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D-cube Arts Center (디큐브아트센터) – Homepage www.d3art.co.kr/ D-cube Arts Center is a state-of-the-art theater dedicated to musicals in D-cube City in Sindorim built by Daesung Energy. It took eight years to complete the 1,242-seated theater with the cooperation of Korea’s best music and construction engineers and expert stage technicians. It is the largest theater in…

Amsa-dong Prehistoric Site Museum (암사동선사유적박물관) – Homepage http://sunsa.gangdong.go.kr The archaeological sites in Amsa-dong, Seoul, were a collective settlement where people lived during the Neolithic Age about 6,000 years ago and became known to the world after the sand dunes along the Hangang River caved in during the great flood of 1925, exposing numerous pieces of…

Ceramic Palace Hall (세라믹 팔레스 홀) – Homepage www.cphall.org/ Ceramic Palace Hall, situated on the second basement floor of the Milal Art Center, is adorned with aesthetically pleasing pastel-colored ceramic walls. Designed for acoustic excellence, it ensures that every instrument played is heard with clarity. Primarily, it serves as a venue for various concerts, with…

National Theater of Korea (국립극장) – Homepage www.ntok.go.kr – Tel +82-2-2280-4114 The National Theater of Korea opened in 1950 as the first national theater in Asia. It is the only production theater that takes traditional arts to recreate them as contemporary art. It offers various types of theaters, such as Haeoreum Grand Theater, Daloreum Theater…

LG Arts Center (LG아트센터) – Homepage www.lgart.com – Tel +82-2-2005-0114 LG Arts Center is a cultural complex space designed by Tadao Ando, a world-renowned architect. Its architectural excellence and design have won great acclaim. The main facilities contain performance halls, Art Lounge, and Studio. The LG SIGNATURE Hall, a multipurpose performance hall, has a capacity…

Bank of Korea Money Museum (화폐박물관) – Homepage www.bok.or.kr/museum/main/main.do This Renaissance-style three-story stone building is the museum of the Bank of Korea. The older Bank of Korea was established as the central bank of the Korean Empire in 1909 and has been designated as a National Historical Site. During the Japanese colonial period, the bank…

Jeongdong Theater (국립 정동극장) – Homepage www.jeongdong.or.kr – Tel +82-2-751-1500 Jeongdong Theater is located along Deoksugung Stone Wall Path and serves as a cultural hub for local citizens. Opened in 1995, Jeongdong Theater is historically significant as it was established to restitute the legacy of Wongaksa, the first modern theater in Korea. Jeongdong Theater features…

Seoul Museum of Art (서울시립미술관(서소문본관)) – Homepage sema.seoul.go.kr – Tel +82-2-2124-8800 The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) is a space for all to meet and experience the joy of art. Located in the center of Jeong-dong, a district that retains traces of Seoul’s modern and contemporary history, the museum integrates the historical facade of the…

Seodaemun Prison History Museum (서대문형무소역사관) – Homepage sphh.sscmc.or.kr Seodaemun Prison was built under the Japanese administration to imprison independence movement activists. It first opened on October 21, 1908 under the name Gyeongseong Prison. Eventually, so many activists were imprisoned that the building had to be expanded. At that time, the name changed to Seodaemun Prison…