Ivar Garden (아이바가든) Ivar Garden is an immersive media art exhibition hall in Aewol-eup on Jeju’s northwest coast. The hall is divided into eight exhibition spaces, each with a unique theme like Dreamy, Industrial, Mystery, and Party. The exhibitions extend all the way to the floor and the ceiling for a fully immersive experience. –…
Aqua Planet Jeju (아쿠아플라넷 제주) – Homepage www.aquaplanet.co.kr/jeju Aqua Planet Jeju boasts the largest aquarium facility among East Asian countries. Housing over 45,000 marine creatures from domestic regions and abroad, Aqua Planet Jeju is a highly recommended family-friendly attraction. The highlight of Aqua Planet Jeju is its main tank which contains 6,000 tons of water…
Da Vinci Museum (다빈치 뮤지엄) – Tel +82-64-794-5114~5 Da Vinci Museum, located in Seogwipo-si on Jeju Island is the only museum that has the Da Vinci License in Korea. The museum offers visitors a chance to experience a wide variety of activities and hands-on programs. When you think of Leonardo Da Vinci, a few things…
Bunker des Lumières (빛의 벙커) – Homepage www.deslumieres.co.kr – Tel +82-1522-2653 An old bunker, which had once been a state-owned key communications facility, was reborn as Bunker des Lumières after being sold to a private group in 2012. Bunker des Lumières is an immersive media art project formed with the concept of art regeneration that…
Lee Jung Seop Art Gallery (이중섭 미술관) – Homepage culture.seogwipo.go.kr/jslee – Tel +82-64-760-3567 Artist Lee Jung-seop is known for his paintings, reminicent of Fauvism, of which “White Ox” is most famous. During the Korean War, he spent a year as a refugee in Seogwipo with his Japanese wife and two sons in a small leased…
Jeju International Peace Center (제주국제평화센터) – Homepage www.ipcjeju.com – Tel +82-64-735-6550 After the Korean government declared Jeju Island an “island of world peace,” it has since been trying to maintain its peaceful image and built an International Peace Center. The Jeju International Peace Center exhibits north and south peace exchanges between international peace activists, as…
Jeju National Museum (국립제주박물관) – Homepage jeju.museum.go.kr – Tel +82-64-720-8000 Opened on June 15, 2001, Jeju National Museum is a history museum that displays, preserves and studies Jeju Island’s historical and cultural assets. Jeju National Museum houses various remains excavated from ruins, including meaningful relics from the prehistoric age through to the Joseon dynasty. It…
Kim Young Gap Gallery Dumoak (김영갑 갤러리 두모악) – Homepage www.dumoak.co.kr – Tel +82-64-784-9907 The Kim Young Gap Gallery is a former elementary school turned into a gallery. Photographer Kim Young-gap, who had been suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease, spent his life capturing the beauty of Jeju Island. He created the gallery during his last…
Chocolate Museum (초콜릿 박물관) – Homepage www.chocolatemuseum.org The Chocolate Museum in Seogwipo, Jeju is the second largest chocolate museum in the world (the largest being the Cologne Chocolate Museum in Germany). Built using volcanic scoria unique to Jeju, the museum looks like an ancient castle and seems to complement the surrounding natural environment. The front…
Arario Museum Tapdong Cinema (아라리오 뮤지엄 탑동 시네마) – Homepage www.arariomuseum.org – Tel +82-64-720-8201 Arario Museum Tapdong Cinema was created by Kim Chang-il, a famous artwork collector in Korea, who reused an abandoned building to make a contemporary art museum. The building did not go through extreme renovation, allowing visitors enjoy the building’s original features…