Goseong Dinosaur Museum (고성공룡박물관)

Goseong Dinosaur Museum (고성공룡박물관)

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Goseong Dinosaur Museum is located in the Sangjogam Park, which is renowned as the world’s largest dinosaur footprint fossil site. Sangjogam is where the first dinosaur footprints were discovered in South Korea. The museum features five exhibition halls and a theater. Visitors can see genuine egg fossils of Oviraptor and Protoceratops, as well as dinosaur models. The museum is connected to the Sangjogam Beach, where dinosaur footprints are preserved.

– Address : 618 Jaranman-ro, Hai-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do

※ Presentation Information
– Information and Guides
+82-55-670-4451

– Day Off
Mondays (Closed the following day if Monday is a public holiday), New Year’s Day, Day of Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)

– Usage Fee
Adults 3,000 won / Teenagers 2,000 won / Children 1,500 won

– Operating Hours
March-October 09:00-18:00 / November-February 09:00-17:00 (Last admission: 1hr before closing)

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ Fossil Dinosaur and Bird Footprints of Goseong (고성 덕명리 공룡과 새발자국 화석 산지)

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The ancient fossil site at Deokmyeong-ri, Goseong-gun, is one of the largest Cretaceous dinosaur fossils sites in the world. It is the home of a vast amount of footprints from a variety of ancient species, as well as the largest Mesozoic bird footprint found to date. The formations from many different prehistoric eras make it a precious site for academic research on the life patterns of dinosaurs, the ancient natural environment and formations, the distribution of sea and land, and the evolution of bird species. It is also a great tourist attraction that offers magnificent scenery, including a coastline dotted with beautiful Hallyeosudo islets, unique rock formations and cliffs, and sea caves.