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ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)

6.3Km    2025-06-05

3, Dongsung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-760-4850

ARKO Art Center was founded in 1974 as Misulhoegwan in a building of former Deoksu Hospital in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu to offer much-needed exhibition space for artists and arts groups. In 1979, Misulhoegwan moved to its present building, designed by preeminent Korean architect Kim Swoo-geun (1931-1986) and located in Marronnier Park, the former site of Seoul National University. The two neighboring brick buildings accommodating ARKO Art Center and ARKO Arts Theater are the major landmarks of the district of Daehakro.
As more public and private museums and commercial galleries came into the art scene in the 1990s, Misulhoegwan shifted to curating and presenting its own exhibitions. Renamed as Marronnier Art Center in 2002, ARKO Art Center assumed a full-fledged art museum system and played an increasingly prominent role as a public arts organization leading the contemporary art paradigm. When The Korea Culture and Arts Foundation was reborn as Arts Council Korea, Marronnier Art Center became ARKO Art Center named after the abbreviation for Arts Council Korea in 2005.
ARKO Art Center is committed to working as a platform where research, production, exhibitions and the exchange of creative activities grow and develop in connection with one another in addition to having a diversity of programs including thematic exhibitions addressing social agenda and public programs widely promoting various discourses in art.

The Ssanghwa Coffee (더쌍화coffee)

6.3Km    2023-11-03

252-3 Jong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

The Sssanghwa Coffee, located near Dongdaemun Market, is a tea house serving traditional medicinal teas. In matching with their menu, the cafe is also decorated like a room found in a traditional Korean house. The cafe is comprised of three buildings, with the main building being for orders, and the Byeolgung and Ssanghwagung buildings offering seating. Each traditional tea order comes as a set with food items such as rice porriage, fruit, or rice cakes. The cafe also offers rooms which are very popular, so making a reservation is necessary.

Beautiful Life(뷰티풀 라이프)

6.3Km    2025-06-10

서울특별시 종로구 이화장길 26 (이화동)

500/30(오백에삼십)

6.3Km    2025-06-10

서울특별시 종로구 이화장길 26 (이화동)

A Really Bad Girl(진짜 나쁜소녀)

6.3Km    2025-05-21

서울특별시 종로구 이화장길 26 (이화동)

Inside Me(인사이드 미)

6.3Km    2025-06-10

서울특별시 종로구 이화장길 26 (이화동)

PORKLAND (포크랜드)

6.3Km    2021-03-30

258-10, Changgyeonggung-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-745-7878

It is a place that not only office workers but also college students often visit. The best menu at this restaurant is spicy pork shoulder shabu-shabu. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Season's Table Dongdaemun LOTTE FITIN(계절밥상 동대문롯데피트인)

6.3Km    2020-10-29

7F, LOTTE, FITIN, 264, Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-6262-4715

This is a buffet located in Dongdaemun Gate, Seoul. The representative menu is Korean dishes. A buffet restaurant serving Korean dishes.

Brown Chicken (브라운치킨)

6.3Km    2021-03-18

15, Eulji-ro, 43-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2275-9972

Try fried chicken, one of Korea’s representative dishes. The most famous menu is fried chicken. A chicken specialty restaurant located in Dongdaemun Gate, Seoul.

Olive Mart [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브마트)

6.3Km    2024-04-22

229-3, Jangchungdan-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

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