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The National Museum of Korea

Description: Established in 1945, Korea's largest museum has a collection of more than 240,000 pieces.

Newest Review: ... diplomatic ties with China and greatly influenced Japanese culture, and Shilla (57BC - 936AD). We start with Goguryeo, the smallest collection as the majority of its territory was in what is now North Korea and north eastern China. Roof tiles bear leering faces once designed to ward off evil spirits but today attracting a small crowd of schoolchildren with pens and notebooks. Decorative ... more

... black pottery and large two-eared jars lead to 5th century tomb paintings and a cooking st ove with kettles and steamers. Next to a glittering pile of earrings, coins and ne...more

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The National Museum of Korea: Brief Encounters (2239 words)
by - written on 05/06/03 (Very useful, 414 readings)
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At the top of the escalator up from the artfully lit platform at Gyeongbok station a low ceiling stretches out from the ticket barrier past the two restless presidential guards in slip on shoes up to pine trees full of shade and cicadas. Works of art, partially illuminated by small spotlights, run along the wall, and lines form to pass through a stone gateway in the middle of the polished floor which promises immortality to all who pass through it - quite a bargain for the 30p it cost me to get here from city centre Seoul. Heading up the stairs at exit five I reach a wide, dusty square where the city presents itself in its usual contradictory microcosm - granite ... Read the complete review