Free entry
PlaceActivities
Leeum Museum of Art
Korean antiquities and contemporary ideas share a hillside address. Make the collection or a special exhibition your starting point.
The Seoul edit
Seoul, without an entry ticket
Free collections, public spaces and dated free visits. Meals and special exhibitions can cost extra.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Textiles, objects and the decisions behind them. A free museum that rewards looking closely, just off Anguk.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
National Museum of Korea
Give a few galleries your full attention, then step outside. A free permanent collection and a generous setting beside Yongsan.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Dongdaemun Design Plaza
Follow the building’s curves, then see what is on inside. DDP turns a walk through Dongdaemun into an architectural detour.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Seoul Forest
Take a breather between Seongsu addresses. Trees, open paths and an easy reason to spend part of the day outside.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Cheonggyecheon Stream
Step below street level and follow the water. A free central-city walk that can be as short or as long as the afternoon allows.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Gwangjang Market
A food-alley stop with room to improvise. Look at what is cooking before deciding where to sit.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Equinox at Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Jang Eung-bok’s patterns and textiles bring a new rhythm to the craft museum. A free autumn exhibition in Anguk.
On the house
EventActivities
Free Chuseok visits at MMCA Seoul
Three free-admission dates for the Seoul museum over Chuseok. Choose a show and collect a ticket before going into the galleries.
On the house
EventCulture
Chuseok moonlight at Namsangol
Traditional performances, craft experiences and a food market bring the harvest holiday to the hanok village.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Seoul Museum of Art, Seosomun
Slip off Deoksugung’s stone-wall road into a museum afternoon. Seosomun makes a compact cultural pairing with the palace next door.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Oil Tank Culture Park
Former oil tanks become rooms for culture at the edge of Maebongsan. A good change of scale from Seoul’s central museum circuit.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Namsangol Hanok Village
Traditional houses below Namsan, close enough to fold into a central Seoul afternoon. Walk the courtyards before heading back to Chungmuro.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Jeongdok Library
A reading stop in Bukchon, with garden paths around the library buildings.
Free entry
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Bank of Korea Money Museum
Currency and economic history inside a distinctive former bank building.
Free entry
Free entry
PlaceOutdoors
Pureun Arboretum
A planted landscape in Guro for a slower afternoon with trees and paths.
Free entry
Free entry
Free entry
Free entry
Free entry
Free entry
