Busan Museum (부산박물관) - Culture - Korea travel and tourism information

Explanation

Busan Museum was founded on July 11, 1978 to collect, preserve, display, and research the cultural hertiage of Busan. The museum houses 45,000 artifacts, displaying just 1,300 through regular exhibition rooms. The museum underwent a remodeling project in 2002 along with the opening of Exhibition Hall 2 to expand to ten permanent exhibition rooms, as well as a planned exhibition space, heritage research room, experience hall, lecture hall, and more. The museum aims to provide more extensive research into uncovering historical artifacts, and provide educational programs to visitors.

Inquiry

+82-51-610-7118

Homepage

museum.busan.go.kr

Information Use

Contact and Information : • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-51-610-7118,
+82-51-610-7141, +82-51-610-7181

Parking facilities : Available

Parking Fees : Free

Day off : New Year's Day, Mondays (closed the following day if Monday is a public holiday)

Charges : Free

Hours : 09:00-18:00
* Last admission is 1 hour before closing.

Scale : Site area: 27,427.7 ㎡ / Total ground area: 14,830.87 ㎡ (B1-2F)
Permanent exhibition hall: 5,209 ㎡ / Planned exhibition hall: 710 ㎡ / Storage: 3,887.57 ㎡

Touring Time : Approx. 1-2 hr

More information

Collections Status
45,000 items (as of late Dec. 2017)

Program Information
[Busan Museum Mission Bag] Daily / 1-2 hours / families with elementary school students
[Museum Tour] Third weekend of each month / 4 hours / all
[Dream Dream Museum] Second Saturday of each month / 2 hours / local children’s centers
[Saturday Museum Class] Fourth Saturday of each month / 2 hours / families with elementary school students
[Yomijomi Museum Class] Second and fourth Friday of each month / 2 hours / kindergarden groups
[Tea Ceremony & Hanbok Experience] Daily / 40 minutes / all

Foreign Language Intepretation Services
Audio guide: English, Japanese, Chinese
* Inquiries: +82-51-610-7150

Location

63, UN pyeonghwa-ro, Nam-gu, Busan

Directions