Explanation
Iksan National Museum is located near Mireuksa Temple Site (Historic Site No. 150), one of the largest temples of the Baekje dynasty during the Three Kingdoms Period. A total of roughly 19,200 artifacts were unearthed during archaeological research in 1980-1996, and the museum was opened as Mireuksa Temple Site National Museum in 1997 to display these findings. The Stone Pagoda of Mireuksa Temple Site (National Treasure No. 11) was restored in 2009, and the site was recognized as a World Heritage by the UNESCO in 2015, afterwhich the museum name was changed to the current Iksan National Museum. The museum also offers various cultural events and programs, including on-site education, historical and cultural lectures, and summer culture school.
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Contact and Information : • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-63-830-0900
Parking facilities : Available
Parking Fees : Free
Day off : New Year’s Day, Mondays (open Monday and closed the following business day if Monday is a public holiday), the day of Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)
Charges : Free
Hours : Tuesday-Friday 09:00-18:00
Saturday-Sunday 09:00-19:00
* Open until 21:00 on Saturdays April-October
Scale : Land area: 40,920 ㎡ / Building area: 1,964 ㎡ (B1-1F)
* Mireuksa Temple Site: 87,160 ㎡
Touring Time : 1 hr 30 min (Exhibition Hall: 40 min / Mireuksa Temple Site: 50 min)
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Program Information
[Children's programs] Puzzle, photo zone, VR experience, etc.
Collections Status
The museum has 19,345 relics from various sources
Foreign Language Intepretation Services
Information booklets available in English, Japanese and Chinese
Location
362, Mireuksaji-ro, Iksan-si, Jeonbuk-do
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