Sorae History Museum (소래역사관)

The Sorae History Museum, which opened in 2012, is the first public museum in Namdong-gu, Incheon, built to preserve the history and culture of Sorae, which is disappearing due to rapid urbanization. It features four interesting exhibition themes, including Sorae mudflats, Sorae Port, Sorae salt fields, and the Suin Line narrow-gauge train, which represent the image of Sorae.

– Address : 1605 Aam-daero, Namdong-gu, Incheon

※ Presentation Information
– Information and Guides
+82-32-439-5003

– Parking
Available

– Day Off
Mondays, January 1, the day of Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)
* If Monday falls on a public holiday, it will be closed on the following business day instead.

– Usage Fee
[Individuals]
Adults 500 won / Teenagers 300 won / Children 200 won
[Groups]
Adults 300 won / Teenagers 200 won / Children 100 won

– Operating Hours
10:00-18:00 (Last admission 17:00)

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ Sorae Fish Market (소래포구 종합어시장)

– Homepage
sorae49.com

Sorae Fish Market welcomes visitors all year round with its capability to offer fresh fish. During spring, crab can be bought fresh from the catch, and during kimchi season, many Koreans visit to but salted seafood. The market was renovated to offer visitors with a clean and fresh environment. The heating and cooling system, as well as large parking area and quick delivery service makes shopping here more enjoyable. There are also many attractions and festivals that happens near the market.

⊙ Soraepogu Pocha Street (소래포구 포차거리)

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Located just in front of the Sorae Fish Market, Soraepogu Pocha Street comes alive in the evening as a vibrant street filled with food stalls. Visitors are treated to an array of fresh seafood dishes, including daeha sogeum gui (salt-grilled prawn), kkotgejjim (steamed blue crab) and kkotge twigim (fried blue crab). Additionally, patrons have the unique opportunity to purchase hoe (sliced raw fish), directly from the fish market and pair it with the street food offerings.

⊙ Sorae Port (소래포구)

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– Homepage
itour.incheon.go.kr
sorae-pogu.co.kr

Sorae Port is located in Namdong-gu, Incheon, and is one of the most accessible places to feel the sea in the metropolitan area. It has a painful past and is also a tourist destination created by that bitter past. In the late 1930s, it began developing with the construction of a railroad to exploit high-quality salt, a raw material for gunpowder, from the area. After liberation, displaced people gathered to catch shrimp with one or two non-powered ships, made salted shrimp, and took Suin Line trains to Incheon, Suwon, Bupyeong, Seoul, etc., from dawn to sell them, and make a living. The fish market is famous for shrimp, salted seafood, and blue crab. Fresh seafood, generous merchants, and the sound of seagulls drawing patterns in the blue sky following the fishing boats leave a deep aftertaste. In particular, when prawns and blue crabs are in season, the freshness and taste are excellent enough to hold a festival.

By the port is a newly renovated fish market spans from the first basement floor to the second floor above the ground, and there are about 340 shops, including 300 hoe (sliced raw fish) restaurants and salted seafood shops. In particular, the second floor is a restaurant where visitors can taste hoe purchased at the fish market, and there are also convenient facilities such as a nursery cafe. In addition, the recently built Shrimp Tower Observatory is 21 meters high and good for a small number of people to enjoy the scenery comfortably.

⊙ Gloucester Hotel Incheon (글로스터호텔 인천)

– Homepage
http://www.ramadaincheon.com

Gloucester Hotel Incheon stands in downtown Incheon overlooking Sorae Port. It offers a range of rooms including ondol rooms, bedroom-style rooms with kitchen facilities, and kids rooms. Some rooms have a bathtub. Additional facilities include a meeting room and business center, a coin operated laundry, and a breakfast buffet in the 3rd floor Glory Hall. The night view from the Sky Lounge bar on the 17th floor is spectacular. Soraepogu Station is a 5-minute walk away, while Soraepogu Fish Market and Sorae Wetland Ecological Park are also nearby.

⊙ The Hyoosik Aank Hotel Wolgot (더휴식 아늑호텔 월곶점)

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– Homepage
aankwolgot.modoo.at

Located in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do, Aank Hotel Wolgot offers both relaxation and entertainment with theme-focused room types such as a music room with a turntable, wellness room equipped with a premium massage chair, movie room with a beam projector, gaming room equipped 2 desktop PCs, twin bedroom, and spa room with a spacious tub and sauna facility. The hotel also has a parking lot and a guest lounge.

⊙ Wolgot Harbor (월곶포구)

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“Got” in the name of Wolgot means peninsula and the area was considered an important strategic point during the Joseon dynasty. In 1991 a land reclaimation project succeeded in creating a new recreation site. Now there are many seafood restaurants, various auxiliary facilities, and an amusement park that rest on reclaimed land. Because the inlet is located on the west coast where the difference in the water level between high and low tide is great, fishing boats avoid the area during the shifting tides. But, whenever the boats return, visitors can enjoy fresh sushi and other seafood. The Marine World facilities have authentic European-style restaurants, an outdoor seawater pool that can be used free of charge, and a barbecue facility along with other amenities.

⊙ Sorae Marsh Ecological Park (소래습지생태공원)

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– Homepage
www.incheon.go.kr

Sorae Marsh Ecological Park is located on a vast plot of land in Incheon. The park first opened in June 1999 at the site of an old saltern on a 660,000 ㎡ plot but has expanded over the years to an area of 3.5 million ㎡. The previous salt storage has been converted into an ecology exhibition space, displaying the history of the area as well as the plants and animals that live here. The park expanded in April 2001 with the addition of the Ecology Hall and Nature Learning Center, offering various educational experience opportunities. The walking paths by the salt storage and the windmill are especially popular photo points. Many people visit in fall for the shimmering silver grass, said to appear in many colors depending on the lighting. The park amenities, including rest areas and benches, make the park a popular destination for families and couples.

⊙ Neulsolgil Park (늘솔길공원)

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Neulsolgil Park, nestled in Nonhyeon-dong, Incheon, is a park designed with nature in mind. The creation of the park focused on preserving the existing forest as much as possible, resulting in a diverse array of forest trails that lead visitors through cypress, metasequoia, ginkgo, and katsura forests. Additionally, the park offers a variety of amenities and playgrounds. Features include a sheep farm, a rose garden, and a forest playground, making it a versatile destination that caters to visitors of all ages.

Sorae History Museum (소래역사관)