranodon) are on display and visitors may even touch T-rex and triceratops skulls. * Earth Environment Hall (3F): movies on the birth of the Earth and volcano eruptions.
Earth Environment Hall is the starting point of the museum tour and includes videos, graphs, models, and samples of minerals and rocks to explain the birth of the Earth, the Earth’s internal & external structure, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, rocks & minerals, and the caves of the Korean Peninsula. * Evolution Hall (2F): Various fossils and bones of dinosaurs and whales show the history and evolution of life.
On display are fossils by era, bones from Mesozoic dinosaurs and ancient whales, diverse representations of mammals and birds, and samples of insects and fish.
* Human and Nature Hall (1F): Explores the complicated relationship between humans and nature: contrasts and weighs the benefits that nature provides humans and the damage humans inflict on nature. The museum also includes a souvenir shop where dinosaur figurines and dino egg replicas are on sale. *Exibition details are subject to change. Admission / Participation Fees Individuals – Adults 6,000 won / Teenagers 3,000 won / Children 2,000 won Groups – Adults 4,800 won / Teenagers 2,400 won / Children 1,600 won * Group : 20 or more people * Free admission for visitors with a disability (+1 companion), seniors over the age of 65, and children under the age of 5 Parking Facilities 47 spaces available Parking Fee 2,000 won for the first 2 hours 500 won for each additional 10 min. namu.sdm.go.kr (Korean only)
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