Joseon Wizard family musical at the National Museum of Korea — 7 Nov–31 Dec

The Cultural Foundation of National Museum of Korea is bringing back Jin Jun: The Joseon Wizard, the family musical it premiered last winter. It plays at Theater Yong, the performance hall inside the National Museum of Korea, from 7 November to 31 December — about eight weeks. The 75-minute story wraps King Sejong's creation of Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, and Admiral Yi Sun-sin's Battle of Myeongnyang into a fantasy adventure, so the galleries upstairs hold objects from the same period a child has just seen on stage.

According to the foundation's press release of 23 October 2026, this year's run adds more audience participation, with the house drawn into the plot. The release does not give show times or prices; those below were checked on the NOL Ticket and Ticketlink listings.

What are the dates and show times?

What is the story?

The heroes are Jin and Jun, K-pop brothers with a million subscribers. After a mysterious message pulls them into the Magic Bureau, a secret office of the Joseon court, they find a shadowy group called the Heukhwadan trying to stop the creation of Hangeul, and fight back with music and magic. The adventure then moves to Joseon on the eve of the Battle of Myeongnyang, and King Sejong and Admiral Yi both appear on stage.

The Magic Bureau is the show's own invention, not a real Joseon government office. Mentioning that to a child before or after the show makes it easier to tell history from fiction in the galleries.

What is different from last year?

The musical premiered at the same Theater Yong in winter 2025, and this is its second run. The change the foundation names is stronger audience participation — the audience acts as allies of the Magic Bureau, helping the heroes at key moments — but it has not said how that works in practice. The mix of large-scale magic, songs, group dance and taekwondo stays.

What can you see in the museum before or after?

Theater Yong shares grounds with the main museum building, so the galleries are an easy add-on before or after a show, and the permanent exhibition is free. The photographs below are not stage photos: they are objects in the National Museum of Korea's collection connected to Hangeul and the Joseon navy, published on e-museum under an open licence (KOGL Type 1). Not every collection object is on permanent display, so check the museum's exhibition pages before going for a particular piece.

Where and until when can you book?

• Tickets are sold on two platforms, NOL Ticket and Ticketlink; the foundation's press release names both.
• NOL Ticket stops selling 3 hours before each performance.
• Weekday performances are at 11am only, so choose a weekend or public-holiday date for an afternoon show.
• NOL Ticket notes that some prices apply only on particular dates; discounts for children or groups are listed under the full price breakdown on the booking screen.
• NOL Ticket's cancellation fee is KRW 4,000 per ticket (no more than 10% of the price) until 10 days before the show, rising to 10–30% as the date approaches.

Getting there and booking from abroad

Take Line 4 or the Gyeongui–Jungang Line to Ichon Station (이촌역), leave by Exit 2 and follow the covered Museum Path walkway for about five minutes. Theater Yong is in the museum complex at 137 Seobinggo-ro; the museum's site and wayfinding are signed in English. For tickets, NOL World (world.nol.com), the English-language storefront of NOL Ticket, lists the same run, the same four seat prices and the 36-month age limit, and is the practical route for a visitor without a Korean account; Ticketlink's page is in Korean. The show itself is in Korean and no English surtitles have been announced, so it suits children young enough to follow the action, or families who want a Seoul theatre experience on the same day as the museum.